Lionsgate Extends Jon Feltheimer's Deal to 2023

Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lionsgate

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer has signed a new longterm deal extending his tenure until May 2023, the company said this morning.

Feltheimer has been the publicly traded entertainment corporation’s chief executive officer for 16 years. Under his guidance, the company’s film slate averages nearly $2 billion annually at the worldwide box office, Lionsgate said.

The TV side of the business includes almost 80 series on 40 networks. Lionsgate is also building a suite of streaming channels and looking for other ways to increase online viewership.

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Lionsgate recently invested heavily in reality TV producer Pilgrim Media Group — a strategic partnership with Discovery Communications and Liberty Global. And in June, Lionsgate announced its $4.4 billion acquisition of Starz.

“We are pleased to extend Jon’s tenure as CEO until 2023, providing Lionsgate with great continuity as he and Michael Burns continue to lead the company’s evolution into a vertically integrated global content platform that unlocks strategic opportunities for our business and creates long-term value for shareholders,” said Lionsgate Chairman of the Board Dr. Mark Rachesky.

“We were early believers in the value of premium content in today’s ecosystem, and we believe that the company continues to take the right steps to move closer to consumers, adapt to market developments and capitalize on opportunities in a fast-changing environment, ” Rachesky continued.

Jim Carrey Lawsuit: What We Know So Far (Photos)

"The Mask" star Jim Carrey has become embroiled in a legal saga, with relatives of his deceased ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White, claiming that he's responsible for her death. Read on for a timeline of Carrey's legal woes in the matter.
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September 2015: White (pictured left with Carrey) dies at age 28, of what authorities ultimately determine was a suicide.
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October 2015: Carrey attends White's funeral in Ireland, helping to carry her coffin.
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July 7, 2016: Carrey blasts the release of White's autopsy report, saying in a statement, “When I came to Hollywood to make it as a comedian, I soon learned that the details of my private life would be handed out to the media like free dinner vouchers. I never dreamed that the people I love most in the world would also be on the menu. What a shame.”
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Sept. 19, 2016: White's estranged husband, Mark Burton, files a lawsuit against Carrey, claiming that the actor caused White's death. Burton claims that Carrey obtained "highly addictive, and in this case deadly" drugs under the pseudonym Arthur King, and provided White with those drugs. Carrey's lawyers call the suit an "abhorrent money-grab scheme."
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Sept. 22, 2016: Burton files an amended complaint, claiming that Carrey also gave White two forms of herpes and gonorrhea without telling her that he had contracted the diseases.
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Sept. 23, 2016: Carrey rips into Burton in a statement: “Is this the way a ‘husband’ honors the memory of his ‘wife'? The real disease here is greed, shameful greed!”
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Oct. 11, 2016: White's mother, Brigid Sweetman, files suit. In addition to echoing most of Burton's allegations, Sweetman claims that Carrey tested positive for STDs in 2013, using the pseudonym "Jose Lopez" for the test. Carrey’s lawyer Martin Singer issues a statement soon after saying that White had complained of having a “contentious relationship” with Sweetman, and claimed that they had been “estranged for years.”
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Oct. 12, 2016: Sweetman issues a statement saying she will drop her lawsuit if Carrey can produce the test results showing that he did not contract STDs. If not, "then Carrey and his attorney must admit they have lied to the media and the public. The public has a right to know when they have been lied to.”
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“The Mask” actor is accused in legal documents of contributing to the death of his ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White

"The Mask" star Jim Carrey has become embroiled in a legal saga, with relatives of his deceased ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White, claiming that he's responsible for her death. Read on for a timeline of Carrey's legal woes in the matter.

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