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James F. Blue II is stepping down as SVP and head of Paramount’s Smithsonian Channel after approximately one-and-a-half years in the post, Realscreen has confirmed. Blue shared the news with staff via a brief internal ...

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  Blue (pictured) will work closely alongside the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to expand and diversify Smithsonian Channel’s content slate. He will additionally be responsible for supporting the Institution’s efforts to engage, inspire and educate. The Emmy, Peabody and Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award winning executive will also have oversight of all factual and unscripted content for MTV Entertainment’s portfolio of brands across streaming, linear and digital. He will jointly...