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By Etan Vlessing The exec will oversee Byron Allen's Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division at Entertainment Studios. Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has promoted Bill Vergos to head of digital film distribution for Freestyle Digital Media. Vergos is bumped up from vp of operation and...

By Bruce Haring Darren Galatt, the former head of syndicated TV ad sales at Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has been promoted to chief revenue officer at the company. A 19-year veteran with the company, his appointment is effective immediately. Galatt’s previous title was president of advertising...

By Mark K. Miller The veteran advertising sales executive will coordinate and expand revenue and new business development. Allen Media Group has promoted Darren Galatt to chief revenue officer, effective immediately. Galatt’s previous title was president of advertising sales for global syndication, a position he held since 2016, where...

Exec joins Byron Allen’s company from PricewaterhouseCoopers By Jon Lafayette Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group said it hired Sydnie Karras as chief accounting officer, a new position at the company. Karras, most recently director of capital markets and accounting advisory services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, will be responsible for overseeing...

By Derek Major A federal judge has denied McDonald’s Corp’s. request to toss a racial discrimination lawsuit bought by media mogul and The Weather Channel owner Byron Allen. Bloomberg reports U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin denied McDonald’s motion last Friday “for improperly referencing materials outside the pleadings.” The ruling requires the fast-food giant...