5 Top Executives Quit Dick Clark Productions Amid ‘Toxic Culture’ Complaints (Exclusive)

Five senior executives have abruptly quit Dick Clark Productions, the company behind the Golden Globes and the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards, amid complaints of what one insider called a “toxic culture,” TheWrap has learned. In the past few weeks, the production company has seen an exodus of top executives, including Linda Gierahn, executive vice president of production; Mark Bracco, executive vice president of programming and development; Amy Pfister, vice president of communications; Rika Camizianos, VP of creative content and postproduction — brand, marketing and digital strategy; and Ben Roy, vice president of programming and development. Another top executive, EVP of Digital Strategy Ariel Elazar, has moved out of DCP into another division of parent company MRC, which is co-owned by Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Todd Boehly. A spokeswoman for the company confirmed Bracco had left DCP and said the others would be leaving after this year’s ACMs on April 18. According to multiple individuals with knowledge of the company, the chief source of tension is Amy Thurlow, who joined DCP in 2014 and was elevated to president in November 2019, and Mark Shimmel, the company’s head of talent management. One insider described Thurlow as someone who was...

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