More than two months into SAG-AFTRAs strike against video game companies, the union and the bargaining group representing employers have set a return to the bargaining table. The negotiations will continue on Oct. 23, the parties said in a joint statement on Tuesday. The companies included in the employer negotiating group include Activision Productions Inc., Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic...

When Netflix, led by co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters and executive chairman Reed Hastings, reports its third-quarter financial and subscriber figures on Thursday, Oct. 17, will investors get to chill or will the debate about the stocks outlook get heated? The global streaming giants original content lineup had something for the romantically inclined as well as the thrill seekers,...

Gen Z social media star Quenlin Blackwell has signed with CAA. Also known as Quen Blackwell, she has 16 million followers across platforms, including 2.4 million followers on Instagram and another 10.6 million on TikTok. CAA will focus on boosting strategic brand partnerships and strategy around new intellectual property and business ventures for Blackwell, especially as an online influencer. Having...

Watch out world, another Sphere is coming. Sphere Entertainment, the owner and operator of the Sphere venue in Las Vegas, and Abu Dhabis Department of Culture and Tourism announced that the city in the United Arab Emirates will be the home for the second Sphere location. Details on the new Sphere are still to be determined, though the company says...

Amazon is expanding its Prime Video advertising business, bringing ads to five major new markets next year. Ads on Prime Video will come to India, Brazil, Japan, the Netherlands and New Zealand in 2025. The company announced the expansion at its Amazon UnBoxed conference in Austin, Texas. Amazon currently includes ads on Prime Video in the U.S., Australia, Austria, Canada,...

Major changes are coming to YouTube, with the Google-owned video platform releasing dozens of new features and tweaks to its core product beginning Tuesday. Those changes include some options that users have been asking for like sleep timers and playback control, as well as UI tweaks, badges, and new playlist features. YouTube is also continuing to roll out new generative...

Former StudioCanal and Newen top executive Romain Bessi has joined international production company alliance The Creatives in the newly created role of CEO. Bessi is charged by the nine member companies of The Creatives with establishing a unique integrated structure for the international alliance and launching a first financing round for a new form of studio owned by its producers,...

Warner Bros. Discoveryhas revealed its long-anticipated launch date for Max in a slew of markets across Asia. The media company said Tuesday that the streaming service will go live on Nov. 19 in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong.WBD said the platform will be offered in a range of plans including a lower-cost mobile-only tier targeting Southeast...

It seems The New Yorker Festival may be picket-free this year. The magazines union and management at Cond Nast reached a new tentative three-year agreement, the companys human resources department told staffers on Monday. This renewal embodies the many policies and practices that make Cond Nast and The New Yorker a great workplace and underpin our award-winning journalism, Cond Nast...

Microsoft has settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by gamers challenging the tech giants $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The two sides on Monday notified the court of a deal to dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cant be refiled. Terms of the agreement werent disclosed. Each party shall bear their own costs and fees, agreed the lawyers in...

In April, the hacker group ShinyHunters accessed Ticketmasters database. It harvested the full names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and credit card information on up to 560 million customers. The Live Nation-owned company took nearly two months to discover the breach and four months to notify impacted users. Now, Ticketmaster is facing a proposed class action accusing it of failing to...

In an unusual arrangement, Fox Corp. and NBCUniversal have cut a deal (with the full blessing and support of the NFL) to have Telemundo produce its own broadcast of Super Bowl LIX next February. The result will provide the broadest Spanish-language distribution in the United States for any Super Bowl in history, per the companies. The deal will see two...

Shares in SiriusXM SIRI jumped on Monday after Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway announced it had raised its stake in the satellite radio company to 32 percent. In an Oct. 10 SEC filing, Buffetts investment vehicle said it picked up around 3.6 million shares for $87 million in transactions completed Wednesday through Friday last week in the company that operates the...