Sony Pictures TV: Lauren Miller & Craig Kurland Named Heads Of BA As Part Of Several Executive Appointments By President Katherine Pope

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EXCLUSIVE: New Sony Pictures Television President Katherine Pope has made several hires and promotions as she continues to build her executive team. Lauren Miller and Craig Kurland are joining the studios as Heads of Business Affairs, effective today.

Miller previously worked with Pope at Spectrum Originals as Head of Business Affairs and Strategic Planning, and at Studio 8 as SVP, Business & Legal Affairs.

Kurland was most recently Head of Business Affairs at Quibi and has network/studio BA experience from his stints at Fox Broadcasting Co., Twentieth Century Fox and NBC Universal Television.

The two succeed Karen Tatevosian, who exited as EVP and Head of BA in the executive shakeup at the studio last month when Pope made her first personnel moves. “Both are respected leaders, with a breadth of experience across platforms, studios, international co-productions, and short-form content, and I couldn’t be more confident that they will help lead our studio into a bright future,” Pope said about Miller and Kurland in an internal memo announcing the staffing updates. (You can read it in full below.) Lauren Grossman, who has been at SPT for five years, has been promoted to SVP, Talent Relations and Publicity, succeeding Jennifer Solari, whose pending departure also was revealed last month.