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Josh Line, who most recently was Paramount Global’s chief brand officer, has joined Yahoo as chief marketing officer.

In the new role, Line reports directly to Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone, formerly CBS’s chief digital officer and CEO of CBS Interactive. Line assumes the role after former Yahoo CMO Tressie Lieberman left to become Starbucks’ chief marketing officer last fall.

Line, as Paramount’s chief brand officer, led enterprise-wide marketing efforts at the company. He left last summer after more than 13 years at Paramount and Viacom, shortly after the exit of Julia Phelps, Paramount Global’s executive VP and chief communications and corporate marketing officer. The role of chief brand officer was eliminated with Line’s departure.

While at the media conglomerate, Line played a key role in the launch of Paramount+ (in a rebranding the CBS All Access service). Line also led the company’s corporate rebranding from...

Another Paramount Global exec is out the door: Anaïs Lempereur, after serving as CFO of the company’s Pluto TV group for more than four years, is joining Hallmark Media as chief financial officer.

Lempereur is set to officially join Hallmark Media in August. She will be based in Hallmark Media’s Studio City office, reporting to Jim Shay, executive VP and CFO for Hallmark. In the role, she will oversee the financial operations of Hallmark Media, which operates three cable networks — Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Mystery and Hallmark Family — and Hallmark Movies Now, a subscription streaming service.

Lempereur joins Hallmark Media from Paramount Global, where she served as senior VP of finance and CFO at Pluto TV, the free-to-watch, ad-supported streaming service acquired by Viacom in 2019. Prior to joining Pluto TV in October 2019, she was VP of finance at Sweetgreen, a fast-casual salad restaurant chain. Before that she worked at...

Paramount Global is losing another top executive, with general counsel Christa D’Alimonte set to exit the media company later this month.

D’Alimonte was elevated to general counsel of Viacom in 2017, and continued in that role after it merged with CBS to create ViacomCBS and later Paramount Global. In a message to legal employees Tuesday, she noted that she first began representing Viacom more than 25 years ago.

“I have always been amazed by the extraordinary ways in which this department touches literally everything that happens at Paramount,” she wrote. “Our work doesn’t often make headlines or get recognized at glitzy award shows, but you are the heart and soul of this company. You are key to the development and production of every piece of content, every tentpole, every marketing campaign, every distribution deal, every financing transaction, every real estate lease, the safety and experience of every employee… The list goes on and on.

Paramount Global’s EVP, Chief Communications and Corporate Marketing Officer Julia Phelps will leave the company at the end of May.

Her group — which encompasses Corporate Communications, Marketing, Social Impact, Esg, Creative & Strategy, Production, Board Relations and Events and Brand Experience — will report to studio chief Brian Robbins on an interim basis.

The exec has been with Paramount for two decades, overseeing the comms group through the Viacom and CBS merger, the launch of Paramount+ and a rebrand to Paramount Global. Working in partnerships with other divisions and corporate functions, her team helped develop initiatives including Spark, the global expansion of BET’s Content for Change campaign, ongoing community engagement and Esg efforts, cross-company marketing and publicity functions.

Phelps alerted her team to her departure in an email, obtained by Deadline. “In two decades and across multiple roles, I’ve been lucky to work with the very best all around the world.

Julia Phelps, Paramount Global’s executive VP and chief communications and corporate marketing officer, is exiting after almost 20 years with the company and predecessor Viacom.

Phelps had long worked with Bob Bakish, who was ousted as CEO of the company last month and replaced by a three-exec committee. Phelps, in a memo to her team Friday that was obtained by Variety, said she will leave Paramount at the end of May. (Read the full memo below.)

According to Phelps’ memo, the company’s marketing and communications group for the time being will report into Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon. Robbins is one of the troika of execs in the company’s “Office of the CEO,” alongside George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS, and Chris McCarthy, president and CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks.

The senior management changes at Paramount Global come...

The integration process related to the merger of Viacom and CBS will be managed inside each organization by Viacom Chief Transformation Officer Jose Tolosa and CBS Evp, Strategic Planning and Development Gautam Ranji.

In addition, the companies are forming an Integration Management Office (Imo). News of the Imo, the executive appointments and the hiring of Bain & Company as a merger consultant came via an internal memo to employees from Bob Bakish. Currently Viacom CEO, Bakish will soon be head of ViacomCBS. The $30 billion, all-stock transaction is expected to close by the end of 2019.

The Imo will be comprised of representatives from both Viacom and CBS. It “will draw from the support of many of you across our organization to ensure that ViacomCBS is ready to operate effectively as a combined company on Day 1,” Bakish wrote. Tolosa and Ranji, he added, “bring a wealth of experience to their new roles, and...

Viacom and CBS have jointly promoted Julia Phelps, a 14-year Viacom veteran, to Evp and Chief Communications and Corporate Marketing Officer of ViacomCBS.

She will continue to report to Bob Bakish, who will head the combined company when its $30 billion, all-stock merger is completed, likely by the end of the year.

Dana McClintock, who has led communications for CBS, will continue in that role in relation to all CBS-branded businesses. His new portfolio will match that of Joe Ianniello, who is set to become the top exec overseeing CBS properties.

Viacom’s Justin Dini will continue to lead corporate communications and will report to Phelps, as has been the structure in the pre-merger period.

In April 2017, Viacom named Phelps Svp of Communications & Culture. Her duties involved corporate communications and marketing, corporate responsibility, special events and Viacom’s internal creative agency, Catalyst. She oversaw the development of Viacom’s corporate mission,...

Julia Phelps will be the chief communications and corporate marketing officer of ViacomCBS, CBS and Viacom said in a joint announcement Thursday.

The executive vice president will report to Bob Bakish and lead the combined company’s corporate communications, corporate marketing, corporate responsibility, special events and internal creative teams.

Dana McClintock will remain chief communications officer for CBS’ brands, Joe Ianniello, the current chief at the broadcast network, told employees Thursday in an internal memo obtained by TheWrap. We’ve posted Ianniello’s memo in its entirety at the bottom of this post.

Also Read: Joe Ianniello Signs New Contract With CBS Through 2021 Following Viacom Merger

“Julia has been a vital force in shaping and communicating Viacom’s strategy, and revitalizing its vibrant culture and dynamic, entrepreneurial spirit,” Viacom President and CEO Bakish said in a release to media this morning. “Her leadership and skill in communicating and driving change...

Julia Phelps, a veteran of Viacom’s corporate communications staff, has been named to lead all communications efforts after the company merges with CBS.

Phelps, who has long worked with Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, slated to take charge as CEO of the combined company, is currently executive vice president of communications, culture and marketing for Viacom, a role she took over in April of 2017 after doing communications work for Viacom’s international operations. She will lead the combined company’s corporate communications, corporate marketing, corporate responsibility, special events and internal creative teams.

“Julia has been a vital force in shaping and communicating Viacom’s strategy, and revitalizing its vibrant culture and dynamic, entrepreneurial spirit,” said Bakish, in a prepared statement. “Her leadership and skill in communicating and driving change will be invaluable as we bring together the talented teams of CBS and Viacom.”

Dana McClintock, chief communications officer for CBS Corp.