Julie Rapaport Named Head of Amazon Movies, Matt Newman Moves to Global Sports Group
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variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAmazon is making some changes atop its movies team.Julie Rapaport, who previously served as co-head of movies, will become the sole chief of the division.
Matt Newman, Rapaport’s fellow co-head, will transition to a new role at Prime Video’s global sports group, where he is being tasked with developing original sports docuseries, films, and scripted projects.
He will report to Marie Donoghue, Vice President of global sports video at Amazon.Under Rapaport and Newman, Amazon’s has enacted a major pivot in its strategy.
It has moved from producing arthouse films designed to have robust theatrical launches to a more streaming focused service. Their main push has been to field more populist films.
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