Goldsmith like Burns has been key to recent merger and acquisitions moves at the Hollywood studio. He joined Lionsgate via the 2007 acquisition of Mandate Pictures, where he served as COO and CFO.

Burns was talking up the studio ahead of an upcoming split with Starz. He confirmed that about 13%-15% of the studio’s equity will move into a SPAC and trade publicly on the NYSE (stock symbol ...

Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns has extended his contract with the Hollywood studio through October 2023. ... The studio also has discretion to extend the latest contract through October 2024.

Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns sees the Hollywood studio as a potentially attractive takeover target amid continuing industry-wide mergers and acquisitions in the streaming era. “We do ...