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Noah Oppenheim, who has served as president of NBC News since 2017, is leaving his position, while New York Times deputy managing editor Rebecca Blumenstein will take a top role as part of a reorganization of the news division.

Darren Henderson insists he can’t think about a push for the West of Scotland League Premier Division title until he knows Hurlford United are safe from the dreaded drop.

Former Disney animation execs Robert Baird and Andrew Millstein have joined Megan Ellison’s Annapurna to establish and co-lead an Animation division at the independent studio. 

EXCLUSIVE: Plimsoll Productions, the company behind series such as Apple’s Tiny World and Disney+’s James Cameron-executive produced and Benedict Cumberbatch-narrated Super/Natural, has hired National Geographic’s Alan Eyres to run its U.S. arm.

Kareem Daniel is exiting Disney as head of its Media and Entertainment Distribution division, one day after the ouster of CEO Bob Chapek.

High-flying Stewartry Sirens cemented their lead at the top of West division one with a thumping win over bottom placed West.

EXCLUSIVE: Raj Raghavan is on board at ColorCreative Management as Head of Talent, Partner and Manager.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA is setting up an EMEA branch of its Entertainment and Culture Marketing (E&CM) group and has hired Fremantle Global Branded Entertainment boss Samantha Glynne to oversee the new department.

Garnock clipped highflying Stewartry’s wings with a victory that tightens the race for the west division one title.

South Korean conglomerate CJ ENM has appointed Chang-Gun Koo as the new CEO of its entertainment division. Koo is a veteran of the CJ Group, now with a mandate to oversee plans for global expansion and accelerating growth “to lead a new paradigm in the entertainment industry,” the company said today. 

EXCLUSIVE: Coda producer Vendôme Pictures has made two appointments and launched a documentary division. 

The Warner Bros. Discovery layoffs continue.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Mediawan Rights has expanded its unscripted division with the appointment of former Shine France top executive Jeremy Klif, and is opening up to formats from third-party producers. Klif has been tapped deputy director of international sales for the unscripted unit which was launched by Mediawan Rights’ managing director Valérie Vleeschhouwer, in April. Klif began his career in the U.S. at Mark Burnett Productions, and later worked as head of sales and acquisitions for Shine France (“The Voice,” “MasterChef”) upon his return to Paris. He went on to launch Borderline Media, a production and distribution banner specialized in formats, in 2017. At Mediawan Rights, Klif will work alongside Estelle Bodén, the co-founder of Sweden’s Elk Entertainment, who serves as head of distribution for the division. Like Klif, Bodén has a track record as an entrepreneur and also worked for indies and big groups such as Strix Television.

Arthurlie announced themselves in the top flight after pulling off a sensational win against title hopefuls Hurlford.

EXCLUSIVE: Village Roadshow Entertainment has hired Brian Gilbert to oversee the newly launched Village Roadshow Sports. Gilbert will oversee development of VREG’s original slate of sports content while also working closely with VREG’s existing film and television divisions to amplify relevant sports themes in their respective slates. Gilbert will report to Steve Mosko, CEO of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, who made the announcement today.

CNN has cut some staffers from its audio team, in what the network said was a change in strategy at the division.

Aevitas Creative Management has formed ACM Kids & Illustration, a new division focused on representing children’s authors and illustrators across all genres, character design, cover work and adult editorial.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has hired Thomas Daley as Co-President of their International division based in London.

Disney Branded Television has promoted four key execs on its Original Movies team. Amee Dolleman and Charles Pugliese have been elevated to vice president, Original Movies, Disney Branded Television and Mahita Penke and Jennifer Dubin have been upped to executive director, Original Movies, Disney Branded Television.

It was a perfect day for West Lothian’s East of Scotland top flight clubs with all three picking up victories - and tallying 13 goals scored between them.

Jeanfield Swifts suffered their first defeat of the Premier Division season on Wednesday night.