Hello Sunshine, the mission-driven media company that puts women at the center of every story it creates, founded by Reese Witherspoon in 2016, today announced a definitive agreement for a majority investment from a newly formed company run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by investment capital from Blackstone, a…
DAZN Group, a sports streaming platform, has announced that Kevin Mayer has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. With more than three decades of executive experience in the media industry, Mayer will provide strategic direction to DAZN’s leadership team. Mayer was previously Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer and International at The Walt Disney Company. There,…
TikTok’s Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayer has resigned from the role just months after taking charge of the California-based short video-app. He will be replaced by Vanessa Pappas, who is currently the General Manager of the company. TikTok chief executive officer Kevin Mayer has quit, the company said in a statement. In a letter to…
Head of Streaming for The Walt Disney Co. Kevin Mayer has recently resigned from his position to join TikTok as Chief Executive Officer. Along with this role, Mayer will also serve as the Chief Operating Officer of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. Mayer’s new appointment will be effective June 1, the Chinese company said. At Disney,…