With the NFL, every deal is a big one. As the dominant content provider in live television, when the league strikes a new agreement or makes a change to its programming, it will be felt across the media ecosystem. Many of those big changes happen at the leagues owners meetings, held multiple times per year at various locations across the...

How expensive is it for one of the worlda largest tech companies to secure control of the worlds most famous spy? About $20 million. In February, Amazon announced that it had struck a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the longtime stewards of the James Bond franchise, to give the tech company full control over the character and...

Versant is bolstering its communications team ahead of its spinoff from NBCUniversal. Amanda Cary and Jamie Palatini, both industry veterans, will join the company as vps of communications. Cary will oversee comms for the companys entertainment portfolio which includes cable channels USA Network, E!, Syfy and Oxygen and digital properties Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango while Palatini will head up sports...

Creative Artists Agency has appointed Sarah Schweitzman as co-head of CAA Media Finance, joining Roeg Sutherland. Schweitzman and Sutherland will jointly oversee the division, which handles packaging, financing, production and sales for independent film, television and digital projects at the agency. Schweitzman replaces CAA Media Finance co-head Benjamin Kramer, who jumped ship this summer to join Teddy Schwarzmans indie studio...

Anna DerParseghian was 15 when she started as a filing clerk at a business management firm. It was supposed to be a part-time job, chosen by her high school career office. At the time, the plan was to become a doctor and save the world, she says. But when she turned 20, her mentor sent her to a firm in...

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says the streaming giant has little interest, if at all, in bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery. Nothing is a must for us to meet our goals that we have for this business, he said during an after-market analyst call after Netflix unveiled its third quarter financial results, without mentioning WBD directly. The executives comments came on...

Kansas City Chiefs star (and Taylor Swifts fianc) Travis Kelce is getting into the activist investing business. The NFL athlete, podcast host and burgeoning actor joined the activist investment firm Jana Partners in a bid to seek an overhaul of Six Flags, the theme park company that owns Knotts Berry Farm, Cedar Point and Six Flags amusement parks across the...

Chess brought in a strong $1.2 million across its first four preview performances. The revival of the 1980s cold war musical, starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, began previews Oct. 15 and played to 100 percent capacity at the Imperial Theatre. The average ticket price for the musical was $208, the fourth highest in the industry last week....

Former U.S. Air Force officer-turned-popular YouTuber Sam Eckholm has signed with CAA for representation in all areas. The Air Force Academy graduate has become a notable media influencer producing and hosting online videos about the mission of the American aerospace sector and U.S. military service members. Eckholms social media videos have generated over 5 million views online every month, and...

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) popped on Tuesday, hitting a 52-week high after the entertainment conglomerate said that its board of directors has launched a review of strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value. The news came after weeks of deal chatter surrounding the Hollywood giant, led by CEO David Zaslav and just ahead of Netflixs third-quarter earnings report. Netflixs...

The Netflix sensation KPop Demon Hunters will take over toy store shelves next year, with the streaming giant inking what it calls an unprecedented and industry-first deal with both Mattel and Hasbro for a slew of toys, collectibles, games and consumer products based on the franchise. The company says that Mattel and Hasbro will be named global co-master toy licensees,...

Broadway musicians say they are prepared to strike immediately if they do not reach an agreement with the Broadway League on Wednesday. The Broadway musicians represented by Local 802 AFM are going into mediation on Wednesday, Oct. 22. If we do not have a new contract by Thursday morning, we are prepared to strike immediately. We are hopeful that we...

The entertainment industrys leading business managers the trusted advisers successfully overseeing key strategic and financial decisions for their high-profile clients amid a year marked by disruption and economic volatility will gather at CUT at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for The Hollywood Reporters 15th annual Power Business Managers event. Anna DerParseghian, managing partner at PTD Business Management, will be honored with...