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Ready, Set, Go: Hollywood Is Poised for M&A Mania in 2025 | Analysis
From Paramount-Skydance to Endeavor going private and AT&T’s sale of its DirecTV stake, TheWrap rounds up the major deals
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Breaking Down ColorCreative’s 360 Management Approach With President Talitha Watkins
Office With a View: “It is really a relay and a baton pass when it comes to real, symbiotic successful representation,” the former CAA executive tells TheWrap
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How Major Entertainment Companies’ Stocks Performed in 2024
Netflix and Disney shares are poised to finish the year strong, while Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global and Lionsgate have all lagged behind
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Justin Baldoni’s Publicist Quit Firm Over Founder’s ‘Bullying’ Amid Blake Lively Smear Campaign, New Texts Show | Exclusive
Jonesworks’ Stephanie Jones counters that Jennifer Abel was fired for conspiring to steal her clients earlier this year
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TelevisaUnivision Pulls Channels From Fubo Amid Contract Dispute, Alleging 25% Price Hike
Fubo says the media company’s “unfair bundling and tying practices” forces subscribers to buy all channels, whether or not they watch them
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Telegram Tracks for First Profitable Year With $1 Billion Revenue, Despite Legal Troubles | Report
As it strives toward IPO, Telegram tells investors it is now policing more content and has paid down significant debt
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Nielsen Pulls Paramount Data From Advertiser Analysis Tool as Contract Dispute Drags On
The firm calls the move a “necessary step to safeguard the investments” of paying partners
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Donald Trump Transfers $4 Billion Stake in Trump Media and Technology Group to Revocable Trust
The president-elect indirectly owns 114.75 million shares, or 53% of the company’s total outstanding stock, according to an SEC filing
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HBO’s ‘The Penguin’ Contributed Nearly $135 Million to New York City Economy
The drama, which filmed for 112 days, invested more than $73 million in wages to 2,200+ local cast and crew
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Entertainment and Media Suffers Another Major Blow in 2024 With 15,000 Job Cuts
The good news: Losses declined in 2024. The bad news: There’s no sign things will turn around soon
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Warner Bros. Discovery Sets US Networks Leadership Team
The division will be led by Channing Dungey as CEO, Brett Paul as COO, Howard Lee as CCO, Susan Kolar as chief financial and strategy officer and Karen Bronzo as global CMO
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Kerry Washington and Elisabeth Moss’ ‘Imperfect Women’ Among Projects Approved for California Tax Credit
The California Film Commission estimates that more than 3,500 jobs will be brought by the 10 productions approved for the incentive.
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Center for American Rights Files FCC Petition Challenging Paramount-Skydance Merger
The firm said Tencent Holdings’ investment in Skydance raises “troubling questions about undue foreign influence” and that CBS News has “exhibited improper ideological bias”
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Nate Moore Leaving Marvel Studios to Transition Into Producing
“Nearly everything I know about producing I’ve learned from my time at Marvel Studios,” the exec says
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South by Southwest Promotes Hugh Forrest to President
Fellow SXSW co-president Jann Baskett will step down to an advisory role at the end of the year
