WSJ News Exclusive | Disney Plots Future of Its Traditional TV Networks
Disney is examining whether its future should include fewer television networks.After Chief Executive Bob Iger said last summer that some...
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Detroit Is Paying Up to End the UAW Strike. Now Carmakers Will Live With the Costs.
Updated Oct. 30, 2023 12:50 pm ETThe United Auto Workers campaign against Detroit’s three automakers can be described as one...
Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won
The Detroit automakers entered labor talks at a cost disadvantage to Tesla. Source link
Warner Bros. Cuts Profit Outlook as Hollywood Strikes Drag On
It is now targeting full-year adjusted earnings, before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, of $10.5 billion to $11 billion, down...
Spectrum Customers Lose ESPN as U.S. Open, College Football Heat Up
Charter Communications subscribers are caught in the middle of a philosophical fight between the cable giant and Disney, parent company...
WSJ News Exclusive | Movie Financier TSG Accuses Disney of Depriving It of Millions of Dollars
TSG Entertainment, which helped finance hits including “Avatar: The Way of Water” for Twentieth Century Fox, is suing the studio...
Head of CBS News, Neeraj Khemlani, Stepping Away From His Role
CBS is shaking up the leadership ranks of its news and local station group Source link
Paramount to Sell Simon & Schuster to KKR for $1.62 Billion
The sale of the book publisher to the buyout firm comes less than a year after previous deal with Penguin...
With Great Power: The Rise of Superhero Cinema
A four-part podcast series tells the story of how Marvel Studios, a once-bankrupt comics publisher, soared to the top of...
‘Elemental’ Struggles on Opening Weekend; ‘The Flash’ Also Flat
Pixar’s latest animated film has one of the weakest domestic debuts in the studio’s history. Source link
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Delivers $100 Million-Plus Debut for Disney’s Marvel
The third installment of director James Gunn’s trilogy tallied $114 million in domestic ticket sales this weekend, giving Marvel Studios...
CNN Finalizing Deal to Add Gayle King as It Hits Lowest Ratings in Decades
Basketball commentator Charles Barkley also in the mix as a potential host. Source link
Hollywood Is Betting on Fear
Hollywood, once again, is resorting to scare tactics.Producers and studio chiefs say we’re headed into a horror-movie boom, as they...
Tyler Perry Expressed Interest in Buying Majority Stake of BET Media Group From Paramount Global
BusinessMedia & MarketingPotential sale of part of parent of BET and VH1 would help Paramount shore up resources for streaming...
‘South Park’ on Paramount+ Prompts Warner Bros. Discovery Lawsuit
BusinessMedia & MarketingWarner Bros. Discovery says it paid over $500 million in 2019 to exclusively stream episodes Source link
Disney’s New ‘Ant-Man’ Movie Brings in Over $100 Million on Opening Weekend
Early performance from “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” has surpassed studio projections, company executive says. Source link
The Race to Build the ‘Yellowstone’ Universe
Amid tight deadlines and freezing temperatures, Paramount churns out prequels to generate programming for its streaming service and capitalize on...
From CNN to Paramount, Perfect Storm in Media Propels Layoffs
BusinessMedia & MarketingEntertainment and publishing firms look to cut costs amid streaming losses and ad slowdown Source link
Fox Is Cleared to Buy FanDuel Stake for About $3.7 Billion
The ruling paves the way for Fox Corp. to take a bigger position in the fast-growing sports-betting industry. Source link
Warner Bros. Discovery Names Two Superhero Veterans to Lead DC Studios
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD 2.96% has tapped the veteran director-producer team of James Gunn and Peter Safran to lead...
