Sony Names Global Communications Exec

CULVER CITY, October 8:
Jim Kennedy has been promoted to executive VP for global communications at Sony
Pictures Entertainment, where he will serve as a communications counselor and
speechwriter for the executive team.

Kennedy will also oversee
media relations for the company and will report to Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures’ chairman and CEO, and co-chairman Amy Pascal.
Kennedy joined Sony Pictures in 2005 as senior VP for corporate communications.
Since that time his department has expanded to include employee communications
and corporate social responsibility. Kennedy previously served as a spokesman
for President Bill Clinton, Senators Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman and Vice
President Al Gore.

“It’s an honor to work for
Michael and Amy, under whose leadership the studio has experienced great
stability, technological innovation and global growth,” Kennedy said. “I’m also
grateful to my staff and colleagues for their counsel and patience in teaching
an old dog some new tricks over the past three years.”

—By Jackie Stewart