The North Road Company has hired Netflix and HBO vet Rochelle Gerson as head of business affairs.
She will oversee the strategy and execution of all content deals across North Road’s portfolio of production companies. She will also provide counsel to North Road’s executive team, including Amy Israel, Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell, and Darian Singer, and report to CEO David Nevins.
Gerson spent nearly five years with Netflix, where she led a team of more than 40 staffers as VP of Original Series, overseeing business and legal services for more than $1 billion worth of programming. Previously, Gerson spent more than a decade with HBO, rising to SVP of Business Affairs and overseeing a broad range of licensing, acquisition, co-production, and talent deals. Previous posts included EVP of Business Affairs for the Carsey Werner Company and roles with the Walt Disney Co. and NBC.
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She will oversee the strategy and execution of all content deals across North Road’s portfolio of production companies. She will also provide counsel to North Road’s executive team, including Amy Israel, Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell, and Darian Singer, and report to CEO David Nevins.
Gerson spent nearly five years with Netflix, where she led a team of more than 40 staffers as VP of Original Series, overseeing business and legal services for more than $1 billion worth of programming. Previously, Gerson spent more than a decade with HBO, rising to SVP of Business Affairs and overseeing a broad range of licensing, acquisition, co-production, and talent deals. Previous posts included EVP of Business Affairs for the Carsey Werner Company and roles with the Walt Disney Co. and NBC.
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- 5/7/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime’s Amy Israel has lined up her next gig and it’s with a familiar face.
Israel has been hired as president of television for the Peter Chernin-led content studio North Road. She will report to North Road CEO David Nevins, her former boss when the duo both worked together at Showtime.
In her new role, Showtime’s former head of scripted programming will expand North Road’s TV slate and oversee all aspects of scripted TV development and production for the company’s global portfolio. At North Road, Israel joins Chernin Entertainment president Jenno Topping; Red Arrow Studios founder and North Road president Jan Frouman; Connor Schell, who heads Words + Pictures; Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen; and North Road CFO Darian Singer, as well as Nevins, who joined in July after his own long run at Showtime/Paramount.
“Amy is among the best in the business,...
Israel has been hired as president of television for the Peter Chernin-led content studio North Road. She will report to North Road CEO David Nevins, her former boss when the duo both worked together at Showtime.
In her new role, Showtime’s former head of scripted programming will expand North Road’s TV slate and oversee all aspects of scripted TV development and production for the company’s global portfolio. At North Road, Israel joins Chernin Entertainment president Jenno Topping; Red Arrow Studios founder and North Road president Jan Frouman; Connor Schell, who heads Words + Pictures; Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen; and North Road CFO Darian Singer, as well as Nevins, who joined in July after his own long run at Showtime/Paramount.
“Amy is among the best in the business,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Six months after stepping down as chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and chief creative officer of Paramount+ Scripted Series at the end of last year, David Nevins has been named CEO of The North Road Company.
Peter Chernin, who launched the global content studio in July 2022, announced on Thursday that Nevins will, effective immediately, oversee the studio’s expanding portfolio as Chernin continues in his role as executive chairman. Nevins will work closely with North Road’s executive team including Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell and Darian Singer.
“Under any measurement as a creative company, with multiple genres and multiple territories with multiple partners, David is one of the highest-quality executives,” Chernin told TheWrap of the hire. “I’m thrilled that he decided to leave Showtime and Paramount and join up with North Road.”
Since launching just under a year ago, North Road has purchased Karga Seven Pictures,...
Peter Chernin, who launched the global content studio in July 2022, announced on Thursday that Nevins will, effective immediately, oversee the studio’s expanding portfolio as Chernin continues in his role as executive chairman. Nevins will work closely with North Road’s executive team including Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell and Darian Singer.
“Under any measurement as a creative company, with multiple genres and multiple territories with multiple partners, David is one of the highest-quality executives,” Chernin told TheWrap of the hire. “I’m thrilled that he decided to leave Showtime and Paramount and join up with North Road.”
Since launching just under a year ago, North Road has purchased Karga Seven Pictures,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
David Nevins is back in business.
Nevins, who left Paramount Global last year after a 12-year run in charge of Showtime, has been named CEO of Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company. He was most recently Chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and Chief Creative Officer of Paramount+ Scripted Series.
