The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – a 2020 action RPG developed by Edelweiss for the Nintendo Switch, Playstation4, and PC – has released a main trailer featuring the opening theme song "Harebare!" (Bright and Clear) performed by two-member musical unit Ikimonogakari . It is also announced that the P.A.Woks-animated adaptation is set to premiere on the TV Tokyo Network on July 6, 2024. Masayuki Yoshiwara ( The Eccentric Family ) serves as director along with series composition writer Jukki Hanada ( Love Live! ), and six-member Japanese girl vocal group Little Glee Monster provides the ending theme "Origami." "Harebare! was newly written and composed by the unit's guitarist/pianist, Yoshiki Mizuno. The units says, "'Stronger, weaker, live through it.' The song is based on the image of a strong and vigorous life, with strength and weakness combined, just like ears of rice swaying in the wind under a clear sky.
- 5/25/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Veteran TV exec, producer and entrepreneur Cris Abrego can add another line to his growing list of titles: Chairman of the Television Academy. Abrego was elected to the post on Thursday night by the org’s Board of Governors, as the TV Academy also firmed up its roster of officers and governors for the board’s 2024-2025 term.
Abrego is the chairman of the Americas at global production company Banijay, and also recently partnered with Eva Longoria to launch Hyphenate Media Group, where he serves as CEO. At the TV Academy, Abrego will begin his two-year term as chairman on Jan. 1.
“I am honored to step into this role and feel the significant weight of responsibility in leading the Television Academy into the future, especially in this transformative moment in our business,” Abrego said in a statement. “Our members represent one of the most powerful and exciting industries in the...
Abrego is the chairman of the Americas at global production company Banijay, and also recently partnered with Eva Longoria to launch Hyphenate Media Group, where he serves as CEO. At the TV Academy, Abrego will begin his two-year term as chairman on Jan. 1.
“I am honored to step into this role and feel the significant weight of responsibility in leading the Television Academy into the future, especially in this transformative moment in our business,” Abrego said in a statement. “Our members represent one of the most powerful and exciting industries in the...
- 11/17/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Our ‘Location, location, location’ series canvasses leading location managers from across the country to find out their favourite places to shoot. Karen Jones is based in Far North Queensland and recently worked on David Michôd's 'Wizards!’, shooting in the heart of the Daintree Rainforest and in and around Cairns.
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- 5/31/2023
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Raina Falcon is adding HBO to her slate.
Previously, overseeing comms for HBO Max, Falcon becomes SVP, Communications, HBO & HBO Max Content.
Reporting to Jeff Cusson, Head of Communications, Streaming, HBO/HBO Max and WB Interactive, Falcon’s promotion comes after Karen Jones revealed she was leaving after 23 years to explore opportunities in education access.
Falcon will lead the bi-coastal HBO & HBO Max Media Relations department, which manages all original program publicity — HBO series, films, documentaries, specials and sports as well as Max Originals — for the network and streaming platform. She will be responsible for all communications for the programming executives as well as crisis and reputation management. In addition, reporting into her will be content publicity for Magnolia Network.
Falcon was promoted to SVP, HBO Max Publicity in November 2021, having previously been VP. She managed the teams that oversaw publicity for shows such as The Flight Attendant, Hacks, And Just Like That…...
Previously, overseeing comms for HBO Max, Falcon becomes SVP, Communications, HBO & HBO Max Content.
Reporting to Jeff Cusson, Head of Communications, Streaming, HBO/HBO Max and WB Interactive, Falcon’s promotion comes after Karen Jones revealed she was leaving after 23 years to explore opportunities in education access.
Falcon will lead the bi-coastal HBO & HBO Max Media Relations department, which manages all original program publicity — HBO series, films, documentaries, specials and sports as well as Max Originals — for the network and streaming platform. She will be responsible for all communications for the programming executives as well as crisis and reputation management. In addition, reporting into her will be content publicity for Magnolia Network.
Falcon was promoted to SVP, HBO Max Publicity in November 2021, having previously been VP. She managed the teams that oversaw publicity for shows such as The Flight Attendant, Hacks, And Just Like That…...
- 12/14/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros. Discovery has named Raina Falcon as senior vice president of HBO and HBO Max Content. She enters the position after Karen Jones departed from the company after 23 years last month.
Reporting to Jeff Cusson, head of communications, streaming, HBO/HBO Max and WB Interactive, Falcon will lead the bi-coastal HBO and HBO Max Media Relations department, which manages all original program publicity — HBO series, films, documentaries, specials and sports as well as HBO Max originals — for the network and streaming platform. She will be responsible for all communications for the programming executives as well as crisis and reputation management. In addition, reporting into her will be content publicity for Magnolia Network.
