EXCLUSIVE: Paramount ‘s motion picture divisions, including production, literary, marketing and music, were impacted Wednesday by the wider company layoffs, with many Melrose Ave lot vets exiting. The new David Ellison-run conglom is handing out about 1,000 pink slips as it looks to achieve $2 billion in overall savings. We understand that some of those savings aren’t in job cuts alone.

Among those departing, we hear, are President of Worldwide Music Randy Spendlove who has been at the studio since 2006. Spendlove arrived at Paramount as a Grammy winner for Best Soundtrack Album for the Miramax Best Picture Oscar winner Chicago. He started at A&M Records as VP of Promotions where he worked with Janet Jackson, Sheryl Crow, Soundgarden and Bryan Adams. In 1998, he became Presiden

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