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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts’ Pay Rises to $35.5M, President Michael Cavanagh’s Drops to $29.6M in 2023
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CBS Sports, Pluto TV Launch Champions League Soccer FAST Channel
The 24-hour streaming offering will feature goals, highlights from Europe’s flagship club soccer competition.
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EverWonder Launches Live Division, Adds Michael Antinoro as President (Exclusive)
The RedBird IMI-backed nonfiction studio is making a play for live events programming, inking a first-look deal with producer Bryan Zuriff.
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AMC Networks CEO Kristin Dolan’s Pay Hits $14.6M in First Year
Named to her role in February 2023, the executive succeeded Christina Spade.
By Georg Szalai
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Greg Maffei’s Liberty Media CEO Pay Rises to $28.7M in 2023
Media mogul John Malone’s Liberty Media — which owns audio entertainment powerhouse SiriusXM, the Formula One racing circuit, and a stake in events promoter Live Nation Entertainment, among others — has disclosed that president and CEO Greg Maffei’s 2023 compensation package amounted to $28.66 million, compared with $22.36 million in 2022. He had earned $21.58 million in […]
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Charter Loses 392,000 Pay TV Subscribers in First Quarter
Cable and broadband giant Charter Communications has seen its losses of pay TV customers quicken as it reported its first-quarter results Friday. The company, led by president and CEO Chris Winfrey, shed 392,000 residential video customers during the latest quarter, which compared to a year-earlier decline of 237,000 subscribers. Charter had 13.1 million pay TV subscribers […]
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Why the New York Appeals Court Judges Reversed Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction
It was Valentine’s Day earlier this year when, in an Albany courtroom, the seven judges that make up the New York State Court of Appeals spent part of their day hearing oral arguments about potentially overturning the nearly four-year-old landmark trial in which Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two of five felony […]
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Freelance Casting Assistants Launch Attempt to Unionize With Teamsters
Freelance casting assistants are launching an attempt to unionize with the Teamsters. Nearly 150 New York- and Los Angeles-based casting assistants are supporting the drive to unionize with Teamsters Local 399 and Teamsters Local 817, the former union announced on Thursday. The group has requested voluntary recognition from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television […]
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Billie Eilish, Green Day, Sia Among 250-Plus Artists Backing Bill That Would Reform Live Event Ticketing
More than 250 artists, including Billie Eilish, Green Day, Sia and Cyndi Lauper, signed a letter Thursday urging the Senate Commerce Committee to support a bill that would reform the ticketing system for live events. The Fans First Act, which was initially introduced in December by Sens. John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Marsha Blackburn, Peter Welch, […]
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Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor Pay Hits Nearly $84M in 2023
Endeavor chief Ari Emanuel received a roughly $84 million pay package last year — between his base salary, bonus, stock awards and other compensation — the company disclosed in its proxy filing on Thursday. President Mark Shapiro received $38.8 million, by those same measures, in 2023, while executive chairman Patrick Whitesell saw $13.2 million in […]
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Roku Narrows Quarterly Net Loss to $51M As Monthly Users Top 81M
Roku reported total net revenue of $882 million in the first quarter, up 19 percent year over year. Both platform revenue and devices revenue saw a year-over-year increase of 19 percent in the first quarter results reported Thursday, with platform revenue of $754.9 million, driven by both the streaming service distribution and advertising, and devices […]
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YouTube Delivers $8.1B In Quarterly Ad Revenue, Beating Wall Street Expectations
Even as linear TV continues to struggle, the video advertising market on YouTube continues to grow. The Google-owned video platform on Thursday reported advertising revenue of $8.1 billion in Q1 2024, up more than 20% from $6.7 billion in the Q1 quarter a year ago. Wall Street estimates were for YouTube ad revenue of $7.7 […]
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Sony Pictures Taps Jill Ratner as General Counsel
Jill Ratner is moving from Disney to Sony. The executive is joining Sony Pictures Entertainment as executive vice president and general counsel. She steps into a role vacated by Leah Weil, who announced in January she would transition to an advisory position after 30 years with the company. Ratner begins her new post on May […]
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The Onion Sold to Tech Exec Jeff Lawson
Satirical news site The Onion has a new owner. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller announced on Thursday that the company had sold the publication to a Chicago-based company called Global Tetrahedron, which is comprised of “four digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion and comedy based content.” The firm is run by former NBC […]
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Village Roadshow Renews Production Deal With Kevin Garnett’s Banner
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has renewed its production partnership with Content Cartel Production Studios, NBA legend Kevin Garnett’s film and TV banner. In late 2021, Garnett’s Content Cartel inked a first-look development deal with Village Roadshow to cover scripted and unscripted projects for television, film and digital. The new and expanded deal includes Village Roadshow […]
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Pinewood Toronto Studios Names New General Manager
Pinewood Toronto Studios has promoted general counsel Sarah Farrell to become the new general manager of the city’s downtown mega-studio. Farrell, who joined film studio as legal counsel in 2013, had been overseeing legal, HR and client relations. She replaces Geoff Grant, who left Pinewood Toronto Studios as general manager in Sept. 2023. That followed Pinewood […]
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