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Fox Business Lines Up New Weekday Programming Slate After Maria Bartiromo Exit
“These changes will further strengthen our weekday lineup,” Fox News Media President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace says
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Matt Rice Takes the Reins of UTA’s Film Division as Agency Reshuffles Leadership
Allan Haldeman, Blair Kohan, Jay Gassner and Julien Thuan have also been promoted to the role of Managing Partner of Filmed Entertainment
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Sony Pictures TV’s Distribution and Networks Co-President Mike Wald Retires, Jason Spivak and Paul Littmann to Lead Division
Wald will depart at the end of the year after 32 years with the studio
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Hollywood Dealmakers Eye Creators as Mega-Merger Options Dwindle
TheGrill 2026: Traditional talent’s move to YouTube is opening new investment opportunities in creators and IP
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Movie Theaters Invested $2.7 Billion in Refurbishments Over Past 2 Years, Cinema United Report Says
The box office resurgence of the past few months has boosted the industry’s efforts to update thousands of auditoriums
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David Ellison Asks CNN CEO Mark Thompson to Stay After Paramount Acquisition
Bari Weiss is not expected to be involved in running the outlet when the deal closes
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Verizon Fios Customers Lose Starz After ‘Unproductive’ Carriage Dispute Negotiations
“Verizon has mischaracterized our position, shown an unwillingness to negotiate and has been unproductive in progressing towards a mutually beneficial outcome,” the network president says
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim, California AG Rob Bonta Get Candid on Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
TheGrill 2026: The two appeared (separately) on stage on the same day the antitrust settlement was officially approved
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Ben Affleck Walks Back Matt Damon’s ‘Claim’ Netflix Demanded Plot Repetition in Dialogue
The Oscar winner clarifies the streaming giant didn’t give him any notes for his latest film “Animals”
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Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair on ‘Michael’ Success and Ignoring Critics ‘Shouting at You That You’re Making a Horrible Mistake’
TheGrill 2026: Adam Fogelson, AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron and Regal CEO Eduardo Acuna talk about this summer’s mammoth box office
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim Says Threat to Move Out of California ‘Was Not a Bluff’
TheGrill 2026: The media giant’s chief legal officer unpacks how the settlement with 12 state AGs came together and addresses concerns around politics and CNN’s independence
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Paramount Legal Chief Dismisses CNN Independence Concerns
TheGrill 2026: Makan Delrahim tells Sharon Waxman he’s confident in the network under the Ellisons
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Disney TV Comms Chief Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul Exits After 8 Years
The communications EVP leaves to “pursue a new opportunity”
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Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Is In a Box Office Pickle as Warner Bros.’ Final Release as a Standalone Studio
With the 103-year-old studio on the cusp of Paramount ownership, Alejandro Iñárritu’s high-budget satire has been hit with divided reviews and poor presales
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Judge Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
The move clears the final hurdle for the $110 billion deal’s closing
