Amazon Reboots Its Television Studio With a Talent-Friendly Boss
- Jennifer Salke has already signed Jordon Peele to TV agreement
- Her predecessor stepped down amid allegations of harassment
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For her first act as the head of Amazon.com Inc.’s film and TV studio, Jennifer Salke turned to a bunch of Nazi hunters.
She had just met with Jordan Peele, the Oscar-winning writer and director of “Get Out,’’ and heard through his agent that he was eager to make a show about war-crimes investigators in New York City called “The Hunt.’’ The project was languishing at another company, which meant Peele, one of the hottest filmmakers in Hollywood, was available.