WINNERS

ROBERT KOTICK

Activision beats Q1 estimates, stock pops and the CEO is sitting pretty.

BRAD GREY

Paramount Studios CEO bags big fish, signs David “Sopranos” Chase to production deal.

ISAAC PERLMUTTER

A $100M opening weekend for “Iron Man” has Marvel CEO feeling like a superhero.

LOSERS

PETER OLSON

Random House CEO to step down after profits shrink over past few years.

BRIAN CLARKSON

President of Moody’s Investors Service forced to resign after criticism, regulator probes.

PINCH SULZBERGER

NY Times publisher’s management failures lead to first-ever mass firing of 15 reporters.