Lasherelle Morgan

Legacy & significance

Morgan's career is a direct map of where AI governance is coming from in media and entertainment: she built operational legal structures for emerging digital platforms, streaming, apps, immersive venues, before the AI inflection point arrived, then moved into AI legal strategy at Amazon and NBCUniversal. The frameworks she builds now govern how a company the size of NBCU evaluates, procures, and deploys AI across its entire enterprise.

Major achievements & key works

• SVP, Legal, AI Innovation and Acceleration, NBCUniversal. Leads legal strategy for AI initiatives enterprise-wide, including vendor negotiations, policy development, and responsible deployment governance.
• Amazon internal AI legal committee. Served on Amazon's early AI legal committee and participated as a superuser in internal AI pilots, shaping how AI tools were evaluated and adopted across global teams.
• Legal architecture for MSG Sphere. Advised executive leadership on business and legal strategy for the first large-scale venue combining cutting-edge technology with fully immersive experience.
• Head of Content Legal, Audible. Built the content legal team and frameworks that supported Audible's expanding original content business across multiple regions.

Pivotal turning points

Year	Event	Impact
2001-2004	Mergers and acquisitions associate, Latham and Watkins	Builds transactional legal foundation
2005-2011	Business affairs, Food Network and HBO	Enters entertainment legal; supports HBO's early streaming initiatives including groundwork for HBO GO
2012-2019	Viacom and Amazon Audible legal leadership	Builds and leads content legal teams for streaming and digital platforms
2019-2020	SVP, Business and Legal Affairs, MSG Entertainment	Advises on MSG Sphere creation
2020-2025	Senior and Director-level counsel at Amazon	Joins Amazon AI legal committee; leads content legal for Latin America, India, and Japan
2025-present	SVP, Legal, AI Innovation and Acceleration, NBCUniversal	Leads enterprise-wide AI legal strategy and governance

Sources & further reading

Primary sources

• Lasherelle Morgan, LinkedIn profile

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