Paramount continues to staff up its executive suite under CEO David Ellison. The media and entertainment company said Thursday that it is bringing on Jay Askinasi to become the companys chief revenue officer, effective Nov. 3. Askinasi joins Paramount from Roku, where he led that platforms ad sales business, and before that was CEO of Publicis Media Exchange U.S. In...

The union representing Broadway musicians has called for a strike authorization vote, setting the stage for a possible double-strike with Actors Equity. American Federation of Musicians Local 802 has been in negotiations with the Broadway League, which represents producers and theater owners, over their contract since Aug. 4 and say the League continues to demand unacceptable wages as well as...

Leigh Anne Brodsky, the licensing and marketing executive who helped steer the development and growth of such iconic characters as the Peanuts gang, SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer, has died. She was 67. Brodsky died Friday in New York of complications from dementia, her husband, former record label and Warner Bros. marketing exec Greg Brodsky, told The Hollywood Reporter....

Wasserman has installed former Paramount Global exec Christa DAlimonte in its C-suite as its chief legal officer. She will assume the New York City-based post on Oct. 14, and replace Mike Pickles, who is retiring from the global sports, music and entertainment company but will stay on until the end of the year to assist with a transition. DAlimonte spent...

Some of the advanced technology from the Sphere in Las Vegas is about to land in one of New York Citys most famous entertainment venues. MSG Entertainment will be adding Sphere Immersive Sound to Radio City Music Hall in a $7 million upgrade, with the new audio tech set to make its debut in time or this years Radio City...

SiriusXM wants to stay in business with Megyn Kelly for years to come. The satellite radio giant has inked a new multiyear deal with the former Fox News host, a pact that will see Kelly get her own branded channel on the SiriusXM lineup, taking over channel 111, formerly the Triumph channel. The channel will continue to run her daily...

Is Hollywood opting in or out? Early signs are that the major studios and talent agencies are now starting to circle the wagons over Open AIs latest product Sora 2, an invite-only, TikTok-style video app debuting on Sept. 30 that allows users to scan their face and place themselves in hyperrealistic clips. Creative Artists Agency, the Bryan Lourd-led major talent...

The It Ends With Us war has led to fresh fallout. Bryan Freedman Justin Baldonis high-profile attorney in his no-holds-barred litigation fight against Blake Lively is now facing a civil suit as well as a state bar complaint over the lawyers handling of an interconnected Baldoni legal matter, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. In a 2021 case against both Baldoni...

Veteran TV executive Allison Rawlingsis set to join Disney Entertainmentin November, serving as the head of publicity and communications at FX. She comes to the prestige outfit after nearly a decade with NBCUniversal. FXs communications strategy has always been founded on a passionate support for the artists who make our brand their home, as well as an unwavering commitment to...

Chris Cuomo cant revive his bid to disqualify the arbitrator overseeing his $125 million claim against CNN, a New York appeals court has ruled. The court found that Cuomo did not set forth facts to indicate that the arbitrator was biased in his handling of the arbitration. He had initiated the proceedings after he was fired by CNN in 2021...

When Rumala Sheikhani started accounting on shows like Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, she was processing extras paperwork the timecards, or vouchers, for daily job bookings by manually calculating payouts in Excel spreadsheets. You have 500 people showing up to set for one day and leaving, so its really hard to keep track of their paperwork and make sure theyve...

Ari Emanuel has officially launched his new holding company, which will house many of the assets that used to be a part of Endeavor Group Holdings. The new company is called MARI, and will house a number of significant tennis tournaments, including theMiami Open presented by Ita and Mutua Madrid Open, as well as the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open, Mubadala...

At a time of deep partisanship, at least theres one thing California Republicans and Democrats can agree on: Ads on streaming platforms can be way too loud. On Monday California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill with bipartisan support that requires ads on streaming platforms to be at the same volume as the programs they are attached to. In other...