Updated: Hours after The Wall Street Journal reported that Kristin Dolan, the wife of James Dolan, was a candidate for CEO of AMC Networks, she officially has the top job. Kristin Dolan will begin as chief executive officer on February 27, according to a Wednesday-afternoon SEC Filing; her term is currently scheduled to last at least to March 31, 2026.
Before serving on the AMC Networks board and her work at the data-analytics firm 605, Kristin Dolan worked as Cablevision’s chief operating officer from 2014 to 2016.
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Last November, AMC Networks CEO Christina Spade left the company after less than three months on the job. Shortly afterwards, company chairman James L. Dolan assumed the temporary role of interim executive chairman while the board of directors looks for a suitable chief executive. They didn’t have to stray too far away from home, because Dolan’s wife is apparently one of the top candidates for the job.
Before serving on the AMC Networks board and her work at the data-analytics firm 605, Kristin Dolan worked as Cablevision’s chief operating officer from 2014 to 2016.
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Last November, AMC Networks CEO Christina Spade left the company after less than three months on the job. Shortly afterwards, company chairman James L. Dolan assumed the temporary role of interim executive chairman while the board of directors looks for a suitable chief executive. They didn’t have to stray too far away from home, because Dolan’s wife is apparently one of the top candidates for the job.
- 2/15/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
AMC has been through multiple phases, from its origins as American Movie Classics to its iconic anti-hero years of “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men.” Now, the flagship property of AMC Networks is entering its next era, as it says goodbye to “The Walking Dead” and “Better Call Saul” in a few months, and hello to its Anne Rice franchise, increased viewership on AMC+ and it’s biggest year of original programming yet.
The way Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios at AMC Networks, puts it to Variety, the company is experiencing “a real creative renaissance and resurgence.” “In the wake of these classic, great tentpole series ending, we’re successfully launching the next generation of classic, great tentpole series,” McDermott says.
Behind-the-scenes, McDermott — who joined the company right before the pandemic hit — has been leading a great deal of that charge, following a shakeup in leadership that saw...
The way Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios at AMC Networks, puts it to Variety, the company is experiencing “a real creative renaissance and resurgence.” “In the wake of these classic, great tentpole series ending, we’re successfully launching the next generation of classic, great tentpole series,” McDermott says.
Behind-the-scenes, McDermott — who joined the company right before the pandemic hit — has been leading a great deal of that charge, following a shakeup in leadership that saw...
- 6/16/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
This year, AMC Networks will end three hit series — “Better Call Saul,” “The Walking Dead,” and “Killing Eve” — and replace them with an army of undead I.P. There’s “Interview With a Vampire” starring Eric Bogosian, and “Mayfair Witches,” led by Alexandra Daddario, both from the Anne Rice universe, along with next month’s return of “Fear the Walking Dead” and new episodic anthology series “Tales of the Walking Dead” later this year.
Next year their legions will grow with “Isle of the Dead,” starring popular “Walking Dead” alums Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, as well as a previously announced “Walking Dead” spinoff returning Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride. All told, that makes for five spinoffs of the original “Walking Dead” series. (“The Walking Dead: World Beyond” ended last year after a two-season run.)
Filling the shoes of long-running O.G. “Walking Dead” is a tall order — in its heyday,...
Next year their legions will grow with “Isle of the Dead,” starring popular “Walking Dead” alums Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, as well as a previously announced “Walking Dead” spinoff returning Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride. All told, that makes for five spinoffs of the original “Walking Dead” series. (“The Walking Dead: World Beyond” ended last year after a two-season run.)
Filling the shoes of long-running O.G. “Walking Dead” is a tall order — in its heyday,...
- 3/21/2022
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: This post contain details about James Andrew Miller’s book Tinderbox, an oral history of HBO, which was published today.
On the eve of yet another corporate reframing, HBO has received its own Magna Carta with the publication of James Andrew Miller’s Tinderbox today.
