ABC NEWS: Sony Pictures Executive Steps Down in Hacking Aftermath

The Sony studio head whose hacked emails revealed some of Hollywood’s dirty laundry is moving on. Amy Pascal is stepping down as Sony Pictures Entertainment’s co-chair to launch a new production venture at the studio in May. “I have spent almost my entire professional life at Sony Pictures and I am energized to be starting this new chapter based at the company I call home,” Pascal, who joined Columbia Pictures in 1988, said in a statement.

In December, Pascal apologized for the content of hacked private emails to mega-producer Scott Rudin, in which stars like Angelina Jolie and Adam Sandler were criticized…

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