After the COVID-19 pandemic hampered its rollout of sci-fi thriller Lumina, Goldove Entertainment opted to handle distribution itself instead of working with a sales agent. Plans included creating dozens of life-sized standees to advertise the movie, conducting a sweepstakes with tens of thousands of dollars in prizes and hiring a company that could get the film into theaters. At the...

A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musks multibillion-dollar pay package. Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on Monday denied a request by attorneys for Musk and Teslas corporate directors to vacate her ruling earlier this year requiring the company to rescind the unprecedented pay package. McCormick also rejected an equally unprecedented and massive fee request...

Jason Laks has been named president of The Broadway League, the trade association of theater owners, producers, presenters at regional theaters across the country and general managers. Laks was officially named to the role Monday, after operating in the position on an interim basis since February 2024, when Charlotte St. Martin left the position after an 18-year tenure. Laks originally...

TelevisaUnivision will undergo a sweeping reorganization this week under new CEO Daniel Alegre, as the Spanish-language media giant seeks to turn around its business in a challenging media environment. According to a memo from Alegre to staff Monday morning, the changes will include layoffs across the company, which a source says should impact mid to high single digit percentage of...

Pulse Films co-founder Thomas Benski, producer of Gangs of London, American Honey and The Witch, has unveiled his new media venture: Lumina, a cross-border outfit with operations in London, New York, Paris, and Los Angeles. The company is billed as a talent and IP-led media group and boasts of mid-eight figure capital support from first-round funders including Magnus Rausings BFK,...

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been sued by more news organizations for using articles to train its artificial intelligence systems, this time by top Canadian media outlets. Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC/Radio-Canada on Friday filed a joint lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against OpenAI. The legal action alleges the Sam Altman-led firm...

A legal fight has broken out between rival publicity firms, with marketing powerhouse RCPMK accusing newcomer 2PM Sharp of poaching employees, clients and confidential information. RCPMK, in dual lawsuits filed on Wednesday in California and New York state courts, claims that the founding partners of 2PM Sharp orchestrated a mass departure of employees, who allegedly conspired to funnel the firms...

Charlie Rose has settled a lawsuit from three former CBS employees who accused the former anchor of repeated sexual harassment. Lawyers for the accusers and Rose moved to dismiss the case on the eve of the trial. Terms of the settlement werent disclosed. In a statement signed by the accusers provided, by a lawyer for Rose, they said the case...

The streaming business is at a pivot point. Streaming services from major entertainment companies have been collectively losing billions of dollars for years, and now their corporate owners are ready for them to turn a profit. But that isnt stopping them from offering steep, steep discounts to entice new subscribers for Black Friday. Its the quintessential Catch 22 of streaming:...

Lionsgate has taken another step towards a proposed separation of its studio operations from Starz, its pay TV and streaming business. On Wednesday, the Hollywood studio disclosed the public filing of a Form S-4 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission around the long-awaitedseparationof itsstudiosbusiness, to be calledLionsgate StudiosCorp., and its media networks business, mainly Starz. The SEC...

A dispute over distribution of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune has become the legal equivalent of a Daily Double. Four weeks after Sony Pictures Television filed a lawsuit against CBS related to licensing of the two long-running game shows, CBS has answered with a countersuit that alleges Sony is using the legal claim to try to escape the two companies...

Warner Bros. Discovery has been sued by investors who claim that the media conglomerate lied about potential fallout from its loss of NBA rights. A proposed class action, filed in New York federal court on Monday, accuses WBD of mischaracterizing the impact that losing rights to regular and postseason games for its TNT network would have on its business. In...

Shonda Rhimes media company Shondaland has promoted Sandie Bailey and Chris DiIorio to co-presidents. The pair will take on their new duties following the December departure of Megha Tolia, who has been president and COO of Shondaland for the past three years. Tolia is stepping down to spend more time with her family. There are no two people who are...