Coming from the keyboard that literally wrote the book on ESPN, Saturday Night Live and 2016’s Powerhouse: The Untold Story of CAA, the 975-page Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers peels off the corporate and creative layers in the legendary rise of the premium cabler from less than humble beginnings with Charles Dolan and code-name The Green Channel in 1972 to the Thrilla In Manila and all the way up to scripted glory with The Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Veep, Watchmen, Lovecraft County and Succession to name a few.
Put another way, if this isn’t the comprehensive story, so far,...
On the eve of yet another corporate reframing, HBO has received its own Magna Carta with the publication of James Andrew Miller’s Tinderbox today.
Coming from the keyboard that literally wrote the book on ESPN, Saturday Night Live and 2016’s Powerhouse: The Untold Story of CAA, the 975-page Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers peels off the corporate and creative layers in the legendary rise of the premium cabler from less than humble beginnings with Charles Dolan and code-name The Green Channel in 1972 to the Thrilla In Manila and all the way up to scripted glory with The Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Veep, Watchmen, Lovecraft County and Succession to name a few.
Put another way, if this isn’t the comprehensive story, so far,...
- 11/24/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Josh Sapan, a cable pioneer who has headed AMC Networks and its predecessors in the Dolan cable dynasty for more than 25 years, is seguing to the vice chairman role at AMC Networks.
Matt Blank, a contemporary of Sapan’s who headed Showtime for 20 years, has been tapped as interim CEO while AMC Networks conducts a search for a new CEO.
Sapan’s move was anticipated in the two-year contract he signed in December 2020 that gave him the option to shift from president and CEO to the vice chairman role in 2022. Over his 34 years with Cablevision and Dolan-owned entities, the executive has led the expansion of the cable channel group that now includes AMC, SundanceTV, BBC America, IFC and WeTV channels and the IFC Films movie unit, plus a collection of international channels. Sapan joined what was then Rainbow Media in 1987 and was named president and CEO in 1995.
Sapan launched the...
Matt Blank, a contemporary of Sapan’s who headed Showtime for 20 years, has been tapped as interim CEO while AMC Networks conducts a search for a new CEO.
Sapan’s move was anticipated in the two-year contract he signed in December 2020 that gave him the option to shift from president and CEO to the vice chairman role in 2022. Over his 34 years with Cablevision and Dolan-owned entities, the executive has led the expansion of the cable channel group that now includes AMC, SundanceTV, BBC America, IFC and WeTV channels and the IFC Films movie unit, plus a collection of international channels. Sapan joined what was then Rainbow Media in 1987 and was named president and CEO in 1995.
Sapan launched the...
- 8/24/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton and Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Josh Sapan, CEO of AMC Networks, saw his total compensation last year dip to $11.8 million from $20.2 million the year before.
The pay included a base salary of $2 million, unchanged, a stock grant of $5.5 million — down from $13.3 million the year before — and $4.2 million in non-equity incentive pay (like a cash bonus).
Chairman emeritus Charles Dolan, whose family controls the company, dipped to $1.8 million from $2.7 million. Chief operating officer Ed Carroll earned $6.9 million, down from $8.4 million.
The pay was laid out in the company’s annual proxy filing with the SEC that lists compensation for its top five highest paid executives.
AMC Networks’ revenue and net income both fell in 2020, in part due to the impact of Covid that hit licensing sales and advertising. The stock had a bad year and only began to rally in December. The company behind The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul noted solid streaming growth, ending...
The pay included a base salary of $2 million, unchanged, a stock grant of $5.5 million — down from $13.3 million the year before — and $4.2 million in non-equity incentive pay (like a cash bonus).
Chairman emeritus Charles Dolan, whose family controls the company, dipped to $1.8 million from $2.7 million. Chief operating officer Ed Carroll earned $6.9 million, down from $8.4 million.
The pay was laid out in the company’s annual proxy filing with the SEC that lists compensation for its top five highest paid executives.
