Film Studios
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Paramount Taps Former Google Exec Barak Turovsky as Consumer AI Head
The EVP is tasked with exploring ways for Paramount+ and Pluto to leverage AI in areas such as personalization, content discovery, engagement and monetization
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Paramount President of MTVE Keith Cox Exits After 20 Years
The programming executive’s direct reports Antonia Covault and Todd Baynes will transition into EVP Carolyn Harris’ team
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Culver City Slashes Shooting Fees by Up to 60% in Push for Local Film Production
FilmLA has worked with Culver City officials to slash the $660 per permit fee for motion picture and still photography shoots
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State AGs Send Paramount Subpoenas in Warner Bros. Merger Investigation
The civil investigative demands focus on the Department of Justice’s review of the $110 billion deal and the merger’s “competitive effects”
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HBO Max’s Momentum Sets Up Paramount+ Nicely as Merger Inches Closer
The streaming division saw profits rise 29% as subscribers surpassed 140 million
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Disney Shares Rise Over 8% as Josh D’Amaro Touts Disney+ as ‘Digital Centerpiece’ in First Earnings Call
The entertainment giant’s new chief says it will invest in IP, engage consumers in more seamless ways and use AI in areas such as content creation and workforce productivity
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Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions Lays Off 3 Staffers
The company behind “Get Out” will maintain a staff of four
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Paramount Focuses on Streaming Tech Transformation as WBD Deal Looms
Paramount+, Pluto TV and BET+ will launch on a unified backend this summer as the $110 billion merger remains on track to close this fall
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Lionsgate Promotes Amanda Kozlowski to Film Marketing Chief
The studio’s longtime executive strategist had been working as chief marketing officer in an interim role
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Congressman Urges FCC to Reject Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger’s Middle East Investment
Rep. Sam Liccardo says foreign investors acquiring 49.5% of the combined company’s equity would be “a surrender of American media and infrastructure to the hands of foreign authoritarian regimes”
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‘Ant-Man’ Star Evangeline Lilly Condemns Disney’s Marvel Layoffs as ‘Disgusting and Horrible’
“I stand with all the artists,” the “Avengers” actress says
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Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels Renews Contract Through April 2028
The new deal will kick in on July 11, with the executive set to receive an annual base salary of $2.5 million
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Constantin Film Promotes Kacie Fagan to Director of Development | Exclusive
The former creative executive was instrumental in spearheading the studio’s 2025 hit “Regretting You”
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Paramount Asks FCC to Approve Middle East Investment in Warner Bros. Merger
The media giant’s petition notes that indirect foreign ownership of equity interests in Paramount will total 49.5% and will not result in a transfer of control
