formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
How did a Brooklyn media giant valued at $5.7 billion just a few years ago wind up going bankrupt and folding its newsroom? Look no further than its brash (and still highly paid) founder. Source: Vice Media’s Fall: Shane Smith … Continued
This past week Cineworld announced it had reached an agreement with existing lenders to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the middle of this year while providing the company with significant operating capital to execute future business. Source: How Cineworld … Continued
The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF), which convened the summit earlier this month and was attended by YouTube, has forged a list of “possible interventions” required to help a genre in crisis and sent them to the UK culture department and … Continued
Reliance will invest $1.4 billion into the joint venture, which is valued at $8.5 billion, while Disney will provide a content license. Source: Disney Merges India Business with Viacom18 and Reliance in Major Deal
It seems like some cinemagoers in France and Germany are taking the boxing in “Creed III” a little too seriously. During opening weekend screenings of the latest installment of the “Rocky” in the southeastern Paris suburb, Ivry-sur-Seine, a fight broke … Continued
Happy Valley, Slow Horses and BBC drama The Sixth Commandment dominate the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Source: ‘Happy Valley’ & ‘Slow Horses’ Dominate BPG Award Noms