AMC Networks’ revenue and net income both fell in 2020, in part due to the impact of Covid that hit licensing sales and advertising. The stock had a bad year and only began to rally in December. The company behind The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul noted solid streaming growth, ending...
- 4/30/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Production powerhouse Tyler Perry has landed on the Forbes billionaires list for the first time, with $1 billion. The prolific filmmaker behind the Madea franchise, The Have and the Have Nots and Netflix’s recently announced A Jazzman’s Blues is billionaire No. 2,677.
Other TV series from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta include Sistas and The Oval. He’s working on All the Queen’s Men for BET+, the streaming service joint venture between Perry and ViacomCBS.
Perry joins Kanye West and Kim Kardashian — who happen to be in the midst of a divorce — among 493 first-time additions to Forbes’ 35th annual list, which totals 2,755 billionaires, 660 more than a year ago. Musician and entrepreneur Kanye West, who has a multi-year deal to design sneaker brand Yeezy for Adidas, is billionaire No. 1,750 with $1.8 billion. Kim Kardashian West, who parlayed reality TV stardom into a fortune with a mobile game, cosmetics and most recently shapewear,...
Other TV series from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta include Sistas and The Oval. He’s working on All the Queen’s Men for BET+, the streaming service joint venture between Perry and ViacomCBS.
Perry joins Kanye West and Kim Kardashian — who happen to be in the midst of a divorce — among 493 first-time additions to Forbes’ 35th annual list, which totals 2,755 billionaires, 660 more than a year ago. Musician and entrepreneur Kanye West, who has a multi-year deal to design sneaker brand Yeezy for Adidas, is billionaire No. 1,750 with $1.8 billion. Kim Kardashian West, who parlayed reality TV stardom into a fortune with a mobile game, cosmetics and most recently shapewear,...
- 4/6/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks is letting go 10% of its U.S. workforce, eliminating nearly 100 positions in a reorganization designed to streamline the company’s linear and streaming operations.
CEO Josh Sapan announced the cuts during a virtual town hall meeting earlier today, company insiders tell Deadline. He said a months-long strategic evaluation of the company had focused on an overhaul of its structure to emphasize areas with the greatest growth potential as streaming becomes more central to the entire industry. Similar to the view of other media leaders confronting the march of technology, Sapan said a central objective for 2021 and beyond will be to change how the company operates. Acquiring streaming customers, for example, is a different organizational process than driving higher affiliate fees.
Other media companies, including WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal, have recently shed jobs in restructuring efforts, and ViacomCBS and Disney have similarly streamlined as a result of major mergers.
CEO Josh Sapan announced the cuts during a virtual town hall meeting earlier today, company insiders tell Deadline. He said a months-long strategic evaluation of the company had focused on an overhaul of its structure to emphasize areas with the greatest growth potential as streaming becomes more central to the entire industry. Similar to the view of other media leaders confronting the march of technology, Sapan said a central objective for 2021 and beyond will be to change how the company operates. Acquiring streaming customers, for example, is a different organizational process than driving higher affiliate fees.
Other media companies, including WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal, have recently shed jobs in restructuring efforts, and ViacomCBS and Disney have similarly streamlined as a result of major mergers.
- 11/18/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks, in a pair of SEC filings Tuesday, said cable pioneer and family patriarch Charles Dolan, is stepping down as executive chairman of its board of directors and that it’s planning to buy back up to $250 million in stock
Charles Dolan will become chairman emeritus. His son James Dolan will become non-executive chairman of the board.
The elder Dolan, 93, was a founder of HBO and created Cablevision, one of the nation’s largest cable operators that was sold to Altice in 2017. AMC Networks had been spun out from Cablevision into a separate public company in 2011.
AMC Networks announced earlier today that its chief financial officer Sean Sullivan is leaving next month — he’ll be jumping to SiriusXM as CFO.
