Mamma Mia! returned to Broadway last week after a 10-year hiatus, and the ABBA fans turned out. The musical played its first preview performance at the Winter Garden Theatre Aug. 2 and played to 100 percent capacity, with attendees paying an average ticket price of $173.49, one of the highest in the industry last week, coming in only behind the...

Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino has found a new job. Yaccarino has been named the CEO of eMed Population Health, a digital health platform that partners with companies and government agencies to manage programs for GLP-1 weightloss drugs. She comes to the role after leaving the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in July, after two years in the role....

WithSkydances deal to acquire Paramount Global set to close later this week,David Ellison has unveiled its proposed 10 new board directors to serve once the merger is completed. Ellison is set to serve as the future chairman and CEO of the Paramount studio. Former Paramount Pictures head Sherry Lansing is proposed to sit as an independent director, while Oracle Corp...

Fox Corp. saw its advertising revenue rise by 7 percent in its last quarter (the companys fiscal Q4), underscoring how its strategy has separated itself from the competition, with most other media companies reporting flat or declining ad revenue at a challenging moment for the medium. Fox says that the growth was driven by its Tubi free ad-supported streaming service,...

In 2012, The Los Angeles Times ailing Chicago-based parent Tribune Co. was exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a yearslong slog that its then-owner, brash real estate mogul Sam Zell, called a deal from hell. Rupert Murdoch reportedly took interest in snapping up the Times, but decided against a bid (the mogul was busy: he was aiming to cleave off less...

The NFL Players Association has elected a veteran entertainment labor figure as its interim leader after former executive director Lloyd Howell resigned in July. On Sunday the players union announced that they had appointed former SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White to the vacant leadership position following a a comprehensive, player-led process. The move follows Howells resignation in a cloud...

The first group of workers to unionize at an Activision Blizzard subsidiary has ratified their inaugural labor deal. A group of quality assurance testers at the Wisconsin-based studio Raven Software has voted unanimously to support a tentative contract deal, the Communications Workers of America union announced Monday. The contract enshrines wage increases, crunch time protections and promotions and layoff processes....

In June, a relatively unknown East Coast movie theater chain announced that it had signed a lease in San Francisco to take over a historic cinema and retail space previously occupied by AMC Theatres and CGV Cinemas. The opening was part of an aggressive expansion that includes plans to roll out 100 locations nationwide to become one of the largest...

A year ago, Paramount Television Studios was shuttered in a cost-cutting move as its parent company prepared to merge with Skydance. With that deal on the verge of closing, the new Paramount is reviving the Paramount TV Studios name which will in turn absorb one of the companys two remaining studio operations as well as the formerly indepdendent Skydance Television....

In a surprise expansion, News Corp. is bringing its New York Post to California with a new daily newspaper: The California Post. The new venture the signature high-low mix of content that the New York Post is famous for, alongside fearless, common-sense journalism, celebrity and entertainment news, world class sports reporting and the legendary covers people expect fromTheNew York Post...

With Skydance set to close on its takeover of Paramount Global later this week, and with incoming CEO David Ellison having named his senior leadership team this morning, Paramount streaming chief Tom Ryan will be among the executives departing. Ryan informed his staff Monday that he will exit the company in connection with the deal, though he will continue as...

MSNBC has made a major hire for its news team, tapping Jacob Soboroff as senior national and political correspondent. Soboroff, currently a national and political correspondent for NBC News, will jump to MSNBC as the cable news channel prepares to split from NBC as part of the Versant spinoff. He will continue to be based in Los Angeles. He is...

David Ellison has set his C-suite at Paramount Global. With Skydances deal to acquire the media company set to close later this week, the mogul has officially named his senior leadership team at the company, the people who will run the new Paramount. Im thrilled to introduce our new executive leadership team backed by deep industry experience, proven track records,...