Activision Blizzard Names Stacey Sher Co-President
January 13 2016 - 8:30AM
Dow Jones News
Activision Blizzard Inc. said Wednesday that it named producer
Stacey Sher co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios.
Ms. Sher will co-lead the studio with former Disney executive Nick van Dyk.
Activision Blizzard Studios makes television and films based on
its iconic intellectual properties, including "Call of Duty" and
"StarCraft."
Ms. Sher has produced more than two dozen major motion
pictures—most recently Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight"—in
addition to several TV series and TV movies. Her other film credits
include "Pulp Fiction" and "Erin Brockovich."
Last week, Activision acquired Major League Gaming, a well-known
producer and broadcaster of videogame competitions, as it works to
build a new "e-sports" division.
Shares, which have risen 13% over the last three months, were
inactive premarket.
Write to Anne Steele at Anne.Steele@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 13, 2016 09:15 ET (14:15 GMT)
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