Amazon Studios Promotes Hall, Kwon and Andolina

Amazon Studios named  new leaders to its operation. Nick Hall was promoted to head of drama at the studio. Gina Kwon and Ryan Andolina, who worked under Hall, were named the co-heads of comedy, Amazon Studios. 

All three report to Joe Lewis, head of comedy, drama and VR at Amazon Studios.

Amazon, home of half hours Transparent and Catastrophe and hour drama Goliath, among other series, named Marc Resteghini its head of current hour series and Jill Arthur the head of current half hour shows.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.