EXCLUSIVE : Scott Mills , President and CEO of BET Media Group, which includes the BET cable network, BET Studios and BET+, is departing after 23 years. Mills, who finalized his exit over the last couple of weeks, just informed the company staff in an internal memo.

“Leading this extraordinary brand and serving the Black community alongside all of you has been an incredible honor and privilege,” he wrote in the email, which you can read in full below.

UPDATE : BET‘s President of Media Sales Louis Carr has been named as Mills’ successor , upped to BET President.

Mills was the highest-ranked veteran Viacom/Paramount executive remaining after Skydance completed its acquisition of Paramount in August. Following the merger, BET became part of new Paramount’s TV Media division alongsi

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