Falcon most recently served as senior vice president of HBO Max publicity, having been promoted to that role in November of 2021 after having been vice president of the department since May of 2020. While running publicity for the streamer,...
Reporting to Jeff Cusson, head of communications, streaming, HBO/HBO Max and WB Interactive, Falcon will lead the bi-coastal HBO and HBO Max Media Relations department, which manages all original program publicity — HBO series, films, documentaries, specials and sports as well as HBO Max originals — for the network and streaming platform. She will be responsible for all communications for the programming executives as well as crisis and reputation management. In addition, reporting into her will be content publicity for Magnolia Network.
Falcon most recently served as senior vice president of HBO Max publicity, having been promoted to that role in November of 2021 after having been vice president of the department since May of 2020. While running publicity for the streamer,...
- 12/14/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Raina Falcon, who has been with WarnerMedia for nearly four and a half years, has been promoted to SVP of HBO Max publicity.
She will continue to report to Karen Jones, EVP of communications at HBO and HBO Max. In her elevated position, she will build on her experience spearheading all publicity efforts for Max Originals, acquisitions and library content.
“Raina is an incredibly talented and dexterous communications executive,” said Jones in an announcement today. “Her expertise and strategic thinking have been essential to the success of Max Originals over the past year and a half since the launch of the platform.” In her new role, Falcon will also oversee a team of publicists leading HBO Max’s program campaigns.
Falcon, a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, began her career in publicity at Bwr Public Relations, where she sent over a decade handling clients such as Rachel Bloom,...
She will continue to report to Karen Jones, EVP of communications at HBO and HBO Max. In her elevated position, she will build on her experience spearheading all publicity efforts for Max Originals, acquisitions and library content.
“Raina is an incredibly talented and dexterous communications executive,” said Jones in an announcement today. “Her expertise and strategic thinking have been essential to the success of Max Originals over the past year and a half since the launch of the platform.” In her new role, Falcon will also oversee a team of publicists leading HBO Max’s program campaigns.
Falcon, a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, began her career in publicity at Bwr Public Relations, where she sent over a decade handling clients such as Rachel Bloom,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Top communications executive Raina Falcon has been promoted to Senior Vice President, HBO Max Publicity, from her previous VP role. In her expanded position, Falcon will continue to spearhead all publicity efforts for Max Originals, acquisitions and library content, overseeing the team of publicists leading the platform’s program campaigns.
“Raina is an incredibly talented and dexterous communications executive,” said Karen Jones, Executive Vice President, Communications, HBO and HBO Max, to whom Falcon reports. “Her expertise and strategic thinking have been essential to the success of Max Originals over the past year and a half since the launch of the platform.”
Serving as Vice President, HBO Max Publicity since May 2020, Falcon has managed teams leading campaigns for Max Originals including The Flight Attendant and Hacks, which earned HBO Max its first Emmy wins, as well as upcoming titles And Just Like That… and Peacemaker.
Falcon has been under the Warner...
“Raina is an incredibly talented and dexterous communications executive,” said Karen Jones, Executive Vice President, Communications, HBO and HBO Max, to whom Falcon reports. “Her expertise and strategic thinking have been essential to the success of Max Originals over the past year and a half since the launch of the platform.”
Serving as Vice President, HBO Max Publicity since May 2020, Falcon has managed teams leading campaigns for Max Originals including The Flight Attendant and Hacks, which earned HBO Max its first Emmy wins, as well as upcoming titles And Just Like That… and Peacemaker.
Falcon has been under the Warner...
- 11/17/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Three veteran HBO executives, Karen Jones, Ronni Cobern-Basis and Laura Young, are being promoted to expanded roles at WarnerMedia’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer divisions.
The trio will report to Global Communications Evp Kevin Brockman, the former Disney exec who joined WarnerMedia earlier this year.
The uppings follow the departures of two longtime HBO veterans with 70-plus combined years of service at HBO: Quentin Schaffer and Nancy Lesser. Jeff Cusson, a longtime colleague of Schaffer and Lesser at HBO, shifted several months ago to a corporate communications role at WarnerMedia.
HBO and the other units of WarnerMedia are working their way through a dramatic restructuring in the wake of AT&T’s 2018 acquisition of Time Warner. The launch next spring of direct-to-consumer streaming service HBO Max is accelerating the pace of change as well-established approaches are upended and walls between business units tumble.
