Fran Drescher is opening up about her decision not to run for president of SAG-AFTRA this term, after being at the helm of the actors union since 2021. At the Los Angeles premiere of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues on Tuesday which sees the actress reprise her role of Bobbi Flekman from the 1984 original Drescher told The Hollywood...

Paramount has made a high-profile hire from Meta Platforms Inc. as it seeks to transform itself into a company at the cutting edge of both technology and entertainment. The company says that Dane Glasgow will join as chief product officer, reporting directly to CEO David Ellison, while also working closely with direct-to-consumer chief Cindy Holland. Glasgow was most recently vp...

Shavone Charles is leaving her diversity and inclusion communications post at TikTok to launch a fashion series for New York Fashion Week, among other creative ventures. Charles, who held the position of Global Head of Diversity Inclusion and Multicultural Communications at the social media platform since 2021, will launch a Future of Fashion series in partnership with Ford Models Digital...

For a guy who has spent pretty much his entire career in television, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav doesnt seem to be a fan. Zaslav says TV is a terrible consumer experience these days. Just, you know, not his stuff. At the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, Zaslav said the biggest accelerant to HBO Maxs worldwide growth says...

Filmmaker duo Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney have signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. The actor-writer-directors kicked off their partnership with Sylvio, about a small-town gorilla joining a local TV show, only to see on-air mishaps spark a journey of self-discovery. The film bowed at SXSW in 2017. Their follow up Strawberry Mansion, which Birney and Audley wrote,...

President Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill Act may have quietly changed the economics of the creator economy. The U.S. Treasury Department this past week released a list of occupations that customarily and regularly received tips and thus will be eligible for the administrations flagship no tax on tips policy, which will let eligible taxpayers deduct their tipped income, within certain...

In a significant advertising deal, Amazon and Netflix are partnering to bring inventory from the streaming services ad-supported tier to Amazons DSP (demand side platform). The new integration will begin in Q4, and be available to marketers and ad buyers in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Italy, Germany and Australia. The deal is notable,...

On Tuesday evening, President Trump signed an executive order that could have a dramatic impact on the TV business. The title of the order, Addressing Misleading Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements, is innocuous enough, but for some media executives and ad buyers, it was seen an opening salvo in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s war on pharmaceutical...

Matt Ullian has been named senior vp special projects at Penske Media Corporation. In this newly created role, Ullian will advise PMCs portfolio of brands on overall event strategy, talent booking and guest list curation. He is based in Los Angeles and will report to Jay Penske, chairman, founder and CEO of PMC,parent company of The Hollywood Reporter. Ullian brings...

YouTube TV finds itself in middle of another significant carriage fight, but unlike last months dispute with Fox Corp. around fees (which ultimately was resolved with a deal) the new dispute is about something different: Channel tiers, packaging and accessibility. TelevisaUnivision on Tuesday went public with an ad campaign calling out YouTube TV for the dispute, which will see the...

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Dish Networks Sling TV over a suite of short-term offerings that allow users to sign up for as little as one day at a fraction of the full monthly subscription cost. Just ahead of the start to the college football season last month, Sling TV rolled out a series...

Art, the play revival starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale, brought in $1.2 million in its first week of eight performances. The total made the show the fifth highest grossing show in the industry last week. The play is still in previews and set to open at the Music Box Theatre on Sept. 16. The show played...

Another top executive is set to leave Paramount following Skydances acquisition of the global media company. Justin Dini, who had led corporate communications at the company, steered the companys messaging through a number of critical moments, including the Viacom-CBS merger, the rebranding to Paramount Global, the acquisition of Pluto TV and the launch Paramount+, and of course the leadership transition...