David Ellisons Paramount has cut another deal with TKO Group Holdings. The media company on Wednesday said that it had inked a five-year rights deal with Professional Bull Riders to make Paramount+ the streaming home of Unleash the Beast, PBRs flagship tour. The Unleash the Beast 2026 season kicks off on Dec. 12. It is worth noting that Paramount was...

Exhibition giant Cinemark Holdings on Wednesday unveiled its third-quarter financial results, posting lower revenue and earnings compared to a year ago. Cinemark saw total revenue fall 7 percent to $857.5 million, against overall revenue of $921.8 million in 2024. Admissions revenue during the latest quarter was $427.7 million, down from a year-earlier $460.4 million, while concession revenue came to $336.7...

The International Cinematographers Guild has decided to shutter its nearly century-old ICG Magazine publication as it transitions to new ways of connecting with members. The unions national president John Lindley told members last week that its national executive board made the decision after thoughtful discussion about how to communicate with its roughly 10,000 members. After thoughtful discussion, the Board made...

Broadway typically takes a hit to its grosses for the week of Halloween and the New York City Marathon and last week was no exception, as overall industry gross dropped 8 percent. This came even as three new shows began previews. Among them, Oedipus, starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, brought in $485,000 across its first four preview performances at...

Netflix has been drawn into a copyright battle over Brazilian Formula One miniseries Senna by author Lauren Wild, who alleges that the title rips off a script he wrote when he was in talks to be the showrunner for the production. The show follows the life and career of Ayrton Senna leading up to his death at the 1994 San...

Fox Entertainment is continuing its run of recent cross-media investments with the acquisition of scripted podcast producer Meet Cute. The deal will bring Meet Cute, which produces scripted audio rom-coms (as the company name implies) and dramas and will serve as a rapid-development content incubator at Fox Entertainment under Hannah Pillemer, head of scripted for Fox Entertainment Studios. Meet Cute...

The reoganization at Paramount Skydance is continuing. A week after a heavy round of layoffs, the company is reorganizing its linear TV business under George Cheeks, chair of TV media at Paramount. The changes will add cable outlets BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon (among others) to Cheeks portfolio in the TV Media division alongside broadcast network CBS. These brands...

MSNBC is ready to roll out its big-budget ad campaign, titled We The People, meant to drive awareness of its looming rebrand to MS NOW on Nov. 15. The channel on Tuesday will debut the first two commercials in the campaign, starring the channels biggest star, Rachel Maddow, and the late Dr. Maya Angelou. The spots are timed to election...

Shawn French, host of the popular podcast The Determined Society, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas. French, a performance coach, keynote speaker and author, is looking to the Hollywood talent and sports agency to take his audience-pulling podcast where he candidly talks to celebrities, entrepreneurs, elite athletes and thought leaders to new media platforms. The podcast space...

The Aspen Institute, a blue-chip thought leadership non-profit that plays host to several influential panel events annually like the Ideas Festival, is building in a new arts-centric fellowship with a multimillion dollar grant. This one is aimed across creative disciplines and studio executives, agents and producers are welcome to apply. Backed with a $4 million donation from the foundation of...

AudiostreaminggiantSpotifyposted third-quarter subscriber gains to end September with 281 million paying premium subscribers, up from 276 million as of the end of the second quarter in June. Monthly active users (MAUs) grew to 713 million from 696 million. Management had previously forecast 281 million premium subs and 710 million MAUs. The firm reported an operating profit of 582 million, up...

Broadway musicians have voted to ratify their new contract with the Broadway League. The vote comes after the musicians were on the verge of strike two weeks ago, vowing to strike the next day if a deal could not be reached by Oct. 23 as part of a mediation session. A tentative agreement was reached in the early morning hours...

The Walt Disney Company Japan has struck a multi-year content partnership with South Koreas entertainment giant CJ ENM to bring the Seoul-based studios flagship streaming platform, TVING, to Japanese audiences via Disney+. Under the new deal, Disney+ Japan will become the exclusive local home for up to 60 of TVINGs biggest original titles and CJ ENMs most popular dramas including...