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Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: A podcast that documents the Hollywood con queen scam, which has seen hundreds of people in town taken in by a person impersonating the likes of Amy Pascal and Kathleen Kennedy, is leading a deal between producer Campside and Sony Music Entertainment.Campside, which struck an investment deal with Stacy Snider, Lis Murdoch and Jane Featherstone’s Chernobyl producer Sister earlier this year, has closed a slate deal with the record label for a number of

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSister, the production co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has optioned Jennifer Weiner’s New York Times bestseller Mrs.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMore than 3,500 film and TV professionals, including top British actors and creatives, have signed an open letter to the UK screen industry demanding an end to “systemic racism.”The missive was adapted from a “powerful and eloquent” letter published in Hollywood last week and its signatories include Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Jane Featherstone and David Yates.You can read the full letter below, but at its core are four demands:Other notable

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski Sister, the global content company co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has won the rights to James McBride’s Deacon King Kong to develop as a television series.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSister Pictures, the content company headed by Elisabeth Murdoch, Staci Snider and Jane Featherstone, has nabbed the television rights to James McBride’s novel “Deacon King Kong.”The announcement comes one day after “Deacon King Kong” was named as the latest Oprah’s Book Club selection.McBride will pen the TV adaptation of “Deacon King Kong,” set in 1969 when a fumbling, comical old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Sister is adding another top executive/producer to the fold in Carolyn Strauss, who is joining the content venture co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone.Strauss, who is moving her producing deal to Sister, is coming off a 34-year tenure at HBO where she has spent her entire career to date, from a temp through a slew of executive jobs, including entertainment president, to an Emmy-winning producer.“HBO has been my

Sister, the global media company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has invested in newly launched nonfiction podcast studio Campside. The deal builds on Sister’s growing portfolio of creator-first businesses after its March investment in comic book publisher AWA Studios.

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Elisabeth Murdoch's recently launched global content company, Sister, is adding a creative executive to its ranks.Kate Fenske has been tapped to serve as chief creative executive at Sister, the production and development venture founded by Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone. Fenske will continue to be based in Los Angeles and harness her industry relationships to help Sister champion bold storytellers and visionary talent across multiple platforms.

By Nellie Andreeva

Television exec Kate Fenske has been named chief creative executive of Sister, the independent production and development company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone.