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Paramount Skydance Elevates Labor Relations Leaders
22 Jun
Summary
- Two executives promoted to lead a new industrial relations division.
- Lang and Kasdan will manage union relationships for film and TV.
- Industry guilds praised the executives' partnership abilities.
Paramount Skydance recently announced the promotion of Nicole Lang and Sheldon Kasdan to lead a new, standalone division focused on industrial relations. This division will manage the company's engagements with various entertainment unions. Lang, formerly head of industrial relations at Paramount Pictures since 2013, will now co-head the unit.
Kasdan, who has a decade-long tenure as a top labor executive at CBS, will also serve as co-head. Both executives report to Makan Delrahim, the company's chief legal officer. They will collaboratively guide negotiations and strengthen relationships with industry partners, leveraging their experience with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Leaders from SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, and the Directors Guild of America offered praise for Lang and Kasdan. Russell Hollander of the DGA specifically commended their thoughtful, solutions-oriented approach and professionalism in navigating complex issues and their roles as Trustees of the DGA-Producer Pension and Health Plans.
