Sarah Barnett is stepping down from her role as president of AMC Networks Entertainment Group president. A television veteran who has been with company for more than a decade, Barnett will stay on …
is stepping down from her role as president of AMC Networks Entertainment Group president.
A television veteran who has been with company for more than a decade, Barnett will stay on in her current role through Labor Day. No immediate successor for her position is in place. In the interim, AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll will oversee the company’s entertainment networks. Dan McDermott, president of original programming and co-president, AMC Studios, will take a lead role in content for the entertainment group in the wake of Barnett’s departure.
From her position, Barnett oversaw AMC Networks’ suite of cable channels and offshoot digital platforms, including AMC, BBC America, IFC and Sundance TV — as well as production operation AMC Studios. “This is a year that has confronted us with radical change on multiple fronts,” said Barnett. “After a lot of consideration – and with a slightly breaking heart – I have decided that it is the right time for me to follow my curiosity and leave things in the very capable hands of the outstanding team at AMC Networks. Shaping stories and connecting them to audiences alongside brilliant people inside and outside of this company has been a unique joy and privilege for the past 11 years.
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