By Drew Taylor

Warner Bros. Animation underwent a major shake-up, announcing Monday the retirement of general manager Ed Adams. Matt Matzkin, the current EVP of business operations and production for Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, will assume his duties upon his departure in September.

Additionally, head of production at Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios Bobbie Page will also be exiting the company.

By Lucas Manfredi

Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan is shrugging off potential regulatory concerns around the private equity firm teaming up with Sony Pictures Entertainment on a joint $26 billion all-cash offer to acquire Paramount Global.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. Additionally, Apollo owns a minority stake in Cox Media Group, which owns 12 local U.S. TV stations in nine metro areas.

By Mike Roe

The 2024 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday by Columbia University, which administers the awards, considered one of the great honors in journalism and literature. In the entertainment world, Justin Chang took home a Pulitzer for criticism, across fields, for his work as a film critic at the Los Angeles Times, where he worked for nearly eight years. He left earlier this year to join the New Yorker. The prizes also come with a $15,000 award in most categories.

Chang was honored “for richly evocative and genre-spanning film criticism that reflects on the contemporary moviegoing experience,” according to the Pulitzer Prize board. Chang is also a critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air.” He previously worked at Variety, where he began as an intern before rising to become the publication’s chief film critic.