SVP Development Ted Gold Departs In Fox Entertainment Layoffs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The 30 or so eliminated positions in yesterday’s round of layoffs at Fox Entertainment included that of SVP Development Ted Gold.
The former Spike SVP was among several executives brought in by Michael Thorn last year to lead scripted development and production at the network’s in-house production unit, Fox Entertainment Studios.
This past March, Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade announced a restructuring of the company’s content and business operations into three groups, the Fox Television Network, Fox Entertainment Studios and sales arm Fox Entertainment Global.
Thorn, who had been overseeing scripted across the network and studio, became President of the Fox Television Network, leading both scripted and unscripted, while all of Fox Entertainment’s studio businesses globally, including Fox scripted studios, were consolidated under Fernando Szew who became Head of Fox Entertainment Studios.
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