EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Schwartz, the famed composer and lyricist behind Wicked who’s recently been at work on the two-part film adaptation at Universal, has signed with CAA for representation. With a distinguished career spanning decades, Schwartz is known for his work across musical theater and…

The so-called streaming wars are morphing into the sports wars. "The streaming world is different than the linear world. The big bundle protected linear in a way that streaming doesn’t have that protection. So one way to protect it is continuity in the sports calendar," said Comcast CFO Jason…

EXCLUSIVE: Jorge Dorantes, the co-creator, executive producer and co-showrunner of the upcoming Netflix series The Gringo Hunters, has signed with Vision Entertainment for management. Expected to begin streaming later this year, The Gringo Hunters delves into the operations of the…

(Updated with more details) “You and Sean Combs were in love for 11 years, right?” defense lawyer Anna Estevao poignantly asked Cassie Ventura today at the beginning of her cross-examination of the former longterm girlfriend of the “All About the Benjamins” performer in Combs’ sex-trafficking trial…

Sudeep Reddy, a veteran of Politico and The Wall Street Journal, will be MSNBC’s first Washington, D.C. bureau chief as the network is spun off from parent NBCUniversal and Comcast later this year. The D.C. bureau will be at the Hall of States building, the same complex where NBC News is now…

After running a gauntlet in 2023, with dual strikes thwarting the recovery from Covid, Hollywood has entered a different phase with respect to AI. Perhaps not a radically different phase — plenty of anxiety and doubt remains in the wake of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA's fight with studios and streamers…

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ProSiebenSat.1 Media has posted adjusted EBITDA down 39%, as the linear TV advertising market bit, though streamer Joyn achieved its best quarter to date. The Germany-based TV giant posted adjusted earnings of €44M ($49.2M), which was attributed to “the highly profitable but also very cyclically…

Fremantle's first quarter revenue fell 5.6% as the Got Talent maker’s parent RTL blamed “budget cuts at broadcasters and streamers.” Sales were down to €373M ($418M) in the three months to March this year. The figure for the same period in 2024 was €395M. The falls were partially offset by…

ITV Studios will grow “faster than the global content market” this year, ITV has said, although turnover in the production-distribution arm remained virtually flat during the first quarter of this year. Delivering a trading update in the week that Deadline dove deep into a potential ITV sale…

At YouTube Brandcast on Wednesday night, the finale of a three-day blitz of upfront presentations in New York, Lady Gaga achieved the rarest of things: a standing ovation and screams of enthusiasm from a crowd of advertisers. The pop star’s scorching 20-minute set closed things on a high note…

UPDATED with matchup details. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that the Kansas City Chiefs will face the L.A. Chargers in an early-September game streaming globally on YouTube. The commissioner made the announcement Wednesday night at YouTube’s Brandcast event for advertisers. The Chargers…