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Fox and ESPN Enter a New Streaming Era – Will It Change the Game for Sports Media?
The media giants face the difficult task of winning over roughly 65 million “cord never” households with their new offerings while avoiding an acceleration in linear TV cord-cutting
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Fox Entertainment Studios Taps JJ Klein and Brie Neimand for Scripted Programming Roles
Klein previously worked in FX current series operations, while Neimand worked in development at CBS Studios
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ESPN’s New App Looks to Score With Cord-Nevers Through Personalized SportsCenter, Fantasy and Betting
It will also launch a personalized short-form video feed called “Verts” and allow users to shop for merchandise while watching sports
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Versant Sets Charisse Williams Larado as VP of Sports Talent Strategy, Recruitment
The former NBCUniversal executive will work with Golf Channel, NASCAR, the WNBA, USGA, IMSA, the Olympics and Premier League to elevate the profiles of the company’s on-air talent
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Disney Expands Product and Tech Leadership Team With Tony Donohoe, Erin Teague
The pair will serve as executive vice presidents of ad platforms and product management, respectively
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Paramount’s Deal With ‘Stranger Things’ Duffer Bros Signals a Big Bet on Talent | Analysis
Convincing Matt and Ross Duffer to jump ship from Netflix is a huge coup for Paramount, which is trying to establish a new identity under David Ellison
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Shari Redstone Speaks Out on Selling Paramount, Settling With Trump: ‘I Wanted Out’
The mogul said after the Hamas attack on Israel she wanted to focus on antisemitism, and said her settlement with Trump over “60 Minutes” was a “no-brainer”
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‘We Will Dance Again’ Director Yariv Mozer Sets First-Look Deal With Israeli Studio Sipur
The Nova Music Festival project won Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary at the 2025 News and Doc Emmys after premiering on Paramount+
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Nexstar to Acquire Tegna in $6.2 Billion Local TV Deal, Citing Trump-Backed Initiatives
The deal will give the former 265 television stations in 44 states and D.C., representing 80% of U.S. television households
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Fox Entertainment Studios Promotes Dana Tafoya-Cameron to Head of Bento Box Entertainment
Netflix’s Michelle Huynh also joins as executive vice president of studio content operations
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Paramount and Legendary in Talks for Movie Distribution Deal
The production company’s previous distribution deal with Sony ended last year
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Newsmax Settles Dominion Voting Systems Lawsuit for $67 Million
The move comes after the network was sued for defamation for claiming that the latter’s technology was used to rig the 2020 presidential election
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Versant to Rebrand MSNBC as MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion and the World
In addition to MS NOW, USA Network and Golf Channel will merge into a new USA Sports brand and CNBC will change its logo but retain its name
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Taylor Sheridan, Paramount Set Massive Texas Production Hub in Fort Worth
The 450,000 square foot campus, which is built to support four concurrent large-scale productions with SGS Studios, is the largest operating studio in the state
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Brands Are Buying Their Way Into Writers’ Rooms
People are turning to brands more openly for content funding as studio money dries up — but companies providing the money want to consult on script and other creative facets
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