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Her Road to the Top: How NBCUniversal TV Studio Chief Pearlena Igbokwe Learned to Balance Business and Creative Instincts

By the time Pearlena Igbokwe was offered the job of president of Universal Television in 2016, she already had an impressive résumé. She’d climbed the ranks over 20 years at Showtime, and then excelled during a four-year stretch as head of NBC’s drama department. But the prospect of moving out of the network hierarchy to […]

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By the time Pearlena Igbokwe was offered the job of president of Universal Television in 2016, she already had an impressive résumé. She’d climbed the ranks over 20 years at Showtime, and then excelled during a four-year stretch as head of NBC’s drama department. But the prospect of moving out of the network hierarchy to […]

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According to Variety’s source item, Her Road to the Top: How NBCUniversal TV Studio Chief Pearlena Igbokwe Learned to Balance Business and Creative Instincts, By the time Pearlena Igbokwe was offered the job of president of Universal Television in 2016, she already had an impressive résumé. She’d climbed the ranks over 20 years at Showtime, and then excelled during a four-year stretch as head of NBC’s drama department. But the prospect of moving out of the network hierarchy to […]

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