Warner Bros Massive Shake-Up: Marketing Boss Josh Goldstine & Int’l Distribution Chief Andrew Cripps Exiting; Jeff Goldstein To Oversee Global Distribution
deadline.comRefresh for more..we’re still digesting this… If Los Angeles was under enough turmoil, over in Burbank, two lynchpins at Warner Bros are simultaneously exiting the studio: Warner Bros.
Global Marketing czar Josh Goldstine and International Distribution Boss Andrew Cripps. What’s going on? Per Warner Bros. Motion Picture Chairs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy: “In building for the future, we have made the decision to realign our business unit with a singular global operation at its center to offer greater alignment for all our team members in the years ahead.” As such longtime Warner Bros Domestic Distribution President is now overseeing Global Distribution for the studio. “Jeff will now oversee all aspects of our theatrical distribution activities, including dating, business strategy, sales and administration, specialty/premium formats, and exhibitor relations around the world,” wrote De Luca and Abdy in an email to staffers.
Meanwhile, Dana Nussbaum and Christian Davin are taking over global marketing team duties in the interim. John Stanford, who is currently EVP of Creative Advertising, will be the interim head of theatrical creative advertising.
Nussbaum is a 20-year Warner Bros vet having worked under previous marketing chief Sue Kroll and Blair Rich, and then Goldstine.
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