Separately, AMC said that Wednesday it will launch a tender offer to purchase up to $250 million of Class A common stock between $26.50 and $22.50. The shares, which closed lower Tuesday,...
Charles Dolan will become chairman emeritus. His son James Dolan will become non-executive chairman of the board.
The elder Dolan, 93, was a founder of HBO and created Cablevision, one of the nation’s largest cable operators that was sold to Altice in 2017. AMC Networks had been spun out from Cablevision into a separate public company in 2011.
AMC Networks announced earlier today that its chief financial officer Sean Sullivan is leaving next month — he’ll be jumping to SiriusXM as CFO.
Separately, AMC said that Wednesday it will launch a tender offer to purchase up to $250 million of Class A common stock between $26.50 and $22.50. The shares, which closed lower Tuesday,...
- 9/15/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Charles Dolan has stepped down as executive chairman of AMC Networks, marking the end of an era for the cable industry.
Dolan, 93, ranks among the earliest pioneers of cable TV. The telecom entrepreneur had the foresight to wire parts of Manhattan for cable service in the 1960s and in 1971 launch the pay TV service that became HBO. He’s been chair of AMC Networks since the company was spun off from the Dolan family’s former cable empire, Cablevision, in 2011.
AMC Networks board member James Dolan will replace his father as non-executive chairman of the company. Charles Dolan will shift to chairman emeritus. Charles Dolan’s net worth is valued by Forbes at $4.7 billion following the sale of Cablevision to Altice USA for $17.7 billion in 2016.
“The Dolans have led this company from its inception, and both Charles and Jim have provided vision, guidance and support through its long history of growth and evolution,...
Dolan, 93, ranks among the earliest pioneers of cable TV. The telecom entrepreneur had the foresight to wire parts of Manhattan for cable service in the 1960s and in 1971 launch the pay TV service that became HBO. He’s been chair of AMC Networks since the company was spun off from the Dolan family’s former cable empire, Cablevision, in 2011.
AMC Networks board member James Dolan will replace his father as non-executive chairman of the company. Charles Dolan will shift to chairman emeritus. Charles Dolan’s net worth is valued by Forbes at $4.7 billion following the sale of Cablevision to Altice USA for $17.7 billion in 2016.
“The Dolans have led this company from its inception, and both Charles and Jim have provided vision, guidance and support through its long history of growth and evolution,...
- 9/15/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Cable mogul Charles Dolan will step down as executive chairman of AMC Networks, with the 93-year old shifting to a chairman emeritus role. In his place, Dolan’s son James Dolan will become chairman of the company, which owns AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and BBC America.
Charles Dolan has led the board of AMC Networks ever since it spun off from his family’s cable TV business Cablevision in 2011. The Dolans sold Cablevision to the European telecom giant Altice in 2016 for $17.7 billion, retaining control of AMC Networks and their Madison Square Garden businesses.
The Dolan family ...
Charles Dolan has led the board of AMC Networks ever since it spun off from his family’s cable TV business Cablevision in 2011. The Dolans sold Cablevision to the European telecom giant Altice in 2016 for $17.7 billion, retaining control of AMC Networks and their Madison Square Garden businesses.
The Dolan family ...
- 9/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cable mogul Charles Dolan will step down as executive chairman of AMC Networks, with the 93-year old shifting to a chairman emeritus role. In his place, Dolan’s son James Dolan will become chairman of the company, which owns AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and BBC America.
Charles Dolan has led the board of AMC Networks ever since it spun off from his family’s cable TV business Cablevision in 2011. The Dolans sold Cablevision to the European telecom giant Altice in 2016 for $17.7 billion, retaining control of AMC Networks and their Madison Square Garden businesses.
The Dolan family ...
Charles Dolan has led the board of AMC Networks ever since it spun off from his family’s cable TV business Cablevision in 2011. The Dolans sold Cablevision to the European telecom giant Altice in 2016 for $17.7 billion, retaining control of AMC Networks and their Madison Square Garden businesses.
