Entertainment
Media Industry Mergers and Talent Moves
Banijay America has confirmed Ben Samek as CEO following a merger with All3Media. Meanwhile, Spiegel & Grau is partnering with The Black List for book adaptation opportunities, while Paradigm signs acclaimed screenwriter Jim Taylor. Entertainment Partners appoints Chris Gratton to lead its UK operations.
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Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Production management and entertainment payroll firm Entertainment Partners (EP) has a new boss in Britain. Chris Gratton has today been named Executive Vice President and Managing Director of EP’s UK business, effective today. This will see him lead EP’s UK operations, as EP pushes
2026-10-05 16:38 UTC
Variety
As expected, Ben Samek has been named CEO of Banijay America, the combined structure across the Americas created following Banijay Entertainment’s recent merger with All3Media. Samek will report to Banijay Entertainment deputy chief executive officer Jane Turton. Meanwhile, Banijay Entertainment has
2026-10-05 16:40 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Taylor, the Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning screenwriter known for his longtime creative partnership with filmmaker Alexander Payne on a series of lauded, darkly comedic character studies, has inked with Paradigm for representation. Payne and Taylor first collaborated on the La
2026-10-05 16:43 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Indie publisher Spiegel & Grau has teamed with The Black List to bring its full catalog of frontlist and backlist fiction and nonfiction books to the platform’s material discovery database, enabling industry professionals to identify and explore published books for adaptation. T
2026-10-05 16:50 UTC