Madrid is a center of much media and entertainment industry activity again this week as Spanish- and Portuguese-language content creators and executives from Europe, Latin America, the U.S. and beyond are descending on the Spanish capital for four days of keynote addresses, panel discussions, screenings, pitching sessions, and social events atIberseries Platino Industria. The fifth edition of the industry gathering,...

Pam Kaufman, president and CEO of international markets, global consumer products experiences at Paramount, is leaving the company, but will serve as a consultant through the end of the year, according to sources familiar with the situation. The move comes after Skydance closed its $8 billion deal for Paramount last month, creating a next-generation mediaand tech giant, Paramount Skydance, led...

No more co-CEOs for production company Fifth Season: Chris Rice (pictured, left) is exiting, leaving Graham Taylor (right) to steer the ship solo. Rice informed his staff via email on Friday; The Hollywood Reporter obtained a copy, which is reprinted below. Rice, whose contract is up at the end of the year, founded Endeavor Content, now known as Fifth Season,...

Gaming is for everyone, as Xbox marketing likes to remind us, and that now includes people on the go. Well, people on the go with a lot of disposable income. On Thursday, Microsoft finally revealed the official price points for its upcoming handheld devices, ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, releasing on Oct. 16. The base model, the...

NBCUniversal and YouTube TV are not exactly playing ball. The programmer and the vMVPD (virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor) are sparring over carriage fees, with NBCU saying YouTube TV (owned by Google) is demanding absurdly cheap rates to carry its programming, and YouTube TV balking at the price tag for Peacock: NBCU is charging YouTube TV more than what they...

Amazon MGM Studios took little time to find its next head of global television. Peter Friedlander, a well-respected former Netflix executive is joining the studio, Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video head Mike Hopkins said Thursday in a memo to staff. Friedlander is set to begin his new job on Oct. 6 and will take over the role from Vernon...

Paramount has hired Makan Delrahim, a former Department of Justice head, as its chief legal officer. Delrahim served as assistant attorney general for the antitrust division at the Department of Justice during President Trumps first term, and most recently worked at Latham Watkins LLP, where he and his firm provided legal counsel to Skydance Media throughout the acquisition process of...

Though Jimmy Kimmel is now back on the air, the Directors Guild of America isnt acting like this instance of a Hollywood corporation apparently bowing to political pressure will be a one-off. In the wake of Disneys brief suspension of the late-night host amid tough talk from the head of the Federal Communications Commission, the union is encouraging members to...

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch saw his fiscal 2025 compensation soar, with the company disclosing the pay bump just weeks after the executive settled a high-profile legal battle with his siblings over who will control the familys media empire. According to Foxs proxy filing, released Thursday, Murdoch took home a compensation package valued at $33 million in the companys fiscal...

Nicki Hunter has been appointed artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club, one of Broadways major nonprofit theater companies. Hunter, who is currently the associate artistic director at MTC, takes over the reins from Lynne Meadow, who has held the position for more than 50 years. Hunter is also the latest newcomer to assume the artistic directing role, as the...

Hamilton is staying at the top of the industry box office charts, bringing in close to $3.6 million last week, as Leslie Odom Jr. continues in his role as Aaron Burr. The numbers are slightly below the $3.8 million commanded last week, when Odom first returned to the role he originated. Still, the 10-year-old show is hitting numbers not normally...

ITV Studios is restructuring its U.S. operations, with ITV Studios America head Philippe Maigret set to leave the company. The reorganization will bring all scripted and unscripted development and production under the umbrella of ITV America, led by CEO David George. ITV Studios America had been the scripted arm of ITVs stateside operations. Maigret, president and managing director of ITV...

Three days into trial, Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission accusing the tech giant of duping consumers into signing up for Prime subscriptions, which some users were allegedly impeded from canceling. The lawsuit, filed under the Biden administration in 2023 in the opening salvo against Amazons retail dominance, alleged the...