Summer shined on the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen Companys annual gathering of media, finance and tech titans this week. But the storm clouds brewing over an entertainment industry facing unprecedented disruption from AI and other tech innovations means possible MA deals are certain to be raised in Idaho among power brokers at the annual Sun Valley Conference during...

When Linda Yaccarino joined Elon Musks Twitter two years ago, she left a comfortable job as one of the advertising indutrys most powerful players to bet that she could help Musk grow Twitter into a digital behemoth. Ive long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future. Im excited to help bring this vision to Twitter and transform...

Wolf Kasteler has two new senior vice presidents. The bicoastal public relations and consulting firm has promoted Allie Jenkins and Chelsea Hayes in the agencys Los Angeles and New York offices, respectively. With their new senior vp titles, the pair will be charged with partnering across teams to help shape strategy, guide emerging talent and support operational procedures while working...

In a blow to consumers, streaming platforms wont have to make it easier to cancel subscriptions. A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down the FTCs click to cancel rule, which wouldve required companies to provide users with simple cancellation mechanisms to immediately halt all recurring charges and get their consent to convert auto-renewals and free trials to paid enrollments....

TikToks sponsorship of the Toronto Film Festival, the Junos and other marquee Canadian cultural events has been suspended as TikToks Canadian operations face a pending shut down by the federal government over national security concerns. The termination of TikTok Canadas funding for cultural organizations like the Junos, TIFF and Adsiq is entirely due to the federal governments order to shutdown...

Phil McGraws Merit Street Media is in bankruptcy court and is simultaneously suing its distribution partner, Trinity Broadcasting, for breach of contract that the company says led to the chapter 11 filing. But signs that the 15-month-old network was struggling were there well before Merit Street began bankruptcy proceedings on July 2. In its lawsuit, Merit Street says Trinity Broadcasting...

At a moment of cord-cutting and disruption in the traditional TV business, can an upstart cable news channel find a path to growth? NewsNation has only been operating as a 24-hour news operation for a year (and it has only been in the news business for four), but the Nexstar-owned cable channel thinks it has figure out a lane to...

Niels Swinkels has been named to the new post of president of international distribution at NBCUniversals special outlet Focus Features, Universal Pictures International president Veronika Kwan Vandenberg said Tuesday. In the new role, he will work closely with Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski and the Focus senior leadership team to oversee the international release of Focus titles and strengthen the...

Politicians from Prague made their presence known at the59th editionof theKarlovy VaryInternationalFilm Festival(KVIFF) on Tuesday as Czech Minister of Finance Zbynk Stanjura and Czech Minister of Culture Martin Baxa were in the spa town to discuss the increase to Czech production incentives that came into effect at the start of the year during a press conference. There, the trend of...

Fox Corp. is bringing live sports to its Fox Nation streaming service for the first time. The Fox News-owned streaming platform has inked a deal with Professional Bull Riders to become the exclusive Friday night broadcast partner for its Camping World Team Series. The PBRFriday Night Live competitions will begin Aug. 8, and run through Oct. 24. In addition, Fox...

The deal market for cable channels is heating up, with A+E Global Media now exploring its strategic options, including a potential sale or merger, sources familiar with the matter confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. The company, led by CEO Paul Buccieri, has retained Wells Fargo to help it look into those options. A+E owns the Lifetime, History Channel and AE...

For months the Stay in L.A. movement has called for fleeing film and television productions to return to their cultural home in Southern California. Since writers Alexandra Pechman and Sarah Adina Smith founded the grassroots campaign in the wake of Januarys Southern California wildfires, they and their supporters have headlined local rallies and lobbied politicians for city policy reforms. Alongside...

The Hot Docs film festival, grappling with an ongoing financial restructuring, has seen more of its top executives exit. A spokesman for North Americas biggest documentary festival on Tuesday confirmed director of programming Heather Haynes and director of industry programs Elizabeth Radshaw have both left the house ahead of a strategic planning process getting underway. We are extremely grateful to...