Pursuits
Sony Names Former Fox Film Chief Rothman to Replace Pascal
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Sony Pictures Entertainment named Tom Rothman chairman of its motion picture group, succeeding Amy Pascal, who is becoming an independent producer at the studio.
Rothman, 60, runs Sony’s TriStar Productions. He previously co-led Fox Filmed Entertainment from 2000 to 2012 and founded that studio’s Fox Searchlight unit, according to a statement today from the Culver City, California-based unit of Sony Corp.