Paramount Hires Mary Daily as President of International Theatrical Marketing and Home Entertainment

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Paramount Pictures has named Mary Daily President of International Theatrical Marketing and Worldwide Home Media Entertainment.

Daily most recently served as President and Chief Marketing Officer, Worldwide Marketing for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, and will start her new job Sept. 18. In her international theatrical marketing role, Daily will report to Paramount President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Megan Colligan, and will spearhead the design, development and implementation of all the studio’s marketing and advertising strategies for its international releases. In her home entertainment role, Daily will report to Paramount Chief Operating Officer Andrew Gumpert and will shape the marketing and distribution strategies for its home entertainment releases.

Daily is the latest former Fox exec to rejoin former Fox film chief and new Paramount CEO Jim Gianopulos, along with new Paramount Animation President Mireille Soria and Futurist-in-Residence Ted Schilowitz. Paramount’s former president of international marketing and distribution, Nic Crawley, was announced as CEO of Chinese-owned production company H Collective Thursday.

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“Mary is an incredibly talented executive who creates multi-platform international campaigns and has launched some of the biggest franchises, movies and TV shows in history,” Colligan said in a statement. “Her insights on transformative new technologies helped discover new audiences and extend the narrative experience off screen. She is a welcomed addition to the Paramount team.”

“Mary’s creative business approach coupled with her campaign expertise will be integral as we expand Paramount’s content on digital and streaming platforms, On Demand, Blu Ray, DVD, and the newest distribution channels,” Gumpert said in the statement. “We are thrilled to have Mary on board.”

“Mary is a visionary marketer and an exceptional executive, with a clear vision of the future landscape of entertainment,” Gianopulos said in the statement. “Her creativity, energy and innovative thinking in this expanded role will be a great asset to the studio.”

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“Today’s savvy consumer has more access to more content than ever before and can find it available through a growing number of platforms,” Daily said in the statement. “Paramount Pictures has a wealth of content, and when converged with the newest technologies, perfectly positions the studio to offer the consumer numerous content options at every stage of their viewing journey. I’m tremendously excited to work with the brilliant teams at Paramount to create innovative and disruptive strategies to bring our content to new and varied audiences through any means they access it.”

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Jeff Robinev

The hard-charging movie exec made a splashy deal with Singapore's Fosun International for his label Studio 8. While a planned 24 films have not come to fruition, Robinov is decisive -- and largely speculated to be in the running for Michael Lynton's chairman job at Sony.
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Jim Gianopulos

The former Fox Film chief is perhaps the hottest free agent in town. His years of experience and position as Hollywood elder statesman makes him a prime target to run a studio -- and he reportedly already has a job offer from the Dalian Wanda Group top head their new mega-studio WQS.
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Janice Min

It’s a very far left-field choice, but the word around town is that Min is gunning for a Hollywood job now that she’s stepping down as co-president of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard. While she has little-to-no experience with filmed entertainment, she certainly has the taste, the proximity to high-calibre executives and the knowledge of how to spend on premium content.
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John Landgraf

Sure, it’s television, but Landgraf has made a stunning success out of Fox cable property FX. Couple that with his scholarly knowledge of storytelling and his preachy, must-see lectures on the content bubble, and he’s a safe bet to run a successful ship and innovate at the same time.
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Greg Silverman

By no stretch of the imagination did Silverman leave Warner Bros. in a cloud of triumph, but the studio’s troubled DC Comics division can hardly be blamed solely on the longtime movie executive. Silverman has experience in both development and overseeing global production, and has seen great success on film franchises without spandex and capes — like the raunchy “Hangover” series.
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Rob Friedman

The veteran movie executive was so instrumental in expanding Summit Entertainment with the blockbuster "Twilight Saga," that Lionsgate named him Co-Chairman when they acquired Summit in 2012. He stepped down from the position last September, so he's available. It doesn't hurt that he knows where to park at Paramount -- Friedman previously served as COO and Vice Chairman at the studio for almost 10 years.
Bryan Burk

Another interesting possibility is Burk, producing partner to J.J. Abrams. Their Bad Robot label has become of vital importance to the studio, as the pair have a hand in everything from “Mission: Impossible” to “Star Trek” tentpoles, and will be developing a film-a-year movie universe in Abrams’ original “Cloverfield” series.
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Peter Liguori

The former Tribune honcho is seeking a Hollywood job, multiple insiders have previously told TheWrap, and he could be an easy fit for Grey's empty chair.
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Andrew Gumpert

Gumpert is a well-liked and effective executive who just joined Paramount in November after leaving Sony. He might not have the lay of the land yet, but Gumpert is more than capable of such a high-ranking job.
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