Kristin Dolan has signed on to head AMC Networks as CEO for at least another three years.
The media company said it entered into a new employment agreement with Dolan effective as of Oct. 9, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2028. Her minimum annual base salary will be $2 million until April 1, 2026, at which time that will increase to $2.1 million. Dolan’s new contract also provides for an annual target bonus opportunity equal to at least three times her actual salary paid during the applicable year.
In addition, Dolan will continue to receive annual cash and/or stock awards. For 2026 (and the next two years) Dolan is expected to receive such grants with an annual aggregate target value of not less than $8 million. She also received a one-time special cash performance award with a target value of $3 million and will be paid a one-time signing bonus in cash in the amount of $150,000, per an AMC Networks filing Friday with the SEC.
In a statement, AMC Networks chairman James Dolan (who is Kristin Dolan’s husband), said: “Kristin has done a remarkable job leading AMC Networks through this period of change and has the operational background that makes her ideally suited to this role. Her focus on partnerships, profitability and technology has established a clear path forward. We look forward to her continued strategic leadership and management of our company’s strong content and brands.”
According to the company, Kristin Dolan has accelerated AMC Networks’ transformation from a networks-based cable programmer to one that distributes its content across an array of platforms including linear TV, subscription streaming and more than 20 FAST (free, ad-supported television) channels.
Dolan assumed the CEO role at AMC Networks in February 2023. In that capacity, she oversees the company’s portfolio of cable networks — AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV and We TV — along with streaming services AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK and HIDIVE; film distribution labels Independent Film Company and RLJE Films; AMC Studios, the company’s in-house studio, production and distribution operation; and AMC Networks International, its international programming business.
Prior to AMC Networks, Dolan was CEO of 605, an audience measurement and data analytics firm she founded in 2016. Before that she spent 16 years in various operating roles at Cablevision Systems (now part of Altice USA), including as chief operating officer. Dolan was a key member of the leadership team that oversaw Cablevision’s 2016 sale to Altice USA for $17.7 billion and helped to lead the subsequent transition.
Prior to Cablevision, Dolan held various marketing roles at AMC Networks (then known as Rainbow Media), including in affiliate marketing and distribution, where she began her career in 1989.
Dolan is a member of the board of directors for trade group NCTA – the Internet & Television Association (as well as the NCTA Education Foundation), the Paley Center for Media, The Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center, Sphere Entertainment and Wendy’s. She also serves on the president’s councils for the University at Albany and Pace University.