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Jennifer Turner Promoted to Head of Sony Pictures’ TriStar Television

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Sony Photos Tv has promoted Jennifer Turner to move of its TriStar Tv, efficient instantly.

As the brand new govt vice chairman of the banner, Turner goals to develop the inventive universe for TriStar Tv, canvassing each coasts for recent views and tasks that align with the label’s mission to champion various, genuine characters and underrepresented voices, per Sony. She’s going to report back to Jason Clodfelter, co-president of Sony Photos Tv Studios, and work carefully with TriStar Tv senior vice chairman Christina Jokanovich and director Alex Villalta.

Turner, who’s filling the place left vacant by Kathryn Busby following her transfer to Starz, shall be based mostly in New York whereas additionally touring commonly to Los Angeles.

Most lately, Turner was senior vice chairman of scripted programming for Sony Photos Tv, overseeing inventive for reveals like “The Good Physician,” “The Blacklist,” “The Boys,” “For Life” and “Woke.” Beforehand, Turner was vice chairman, licensing and strategic partnerships for NBC Common, the place she established enterprise improvement departments for Bravo Media and Oxygen Media and was chargeable for extending the networks’ manufacturers into revenue-generating companies. She has additionally held exec positions at NBCUniversal and ABC Leisure.

TriStar Tv is the producer behind collection like like Showtime’s “On Turning into a God in Central Florida,” “Good Women Revolt,” “The Final Tycoon” and the upcoming Apple TV Plus “The Afterparty.”

“In her almost six years at Sony Photos Tv, Jennifer has been a standout and a powerful chief on our present programming staff,” Clodfelter mentioned. “Her experience in working with prime stage inventive expertise mixed along with her whip-smart instincts and fervour for distinctive and impactful storytelling make her a wonderful alternative to guide the TriStar Tv label.”

Turner added: “I’m thrilled to have the chance to work extra carefully with Jeff Frost and Jason, leveraging the entire assets of our tv division, and the chance to collaborate with Nicole Brown at TriStar Photos. I look ahead to persevering with to construct TriStar Tv’s model by increasing our inventive relationships, highlighting new voices and tales, whereas staying targeted on delivering premium content material to our companions.”