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Canon Club: Issue No. 11
Welcome to the eleventh issue of DEG’s Canon Club Newsletter!
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Cineverse
Yolanda Macias
Chief Motion Pictures Officer, Cineverse Motion Pictures Group
Formerly Chief Content Officer
Canon Club Advisor
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Giant Worldwide
Meri Hassouni
Chief Revenue Officer
Formerly SVP, Global Business Development and Client Relations
Canon Club Co-Chair
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Pro-Tek Vaults
Carrie Eidsmoe
VP Sales and Business Development
Formerly at Reel Security Corp.
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Did a female executive recently join or receive a promotion at your company, or were they honored for any industry awards?
Email cayla@degonline.org to recognize them in our next newsletter!
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“Without that, it would be like telling the story of the world with one eye closed.”
-Cannes President Iris Knobloch, on the festival's juries achieving gender parity and representing women's perspectives.
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Netflix Executive Says Getting Publicly Fired Was ‘The Greatest Learning Lesson’: ‘I Am So Grateful That It Happened’
CNBC
Bela Bajaria has had an incredible nine-year run at Netflix. She joined in 2016 to oversee unscripted and scripted series, led the streaming giant’s push into live events and sports, and worked her way up to becoming the company’s chief content officer. But before then, she has what she calls a “big public failure” which turned out to be “the greatest learning lesson”: She was fired from her job as president of Universal Television after a five-year tenure and big accomplishments, including building a strong comedy roster with top creators like Tina Fey and Mike Schur. Read more and watch the video
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AMC Networks Boss Kristin Dolan On Why Streaming Is Better When It’s Wholesale, And What She Learned From ‘Dark Winds’ Netflix Run
Deadline
“We do have a small DTC business and we’ll continue to support that, for some of the smaller ones” like horror outlet Shudder, she said. “But my goal, and I know we could never get to 100% wholesale, but if we could, I would do it. Because I know we could come up with a financial model that shows that allowing other people to do what they do best [selling to consumers] is better for us than someone having a bad experience.” Read more
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After Exiting Spotify, Liz Gateley Launches Damsel Media With Aim of Creating Content to ‘Inspire’ Female Gen Z Audiences
Variety
Damsel Media productions will span multiple formats, including TV, film, direct-to-consumer streaming services and other digital media. Gateley said she wants the company to “inspire” the next generation of female viewers with stories that “resonate with and reflect their experience.” Gateley said Damsel Media has been in the works “in my heart and mind” for about a year. “I see a gap in the marketplace for storytelling, especially for young women… I live inside the brain of a 17-year-old!” Read more
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Can She Keep PBS On Air?
New York Times ($)
Every couple of years, Paula Kerger, the long-serving chief executive of PBS, faces pushback from Congress. It often comes from Republicans who argue that public broadcasters like PBS and NPR are biased and not deserving of taxpayers’ money. Ms. Kerger, 67, has a playbook for how to handle that. “We would just fight on the merits,” Ms. Kerger said in an interview this week, spelling out the broadcaster’s mission, audience, spending priorities and results. “That’s an argument we know how to do.” But this year, she said, feels “very different.” Read more
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ESPN’s Women-Led Sports Show ‘Vibe Check’ Set At Disney+
Deadline
Streaming new episodes three times a week, the program will feature ESPN’s “most prominent voices, leveraging their expertise, insight, and storytelling to provide a fresh, perspective-driven approach to sports coverage,” per the logline. It will provide “expert analysis, all-access moments, unapologetic opinions and a healthy dose of laughter – all while bringing audiences bold perspectives and unbeatable vibes.” according to ESPN. Read more
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'Sinners’ Cinematographer Wants You to Feel the Mississippi Delta’s Vastness
The Verge
Those shots — of dirt roads that seem to stretch into infinity and sprawling cotton fields being worked by sharecroppers under the blistering sun — are part of how 'Sinners' shows you the world its characters come from, and they’re especially breathtaking when you see them on the big screen. But from each shot, you can also get a sense of the backbreaking misery that came with cultivating that land. When Coogler first reached out to 'Sinners’ cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw ('The Sun Is Also a Star,' 'The Last Showgirl'), she understood that conveying those complicated feelings would be key to realizing his vision. And after having worked together on 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' Coogler had no doubt that she was the woman for the job. Read more
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Hear from the industry's top voices at
EnTech Fest and Summer Symposium 2025
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By Jove: A Collective of Perspective
Amy Jupiter
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Candou Ventures/Markit.place
Susan Akbarpour
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Industry Advisor/Filmmaker
Barbara Ford Grant
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Nexus Studios
Kristin Glushon
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The Sherlock Company
Kelly Summers
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Trusted Partner Network
Terri Davies
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The Great Return: How Forward-Thinking Cities and Companies are Reshaping Opportunities for Women in the Workforce
WorkLife
The pandemic forced nearly 12 million women to exit the workforce due to increased caregiving responsibilities and childcare facility closures, exposing fundamental weaknesses in support systems for working women. Dana Mahina, founder and CEO of Bloom, a women’s executive coaching platform, describes the current moment as “The Great Return,” representing “a powerful opportunity to transform how work works for women.” These professionals are returning with valuable perspectives on what sustainable success requires, making it clear the issue isn’t about “fixing women” but fixing systems never designed with women’s full lives in consideration. Read more
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Women Are Still Softening Their Workplace Communications — and It’s Hurting Their Productivity and Career Prospects
WorkLife
According to a recent study by the language instruction platform Preply, more than 4 in 5 of 1,000 women surveyed in the U.S. admit to “code switching,” or deliberately altering their communication style while at work. The phenomenon goes beyond the polish most employees adopt in a professional setting. For women specifically, it represents a complex balancing act, one that’s been around forever and that can have a very real impact on productivity and careers. Read more
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