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Paramount Television has promoted Ken Basin to head of business affairs for the division, while former Netflix exec Liz Miller has been hired as Senior Vice President of Production. Basin replaces David Goldman, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Basin will report to Nicole Clemens, President of Paramount Television. Miller will report to Executive Vice President of Production, Debra Bergman.

In January, Basin was promoted to Evp of Business Affairs for Paramount Television, taking on expanded responsibilities in connection with the division’s business strategy and operations. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for the division, managing dealmaking for key studio projects such as 13 Reasons Why (Netflix) and Catch-22 (Hulu). Before joining Paramount, Basin was Vice President, U.S. Business Affairs for Sony Pictures Television, and before that, a Business Affairs Executive and later Co-Head of Business Affairs at Amazon Studios. Before joining Amazon,...

Paramount Television has promoted Ken Basin to head of business affairs following the departure of David Goldman, the studio announced on Wednesday.

Goldman, who was promoted to head of business affairs last year, has stepped down from his post to “pursue other opportunities,” the studio said. Basin will step in for Goldman and take lead of the division just months after rising to the executive vice president level in January.

“Ken is an indispensable part of our team–a brilliant mind and great leader–and I couldn’t be more excited to have him oversee this arm of our division,” said Paramount TV president Nicole Clemens, to whom Basin will now report.

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