Warner taps Salabe as Italo chief

ROME -- Paolo Ferrari will step lower as topper at Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia, which has hired Barbara Salabe to switch the longtime studio professional. Ferrari, among Italy's respected film industryites, is retiring carrying out a 21-year career with Warner Bros. in Italia. He'll remain while using studio until spring 2012. Salabe will join Warner Bros. on November. 7 from her current role as controlling director of Stage Entertainment. Because role she setup the Italo operation of Europe's leading musical production company, founded by Joop Van family room Ende. Right before her tenure at Stage Entertainment, she spent four years as senior V . p . and controlling director, Turner Broadcasting System Italia. Salabe, who certainly are situated in Rome, might have general oversight of Warner Bros. activities in Italia, including theatrical and home video production, marketing and distribution of both studio and native-language films, television distribution, consumer products, digital distribution and interactive entertainment. Warner Bros. also presently handles theatrical releases from the new the new sony product in Italia. Salabe will account to chairman and Boss Craig Meyer, through Richard Fox, executive V . p ., worldwide, Warner Bros. "Barbara posseses an outstanding status inside the Italian entertainment industry, plus an impressive breadth of expert knowledge across a number of industries, including our sister company, Turner," mentioned Meyer. "I am confident our Italian companies will thrive and grow under her leadership." Ferrari retires carrying out a distinguished career inside the Italian entertainment industry, spanning nearly five decades. Right before joining Warner Bros. Italia, Ferrari labored at Columbia Tri-Star Films Italia for 11 years. Before that, he spent 17 years at MGM. Ferrari can be a former leader of Italian film association ANICA, in addition to Italy's anti-piracy association FAPAV. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com