Colette Watson, president of Rogers Sports Media, the $2 billion Canadian cable TV giant, is set to retire after 35 years with the company. Watson will leave Rogers in mid-May, while serving in an advisory role through fall 2026. Sarah Schmidt, a Rogers spokesperson, said in a statement sent to The Hollywood Reporter that Watson has helped shape everything from...

Liza Burnett Fefferman has landed at Anonymous Content. The veteran publicity and communications executive, who exited her role as executive vp communications for Paramounts Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios amid David Ellisons Skydance merger, has been hired at Anonymous Content in the newly created role of chief communications and marketing officer. She reports directly to Anonymous Content president and CEO Darren Walker....

The going rate for top legal talent in Hollywood now runs anywhere from about $500 to $2,500 an hour, depending on the firm, the specialty and the stakes. At the elite end think major corporate work or bet-the-company litigation at giant firms rates can hit $1,800 to $1,900 an hour. Even a strong boutique firm is unlikely to come in...

Findings from economists about film subsidy programs are almost universally negative: Its a race to the bottom with negligible economic benefits for the state where the biggest winner is Hollywood. Consider Oklahoma. In 2023, the state was having its film moment. Major productions had been flocking to the region as it poured more and more money into its rebate program....

Jeff Shell may be exiting Paramount Skydance, but he wont be leaving empty-handed. A securities filing Thursday laid out the terms of his exit as president of the company, which also unveiled a major restructuring of its debt connected to the Warner Bros. Discovery mega-deal. Shells separation agreement, which was filed Thursday morning, calls for cash payments equal to the...

The influential shareholder proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders reject the golden parachute pay packages for CEO David Zaslav and other top executives at the company, noting the extraordinary nature of the agreements. But ISS also urged shareholders to approve WBDs sale to Paramount Skydance, writing that the proposed transaction is the result of...

As WMEs COO and head of business affairs, Dan Limerick helped engineer one of the years most envious deals: Ryan Cooglers agreement with Warner Bros. for Sinners, which gave the filmmaker final cut, first-dollar gross participation and ownership of the films rights after 25 years. It was very strategic, and we spent a lot of time thinking about what was...

Some entertainment lawyers close deals. These lawyers help define the business. THRs Legal Legends honor recognizes attorneys whose work has left a lasting mark on Hollywood and the law. Here are the six joining the club in 2026. MARC CHAMLIN LOEB LOEB The longtime New York dealmaker has built a wide-ranging practice spanning talent, publishing, corporate matters and estates, representing...

The Writers Guild of America on Wednesday disclosed the details of the four-year deal they reached with studios and streamers the previous weekend, revealing that the tentative contract contains a $321 million infusion into the unions ailing health plan, higher foreign and domestic residuals and language covering licensing of work for AI training. The tentative contract also raises minimum payments...

In anincreasingly fragmented television landscape,Creative Artists Agency is aiming to give brand marketers a seat at Hollywoods creative table alongside writers, directors and talent as they make original IP series together. Alanna Strauss, head of content and marketing of CAAs Entertainment Partnerships team, says brands that once walked a fine line between storytelling and advertising with product integration that appeared...

F. Scott Fitzgerald declared, in his posthumous Hollywood novel The Last Tycoon, that there are no second acts in American lives. Jeff Shell, now felled from his presidency of Paramount, is living proof. The catalyst for his departure is R.J. Cipriani, who amid a $150 million legal dispute with Shell over a stymied TV pitch, made the scorched-earth decision to...

AMC Networks is changing its name to AMC Global Media. The name change is effective Wednesday, with the company filing new articles of incorporation in Nevada to reflect the new brand. AMC Networks is rebranding itself to distinguish itself in an environment where TV networks are becoming less and less important to the strategic priorities of their parent companies. AMC,...

The National Enquirer and Hollywood-backed verticals company GammaTime are betting that the infamous tabloids salacious appeal extends far beyond screaming headlines at grocery checkout counters. The microdrama streaming app and MediaCo, the current owner of the long-running tabloid, have inked a production deal to adapt stories from the Enquirer archives as vertical series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The partnership...