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Paramount Head of Program Acquisitions Barbara Zaneri Is Exiting, Succeeded by Virginia Lazalde-McPherson
Babara Zaneri is exiting as head of program acquisitions officer for Paramount's Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, replaced by Virginia Lazalde-McPherson.
Zaneri “has decided to take on a new and deeply meaningful chapter in her life” by focusing full-time on the nonprofit she founded, the Gold Star Services Network, McCarthy wrote in the memo. He credited her with landing some of Paramount’s “most iconic acquisitions,” such as “Friends,” “The Office,” “Seinfeld,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Family Guy” and “Two and a Half Men.” More recently, she helped close “massive new deals” for “Tracker,” “FBI” and “Ghosts,” according to McCarthy. McCarthy said the exec “has been my go-to partner across all aspects of Showtime’s content and business strategy, driving creative dealmaking with a can-do attitude that inspires and energizes others.”
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