Sony Pictures Entertainment has dropped Hartbeat CEO Jay Levine to serve as its main strategy and CEO of Business.
In her new role, Levine will be responsible for running strategic growth initiatives, monitoring companies’ development, investments, mergers and acquisitions and providing direct monitoring of a portfolio of SPE companies and departments. He will report directly to SPE President and CEO Ravi Ahuja.
“I’m proud to welcome Jay to Sony Pictures,” Ahuja said in a statement on Monday. “He not only gives deep expertise and a great reputation, but also a collaboration spirit and strong relationships that help to drive our company’s growth. Jay’s insight and leadership will be invaluable as we continue to expand and renew.”
As the former CEO of Kevin Hart’s media companies, Levine monitored all aspects of private capital supported entertainment companies’ operations, including development, production, marketing, distribution and other exploitation of its intangible property and experiences.
During its term of office, Hartbeat’s programming Netflix’s “Greatest Roast of all time: Tom Brady” and Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.” He also renewed or restructured key agreements with partners such as Netflix, NBCuniversal, Sirius XM, Procter & Gamble and Draft Kings.
Prior to Hartbeat, Levine Worked at Warner Bros. For over a decade and served in a variety of senior leadership roles for warnermedia, most recently leading warnermedia studios and networks group’s business operations and strategy for wb pictures group, hbo and hbo max programming, wb television, wb television, wb television. TNT, DC, Consumer Products, Global Brands & Experiences, and Other traditional and digital content companies. Before Warner, Levine worked in Disney’s company strategy and business development group and ESPN.
“Sony Pictures’ dynamic portfolio of companies and commitment to innovation gives a really unique and exciting opportunity,” Levine said about her employment. “I look forward to working closely with Ravi and the entire leadership team to promote the company’s opportunities for expansion and growth in view of the developing media landscape.”