It comes a year after Chernin launched the company, bringing together Chernin Entertainment, the U.S. assets of Red Arrow Studios, which includes Love Is Blind producer Kinetic Content, and Connor Schell’s non-scripted business Words + Pictures.
Nevins and Chernin have known each other for years; Nevins was EVP, Programming at Fox during Chernin’s time there, where he oversaw development and current programming for series including Malcom in the Middle, The Bernie Mac Show and the first season of 24. When he was President of Imagine TV, between 2002 and 2010, the company also had a first-look deal with Fox.
Nevins, who left Paramount Global last year after a 12-year run in charge of Showtime, has been named CEO of Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company. He was most recently Chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and Chief Creative Officer of Paramount+ Scripted Series.
It comes a year after Chernin launched the company, bringing together Chernin Entertainment, the U.S. assets of Red Arrow Studios, which includes Love Is Blind producer Kinetic Content, and Connor Schell’s non-scripted business Words + Pictures.
Nevins and Chernin have known each other for years; Nevins was EVP, Programming at Fox during Chernin’s time there, where he oversaw development and current programming for series including Malcom in the Middle, The Bernie Mac Show and the first season of 24. When he was President of Imagine TV, between 2002 and 2010, the company also had a first-look deal with Fox.
- 7/6/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount Global vet David Nevins has been named CEO of Peter Chernin’s global content house The North Road Company, just as the company celebrates its first year of business.
Formerly chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and chief creative officer of Paramount+ scripted series, Nevins will oversee North Road’s portfolio of brands, including scripted film and TV studio Chernin Entertainment, unscripted house Kinetic Content, nonfiction studio Words + Pictures, and a London-based international division.
Chernin will continue to act as executive chairman of North Road, while Nevins works closely with an exec leadership team that includes Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell and Darian Singer.
Launched in July 2022 off the success of Chernin’s flagship production house and the acquisition of Red Arrow Studios, Chernin Entertainment, North Road recently acquired Turkey-based film and TV company Karga Seven Pictures and took a stake in Peyton Manning’s sports content-focused Omaha Productions.
Formerly chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and chief creative officer of Paramount+ scripted series, Nevins will oversee North Road’s portfolio of brands, including scripted film and TV studio Chernin Entertainment, unscripted house Kinetic Content, nonfiction studio Words + Pictures, and a London-based international division.
Chernin will continue to act as executive chairman of North Road, while Nevins works closely with an exec leadership team that includes Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell and Darian Singer.
Launched in July 2022 off the success of Chernin’s flagship production house and the acquisition of Red Arrow Studios, Chernin Entertainment, North Road recently acquired Turkey-based film and TV company Karga Seven Pictures and took a stake in Peyton Manning’s sports content-focused Omaha Productions.
- 7/6/2023
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Chernin has found his new CFO.
Chernin’s The North Road Company, which was formed after he paid around $200M for the U.S. assets of Red Arrow Studios, has hired former JPMorgan Chase Darian Singer in the role.
He will lead the integration of North Road assets and oversee the development of North Road infrastructure as it looks to grow further. He reports to Chernin, who is Chairman and CEO of North Road.
Singer was most recently Managing Director within JPMorgan Chase’s Entertainment Industries Group, which he joined in 2011. He was previously with Union Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort.
The North Road Company consists of those Red Arrow assets, which includes Love Is Blind producer Kinetic Content and The Circus producer Left/Right, as well as Chernin Entertainment and Connor Schell’s non-scripted business Words + Pictures.
Chernin told Deadline recently that he believes there is a “big opportunity...
Chernin’s The North Road Company, which was formed after he paid around $200M for the U.S. assets of Red Arrow Studios, has hired former JPMorgan Chase Darian Singer in the role.
He will lead the integration of North Road assets and oversee the development of North Road infrastructure as it looks to grow further. He reports to Chernin, who is Chairman and CEO of North Road.
Singer was most recently Managing Director within JPMorgan Chase’s Entertainment Industries Group, which he joined in 2011. He was previously with Union Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort.
The North Road Company consists of those Red Arrow assets, which includes Love Is Blind producer Kinetic Content and The Circus producer Left/Right, as well as Chernin Entertainment and Connor Schell’s non-scripted business Words + Pictures.
Chernin told Deadline recently that he believes there is a “big opportunity...
- 8/9/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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