The Dolan family ...
- 9/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Shares in AMC Networks rose 12% to a two-month high Tuesday after a report redirected an earlier account of potential acquisition interest by Amazon to AMC Networks and away from AMC Entertainment.
The stock movement came suddenly and late in the session on a day when most stocks ended in the red, with the Dow and Nasdaq each falling about 2%. AMC Entertainment shares slipped nearly 4% to $5.12. AMC Networks closed at $28.34 on more than four times’ average volume.
The UK’s Daily Mail kicked off the roundelay with a report on Sunday that Amazon had held discussions with beleaguered theater circuit AMC Entertainment. While that scenario was never confirmed by anyone involved, it still sent shares of the exhibitor skyrocketing 40% and fueled at least 24 hours of think pieces by the business and entertainment press.
CNBC anchor David Faber, it was noted on Twitter, theorized on-air Monday that the Daily Mail could have identified the incorrect AMC.
The stock movement came suddenly and late in the session on a day when most stocks ended in the red, with the Dow and Nasdaq each falling about 2%. AMC Entertainment shares slipped nearly 4% to $5.12. AMC Networks closed at $28.34 on more than four times’ average volume.
The UK’s Daily Mail kicked off the roundelay with a report on Sunday that Amazon had held discussions with beleaguered theater circuit AMC Entertainment. While that scenario was never confirmed by anyone involved, it still sent shares of the exhibitor skyrocketing 40% and fueled at least 24 hours of think pieces by the business and entertainment press.
CNBC anchor David Faber, it was noted on Twitter, theorized on-air Monday that the Daily Mail could have identified the incorrect AMC.
- 5/12/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The $17.7 billion acquisition of Cablevision by France-based telecom giant Altice marked the end of an era for the New York media world in 2016. The longtime cable operator was rebranded, though its Optimum system kept its name, while and Cablevision’s omnipresent Dolan family refocused its attention on Madison Square Garden and other pursuits.
But the Dolans are not ready to go gentle into that good night, apparently. In a lawsuit filed today in Delaware Chancery Court, the family says Altice violated the merger agreement and also committed fraud, principally for allegedly starving the hyper-local News 12 Networks of resources. Altice also has laid off dozens of workers, the suit says, and plans to get rid of established 60-year-old anchor Colleen McVey because executives allegedly sought a “fresh look” for its on-air talent.
Along with McVey, the plaintiffs are Charles Dolan, founder and former CEO of Cablevision; Helen Dolan; James Dolan,...
But the Dolans are not ready to go gentle into that good night, apparently. In a lawsuit filed today in Delaware Chancery Court, the family says Altice violated the merger agreement and also committed fraud, principally for allegedly starving the hyper-local News 12 Networks of resources. Altice also has laid off dozens of workers, the suit says, and plans to get rid of established 60-year-old anchor Colleen McVey because executives allegedly sought a “fresh look” for its on-air talent.
Along with McVey, the plaintiffs are Charles Dolan, founder and former CEO of Cablevision; Helen Dolan; James Dolan,...
- 9/4/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Shares in the Madison Square Garden Co. gained more than 2% today to reach a new record high and have risen 17% since Wednesday’s news that Msg plans to spin off the New York Knicks and Rangers sports franchises.
The stock ended the trading day at $312.92, on more than triple the average trading volume, at one point spiking to a new 52-week high of $321.92.
Long-suffering Knicks and Rangers fans hope the spinoff augurs a change of ownership, with James Dolan recently sending signals he is more committed to his burgeoning blues-rock career than pro sports. But that’s the sports talk-radio angle — plus, the company tamped down that speculation by issuing an unambiguous statement: “There are no plans to sell the Knicks or the Rangers.”
Wall Street, meanwhile, sees the spinoff as unlocking more value for both the teams and the venues. The Knicks and Rangers can take advantage of soaring...
