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Katie Martin Kelley has moved to Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group as executive VP-communications.
She joins from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she was chief communications officer. At MGM, she worked with Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdy, who are co-chairs & CEOs of WBMPG.
Prior to MGM, Martin Kelley spent 12 years at Paramount Pictures where she handled domestic publicity and corporate communications for the studio.
At WBMPG, Martin Kelley will lead media relations and corporate communications for Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and newly rebranded Warner Bros. Pictures Animation.
She will report to DeLuca and Abdy. They said Martin Kelley is “highly regarded as one of Hollywood’s top communications executives and a true master of her craft."


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