Amazon VP Global Media and Entertainment Cory Shields Departs
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Cory Shields, VP global media and entertainment at Amazon, has stepped down, according to reports. Shields joined in 2020 and was in charge of publicity for Amazon’s original films and series, working closely with Mike Hopkins, senior VP of Prime Video and Amazon Studios.
Variety understands that Amazon has not yet revealed a replacement for Shields. Prior to the Amazon role, Shields spent some 20 years at NBCUniversal, where he held various prominent positions across two stints.
Shields’s first stint at NBC began in 1997 and concluded in 2004 with the title senior VP corporate communications. He held the same position at Sony BMG Music Entertainment after that.
Back in the NBC fold, Shields worked as executive VP, communications at NBCUniversal and then as executive VP global policy strategies and alliances, working with the anti-piracy team.
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