Sony Pictures Television Chairman Mike Hopkins is departing his post at the industry’s largest independent TV studio later this month to oversee Amazon’s video entertainment operations,…
Current Amazon Studios head Jen Salke will report to Hopkins, who will report directly to Amazon chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon’s senior vice president of business development and digital entertainment Jeff Blackburn, whom Salke currently reports to and who oversees the e-commerce giant’s streaming platform, is on sabbatical. Salke, who joined Amazon in 2018, is expected to remain fully engaged with the creative community. Hopkins’ background is in distribution and business development.
The move to Amazon will place Hopkins squarely back in the so-called streaming wars after his time at Sony, during which he and the Sony management team decided not to pursue direct-to-consumer streaming in favor of super-serving niche markets through platforms like anime streamer Funimation. Hopkins’ move to Amazon could fuel speculation that Amazon is looking to expand its Amazon Prime Video Channels business.
It is unclear when or if Blackburn will return to Amazon, though a source with knowledge of the situation indicates that should Blackburn return, it would likely be in a different role than the one he previously held.will be leaving Sony Pictures later this month to take on an exciting new challenge overseeing Amazon’s video entertainment businesses – including Prime Video and Amazon Studios, reporting directly to Amazon Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos.
Having accomplished the bulk of what we set out to do over the last couple years, and with much of the heavy lifting behind us, we will be taking the opportunity of Mike’s departure to realign our leadership structure at SPT.
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