This week, Amazon announced that Jennifer Salke jerks as head of Amazon MGM Studios-a movement that could indicate the dissatisfaction at a high level about the company’s streaming strategy in recent years.
To be clear: Salke’s boss Mike Hopkins (the head of Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video) praised her work An e -mail to employees And described her departure as a departure with which the company “can flatten our leadership structure a little” – a recurring theme in the dismissals of the recent technology company.
In other words, Amazon does not intend to fulfill the role of Salke. Instead, the heads of his film and TV studios report directly to Hopkins.
But the report on Salke’s departure emphasizes Amazon’s streaming freighting and challenges among its leadership. Earlier an Exec at NBC, Salke came to Amazon Studios in 2018, because the company wanted to expand further than critically praised films and shows in more regular hits.
The streamer has since had its part of successes, including ‘Reacher’, ‘Jack Ryan’, ‘Fallout’ and ‘The Boys’. It also made a big gamble on ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’, a show whose premiere pulled a record audience for AmazonBut that has not been proven to be the world victory phenomenon that you would hope A reported budget of more than $ 1 billion.
And then there is “Citadel”, a espionage show designed as the epicenter of a fictional universe of global spin -offs such as “Citadel: Diana” and “Citadel: Honey Bunny.” Extensive RESHOTS reportedly made “Citadel” in The second most expensive show ever made (Behind only “the rings of power”), but its reception has been even more overwhelming. The Hollywood Reporter says The second season is delayed from the autumn from 2025 to spring 2026with further spider -offs on hold.
Amazon also has difficulty getting another James Bond film into production, after the acquisition of MGM in 2022. Producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (the offspring of the old bond producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli) maintained creative control over the franchise, and A Wall Street Journal report In December, Barbara Broccoli was particularly unhappy with Amazon – she apparently was irritated in an early meeting when Salke Bond mentioned ‘content’, and she was even reported that the team of the Tech ‘idiots’ described.
Another source said that founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos was in turn, So angry by the WSJ story about Broccoli That he stated: “I don’t care what is needed, to get rid of her”, whereby the company then pays the Wilson and Broccoli to give up control.
Salke’s name was Noticeably lacks Amazon’s announcement of the bond -deal. However, she will start a new film and TV production company with a first-look deal at Amazon.
