Amazon shakes the streaming leadership team
Amazon has announced this week that Jennifer Salke would resign as a chief of the Amazon MGM studios – a decision that could indicate high -level dissatisfaction with regard to business streaming strategy in recent years.
To be clear, the boss of Salke, Mike Hopkins (the chief of the Amazon MGM studios and the video prime), praised his work in An e-mail to employees And described his departure as the one that allows the company to “flatten our leadership structure” – a little – A recurring theme In the layouts of technological companies.
In other words, Amazon does not intend to fulfill the role of Salke. Instead, the heads of his film and television studios go directly to Hopkins.
But the report on the departure of Salke highlights the disappointments and streaming challenges from Amazon under his direction. Previously an executive in NBC, Salke joined Amazon Studios in 2018While the company sought to expand beyond films and shows critically in more traditional tubes.
The streamer has had his share of success since then, notably “Reacher”, “Jack Ryan”, “Fallout” and “The Boys”. He also made a big bet on “The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power”, a show whose first drew a record audience for AmazonBut who did not prove to be the phenomenon of conquest of the world you hoped A declared budget of more than a billion dollars.
And then there is “Citadel”, a spy show designed as the epicenter of a fictional universe of world fallout as “Citadel: Diana” and “Citadel: Honey Bunny”. Large reshuffles would have transformed the “citadel” into The second most expensive show ever made (Behind only “the rings of power”), but its reception was even more disappointing. The Hollywood Reporter says The second season was delayed in the fall of 2025 in the spring of 2026With other fallout put on hold.
Amazon also had trouble putting another James Bond film in production after its acquisition of MGM in 2022. The producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (the offspring of the longtime bond producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli) have maintained creative control of the franchise, and A Wall Street Journal report In December, Barbara Broccoli was particularly unhappy with Amazon – she was apparently bored at an anticipated meeting when Salke called Bond as “content”, and she was even reported to describe the team of the technology giant as “idiots”.
Another source said that the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos was, in turn, So angry by the history of WSJ on broccoli That he said: “I don’t care what to get rid of it”, the company then paying the Wilson and the Broccoli to give up control.
Salke’s name was Missing significantly from Amazon’s triumphant announcement of the surety agreement. However, it will start a new film and television production company with a first agreement at Amazon.
