Lionsgate Re-Ups Vice Chairman Michael Burns And COO Brian Goldsmith With Starz Transaction Looming
deadline.comAs it gets set to reveal plans for the likely separation of Starz and the Lionsgate movie and TV studio, Lionsgate has re-upped two key members of its management team: Vice Chairman Michael Burns and COO Brian Goldsmith.
Burns has extended his contract through October 2024, according to an SEC filing, while Goldsmith has agreed to a new employment agreement running through September 2025.
Burns, like CEO Jon Feltheimer, had a one-year extension written into his prior agreement and Lionsgate’s board of directors exercised that option, the filing said.
Feltheimer’s contract was extended last year through 2025. The pair of execs have steered Lionsgate for more than two decades as it has grown via a series of acquisitions and innovative financial deals.
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