Netflix: WWE Deal Doesn’t Change Live Sports Strategy
The co-CEO makes a distinction between the “sports entertainment” of pro wrestling and other competitions. Source: Netflix: WWE Deal Doesn’t Change Live Sports Strategy – The Hollywood Reporter
Comic Book Writer Jimmy Palmiotti Offers Decades of Work for Charity
The scribe is selling digital copies of his comics to support the World Wildlife Fund, including one title that late filmmaker John Singleton hoped to adapt. Source: Comic Book Writer Jimmy Palmiotti Offers Decades of Work for Charity – The … Continued
The Vultures Are Circling: Who Will Walk Away With Paramount?
As Shari Redstone decides how to part with her empire, a number of players have emerged as suitors — all with varying, and conflicting, motivations to make a bid for the historic studio. Source: Paramount Sale: Who’s in the Hunt … Continued
Lionsgate Closes Entertainment One Merger
The $500 million transaction for the film and TV unit includes a content library filled with the ‘Yellowjackets’ and ‘The Rookie’ series and eOne’s unscripted business. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lionsgate-entertainment-one-merger-1235775309/
When Warner Bros. First Left the Family: Betrayal and High Drama
With new rumblings of a Paramount deal that could (once again) reshape the entertainment landscape, it’s worth remembering when the Warner brothers cashed out in 1956 — and how it happened. Source: When Warner Bros. First Left the Family: Betrayal … Continued
RTL Group Sells Dutch TV Operation to DPG Media for $1.2 Billion
The European TV giant moved to sell off RTL Nederland after authorities blocked a planned merger between RTL’s Dutch operations with John de Mol’s Talpa Networks. Source: RTL Group Sells Dutch TV Operation to DPG Media for $1.2 Billion – … Continued