Overview

• Barbara Zaneri will leave her role as Chief Program Acquisitions Officer after 25 years, staying on for a brief handover period.
• Zaneri founded the Gold Star Services Network and plans to devote herself full-time to honoring families of fallen U.S. service members.
• During her tenure she created the industry’s first centralized acquisitions group and secured landmark deals for shows including Friends, The Office and Seinfeld.
• Virginia Lazalde-McPherson is promoted from EVP and Head of Strategy & Business Operations to oversee content acquisitions for Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios.
• Lazalde-McPherson guided Showtime’s integration into Paramount+ and led strategy on series such as Yellowjackets, The Chi and Dexter: Original Sin.