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Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer’s Fiscal 2025 Pay Falls 46% to $9.8 Million
The studio has extended the executive’s contract through its fiscal year 2029
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Amazon Original Movies Physical Production Head Glenn Gainor Exits to Launch Hollywood Ventures Group
The executive will serve as CEO of the production company and consulting firm, which he co-founded with Entertainment Media Ventures head Sandy Climan
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Disney Closes 2025 Upfront With Nearly $4 Billion in Sports Advertising
Streaming accounted for over 40% of the company’s total upfront volume, which was consistent with the prior year
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Versant Taps NBC Nightly News EP Meghan Rafferty as VP of News Standards
Rafferty will focus on making sure MSNBC and CNBC are “fair, accurate and transparent” when she starts her new role in September
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Former NBC Cable President Tom Rogers Joins Versant as Senior Advisor
The CNBC founder will provide ongoing counsel on everything from industry trends to strategy, market positioning and business development
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Ad-Supported Platforms Accounted for 73.6% of TV Viewing in 2nd Quarter of 2025
Streaming picked up share from broadcast and cable, per Nielsen’s Ad-Supported Gauge, driven by new releases of “Love Island,” “Squid Game” and “Ginny & Georgia”
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Could AI Kill Off Hollywood’s Talent Pipeline?
Many top-tier directors and producers came into the business by doing the grunt work that AI may soon handle
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WME Names Max Eisenbud to Lead Sports Client Representation
The executive will oversee representation business across tennis, golf, action sports and sports content
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Josh Greenstein in Talks to Join Paramount Following Skydance Merger
The executive currently serves as Sony Motion Picture Group president
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Megyn Kelly Hires Former Trump Advisor Hope Hicks as Media Company COO
The ex-White House communications director will be the Chief Operating Officer of Devil May Care Media
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Wallis Annenberg, Philanthropist and Annenberg Foundation CEO, Dies at 86
The heiress oversaw billions of dollars in philanthropic efforts
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Larry Ellison to Hold 35.5% of Family’s Voting Rights in New Paramount, National Amusements After Skydance Merger Closes
The Oracle chairman will not have any “veto rights, or any special or outsized voting rights,” per an amendment filed with the FCC
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Paramount-Skydance Merger Expected to Close Aug. 7
Following the $8 billion deal’s closing, the combined company will begin trading on the Nasdaq under new stock ticker symbol PSKY
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As FCC Clears Paramount-Skydance Deal, All Eyes Are on Rebuilding the Media Giant
MoffettNathanson says it’ll be awaiting clarity on the future of Paramount+ and the linear network portfolio, content strategy and investment and sports rights renewals
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As Skydance-Paramount Merger Closes, the ‘South Park’ Trump Takedown Shows the Fight Is On | Analysis
Skydance got an immediate taste of the public relations headaches that come with the studio’s powerful, Trump-baiting talent
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