The stock ended the trading day at $312.92, on more than triple the average trading volume, at one point spiking to a new 52-week high of $321.92.
Long-suffering Knicks and Rangers fans hope the spinoff augurs a change of ownership, with James Dolan recently sending signals he is more committed to his burgeoning blues-rock career than pro sports. But that’s the sports talk-radio angle — plus, the company tamped down that speculation by issuing an unambiguous statement: “There are no plans to sell the Knicks or the Rangers.”
Wall Street, meanwhile, sees the spinoff as unlocking more value for both the teams and the venues. The Knicks and Rangers can take advantage of soaring...
- 6/29/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Cablevision Systems filed its proxy late Friday in preparation for its May 25 shareholder meeting. It showed that both chairman Charles Dolan and president and CEO Jim Dolan received bonuses and restricted stock awards for the first time in at least three years. They each received an annual salary of $1.6 million, with Charles Dolan getting a bonus of $4.8 million and a restricted stock award of nearly $5.2 million. Son Jim received a bonus of $2.8 million and a stock award of $11.6 million.
NEW YORK -- As Cablevision Systems prepares to spin off some of its assets this year, possibly before the end of the second quarter, the company clarified Thursday the management and organizational structure of what will now be known as Rainbow Media Enterprises. Cablevision had previously said it would spin off its Voom satellite TV division, some cable networks including AMC and its Clearview Cinemas theater chain to allow investors to invest in those assets separately from its cable system and live-event operations. Late Thursday, the company unveiled the RME name for those assets and confirmed that founder Charles Dolan will oversee the new entity as chairman. Son Thomas Dolan, so far executive vp and chief information officer of Cablevision, will be CEO of RME.
- 4/30/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- In his first major public appearance in a satellite industry forum, cable pioneer and Cablevision Systems chairman Charles Dolan on Thursday defended a modified spinoff plan for his company's fledgling satellite business that has drawn much criticism. "The consternation is understandable," given that the satellite venture holds more risk and requires unknown capital expenditures, Dolan said in a mostly jovial appearance at the SkyForum, the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Assn.'s semi-annual industry gathering. Some observers have criticized that the modified spinoff will not only include satellite TV service Voom but also three of Cablevision's cash flow-generating cable networks (HR 10/28). But Dolan said this will simply draw a clear distinction between local and national assets. "The spinoff is appropriate and divides the risk for investors," he said. "Now we must convince (people) by performing well."...
- 10/31/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Conceding that funding needs for its satellite TV business would be higher than originally expected, cable operator Cablevision Systems said late Thursday that its board has -- after a review -- approved a drastically altered plan to spin off the satellite operation next year along with cable networks AMC, IFC and WE: Women's Entertainment. Significantly, Cablevision said founder and chairman Charles Dolan will leave his position after the spinoff of Rainbow DBS to function solely as chairman of the new company, leaving his son to take over. Originally, Dolan was set to supervise both entities as chairman, which had raised some eyebrows in the traditionally competing cable and satellite sectors (HR 10/16). However, observers said Dolan will stay cozy with Cablevision given he is expected to continue to own a large stake in the company. His son James Will add the post of Cablevision chairman to his current title of CEO.
- 10/24/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Can the real Charles Dolan please stand up!? By unveiling the new Voom satellite television service Wednesday, the Cablevision Systems chairman suddenly finds himself in the unusual position of having a hand in both the cable and the satellite businesses, which have long been locked in feverish competition. Industry observers said this could finally lead to an often-discussed potential sale of Cablevision's cable systems. It also raises potential questions about where Dolan's real loyalties lie and about his ability to focus on and do well in both sectors. However, Dolan shrugged off such concerns Wednesday, saying he is in a "wonderful position" with the start of Voom. "Cable has been the way we have been doing business," he told reporters at the launch event for Voom. "We now also have satellite, which is a different way and a way to offer service on a national basis."...
- 10/15/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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