20 Nov Matt Strauss, Donna Langley Expand Roles at New NBCUniversal [Variety]
BY BRIAN STEINBERG
November 20, 2024 | Matt Strauss and Donna Langley have been named to top roles at the new NBCUniversal, a move that pairs a business executive well-versed in the world of streaming with a creative chief who has helped build and develop critical cinema franchises to help chart a new course for the venerable entertainment brand.
The two take the reins of the company as its corporate parent splits itself in two, keeping the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, the Bravo cable network, theme parks and movie operations in one entity and a passel of cable networks and digital properties in the other.
Strauss, who will become chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group, has been with Comcast for 20 years, and will oversee the company’s Peacock streaming business, as well NBC Sports, ad sales, distribution, research and affiliate relations. Many of these were functions supervised by Mark Lazarus, who has been named CEO of a new spin-off company that will run the bulk of Comcast’s cable networks.
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