Business
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Paramount Exploring Strategic Partnership for MTV
The media giant has spoken with several major companies and music industry figures about acquiring a stake in the network, according to Bloomberg
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Disney to Continue Investing in China, Bob Iger Says
The CEO met with Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang in Beijing on Friday, per Chinese state news agency Xinhua
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How Disney Kids Sensation ‘Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Reached 1 Billion Hours Streamed in 100 Episodes
With merch and streams galore, Disney Jr. exec Alyssa Sapire and executive producer Harrison Wilcox unpack the road to success
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Social Media’s ‘Mrs. Dow Jones’ Haley Sacks Launches ‘Financial Tea’ Podcast With Sony | Exclusive
She will blend financial literacy with humor and pop culture in her weekly podcast appealing to her Zillennial audience
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Maya Hawke Praises the ‘Hunger Games’ Franchise for Being ‘Explicitly Anti-Fascist’ and ‘Mainstream’ at the Same Time | Video
The “Stranger Things” alum is set to star in the prequel movie, “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” out Nov. 20
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Paramount Chief Legal Officer Slams Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal: ‘Presumptively Unlawful’
The streamer’s regulatory defense has “no grounding in market or legal reality,” Makan Delrahim tells a House Judiciary subcommittee
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Disney’s Live-Action ‘Tangled’ Finds Its Mother Gothel in Kathryn Hahn
Michael Gracey will direct the project from a script by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
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Cristina Garza Joins UTA as Agent in Independent Film Group
“Cristina has extensive development, sales and packaging experience and a history of bridge-building between international creators and the US industry,” Rena Ronson, partner and head of UTA’s Independent Film Group, says
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Black Bear Hires Katie Anderson as EVP of Acquisitions
The former Sony Pictures exec will report to Benjamin Kramer, president of U.S. Releasing
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‘The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Is Trying to ‘Out Crazy the Crazy’ With ‘Foxsplains’
“My goal is that we run out of material,” the Comedy Central host and Emmy winner tells TheWrap
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Emily Henry’s ‘Funny Story’ and ‘Happy Place’ Set for Film Adaptations at Netflix
The author’s first Netflix adaptation “People We Meet on Vacation” hits the streamer Friday
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Disney Promotes Jimmy Zasowski to Platform Distribution President
He replaces Justin Connolly, who exited the media giant for a job at YouTube last year
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Regina Hall Plays It Straight in ‘One Battle After Another’: ‘I’m the One Person That Was Not Funny, Ever’
TheWrap magazine: The veteran actress known for her comedic gifts goes serious in Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic, playing a stoic revolutionary the auteur compared to a beloved “Star Wars” hero
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Former Disney/Hulu Exec Brandon Shaw Joins Seven Letter as Partner, Launches LA Office
Casey Hernandez will co-lead West Coast expansion for the communications firm
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Department of Justice Reviewing Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Bid
The regulator has requested additional information about the David Ellison-led media giant’s $108.4 billion tender offer














