Following the firing of programming chief Roy Price, Amazon Studios has faced the departure of their fourth executive in four months as Conrad Riggs, the former head of unscripted entertainment, departs the company shortly after Joe Lewis, the former head of comedy and drama.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Lewis, who was head of comedy anddrama at Amazon Studios has departed the company. Lewis will reportedly exit Amazon Studios with a producing deal while Sharon Tal Yguado, a former Fox International exec, will take over as head of scripted content at Amazon. Earlier this month, Amazon’s programming chief Roy Price left the company amidst sexual allegations from one of Amazon’s top producers.
Amazon Studios CEO Albert Cheng will be filling in for a Price on a temporary basis. Lewis leaving the company marks the fourth high ranking executive to depart Amazon in the past month after the departure of Price and former head of international at Amazon, Morgan Wandell who recently signed with Apple to head the same department.
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