Jones, who has spent more than 20 years at HBO,...
The trio will report to Global Communications Evp Kevin Brockman, the former Disney exec who joined WarnerMedia earlier this year.
The uppings follow the departures of two longtime HBO veterans with 70-plus combined years of service at HBO: Quentin Schaffer and Nancy Lesser. Jeff Cusson, a longtime colleague of Schaffer and Lesser at HBO, shifted several months ago to a corporate communications role at WarnerMedia.
HBO and the other units of WarnerMedia are working their way through a dramatic restructuring in the wake of AT&T’s 2018 acquisition of Time Warner. The launch next spring of direct-to-consumer streaming service HBO Max is accelerating the pace of change as well-established approaches are upended and walls between business units tumble.
Jones, who has spent more than 20 years at HBO,...
- 10/4/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
WarnerMedia has promoted three HBO executives as the company continues to streamline its communications efforts.
Karen Jones, Ronni Cobern-Basis and Laura Young will all take on new positions under WarnerMedia’s executive vice president of global communications, Kevin Brockman.
Jones has been promoted to executive vice president of communications for HBO and will be responsible for all communications efforts for the cable network. Cobern-Basis takes on the newly created role of executive vice president, talent relations, events and awards for the entire entertainment and direct-to-consumer portfolio, which spans HBO, TNT, TBS, truTV and the upcoming HBO Max. Young will serve as senior vice president and oversee corporate communications for the same division.
Also Read: HBO Media and Talent Relations Executive Nancy Lesser Leaving Company After 35 Years
“When I arrived here a few months ago, I was struck by the depth and breadth of talent across the entire organization,” Brockman said in a statement.
Karen Jones, Ronni Cobern-Basis and Laura Young will all take on new positions under WarnerMedia’s executive vice president of global communications, Kevin Brockman.
Jones has been promoted to executive vice president of communications for HBO and will be responsible for all communications efforts for the cable network. Cobern-Basis takes on the newly created role of executive vice president, talent relations, events and awards for the entire entertainment and direct-to-consumer portfolio, which spans HBO, TNT, TBS, truTV and the upcoming HBO Max. Young will serve as senior vice president and oversee corporate communications for the same division.
Also Read: HBO Media and Talent Relations Executive Nancy Lesser Leaving Company After 35 Years
“When I arrived here a few months ago, I was struck by the depth and breadth of talent across the entire organization,” Brockman said in a statement.
- 10/4/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Longtime HBO execs Karen Jones, Ronni Cobern-Basis and Laura Young are expanding their roles throughout WarnerMedia’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer units, a restructuring of the company’s communications exec team amid the departure of veteran HBO comms chief Nancy Lesser, who is leaving her post after 35 years at the premium cabler.
“When I arrived here a few months ago, I was struck by the depth and breadth of talent across the entire organization,” said WarnerMedia global communications executive vice president Kevin Brockman in a statement. “In crafting our new structure, I focused on creating synergies across the portfolio where I could and tapping the best talent to lead our efforts. Karen, Ronni and Laura are each experts in their fields, wildly respected both internally and externally, and more than deserving of their new roles. Together with the other members of my senior team, and alongside the best teams in the business,...
“When I arrived here a few months ago, I was struck by the depth and breadth of talent across the entire organization,” said WarnerMedia global communications executive vice president Kevin Brockman in a statement. “In crafting our new structure, I focused on creating synergies across the portfolio where I could and tapping the best talent to lead our efforts. Karen, Ronni and Laura are each experts in their fields, wildly respected both internally and externally, and more than deserving of their new roles. Together with the other members of my senior team, and alongside the best teams in the business,...
- 10/4/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
WarnerMedia has upped three veteran HBO communications executives to new roles within the company.
Karen Jones will be executive vp communications at HBO, filling the top PR job after the departure of longtime executive Nancy Lesser earlier in the week. Ronni Cobern-Basis will take on the newly created role of executive vp talent relations, events and awards at WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer, and Laura Young will be senior vp corporate communications for WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer (also a newly created post).
All three will report to WarnerMedia executive vp global communications Kevin Brockman.
"When I arrived here a few ...
Karen Jones will be executive vp communications at HBO, filling the top PR job after the departure of longtime executive Nancy Lesser earlier in the week. Ronni Cobern-Basis will take on the newly created role of executive vp talent relations, events and awards at WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer, and Laura Young will be senior vp corporate communications for WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer (also a newly created post).
All three will report to WarnerMedia executive vp global communications Kevin Brockman.
"When I arrived here a few ...
- 10/4/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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