Jen Salke Announces Departure as Head of Amazon MGM Studios

variety.com:

Jen Salke is exiting Amazon MGM Studios and moving to a production deal, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios head Mike Hopkins has just announced in a memo to staff.

She won’t be replaced; instead, head of film Courtenay Valenti and head of TV Vernon Sanders will now report directly to Hopkins.

Speculation has increased in recent months regarding the status of Salke at Amazon, which she first joined in 2018 after a lengthy stint at NBC (and before that, 20th Century Fox).

Both Hopkins and Salke said it was ultimately her decision to make the change. As part of Salke’s exit, she plans to launch her new shingle via a first-look TV and film deal at Amazon MGM Studios. “As I’ve been considering my next chapter, I’ve always been searching for that moment where I was positive that our work had set up Amazon MGM Studios for even more success in the long term,” Salke said in a statement. “When I look at the teams we’ve put in place, our amazing leaders, and the incredible slate of films and shows we’ve got in the pipeline, I realized now is that moment.