Universal Studio Group has found its new business affairs chief – three months after the departure of Masami Yamamoto. Former eOne exec Blossom Lefcourt has been hired as Global Head of Business Affairs.
She was previously EVP, Global Business & Legal Affairs, Television and left in January. Lefcourt oversaw all overall and first-look deals, including Mark Gordon, Alexi Hawley, Beau Willimon and worked on deals for shows including Yellowjackets and A Gentleman in Moscow.
Before that, she was EVP and Deputy General Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs at ViacomCBS. Deadline revealed in November that Yamamoto, who was President, Business Operations at USG, was leaving at the end of the year.
Lefcourt will work across NBCU’s four television studios: Universal Television, UCP, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal International Studios.
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