It sounds like Discoveryco. may be a reality. Warner Bros. Discovery is moving towardsa split, CNBCs David Faber reported on Thursday, in a news update that broke right after the companys quarterly earnings results and call with Wall Street analysts. Faber added, and its become relatively clear to me from the many conversations that Ive had that we could get...

If Netflix does it, the rest follow. Last month, Max became the latest major streaming platform to announce a password-sharing crackdown. On April 22, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced its new Extra Member Add-On feature for U.S. Max subscribers; it costs $7.99/month regardless of which tier the primary account pays for. Thats $1 more than the entry-level price to Netflixs...

Veteran showrunner Noah Hawley, the creator of Fargo, has signed with WME for representation in all areas. The novelist, screenwriter and series creator is set to debut in summer 2025 Alien: Earth, a prequel for FX to the 1979 film by director Ridley Scott, with Hawley showrunning the sci-fi horror series set to bow on Hulu. The series centers on...

The Relativity Media banner may conjure memories of the Ryan Kavanaugh era. There was that data-driven formula to predict box office success and minimize risk, the highs of hits like Bridesmaids and Mamma Mia!, the lows of the likes of Masterminds, the nine-figure financing rounds and ultimately the bankruptcy filings. (The Kavanaugh quote Am I sorry? Of course I am,...

The top-paid Hollywood executive of the past year is one who isnt around any longer and actually left the entertainment industry scene more than a year ago. With his severance package alone worth $69.3 million, more than the total pay packages disclosed for any other industry player, Bob Bakish, the former CEO of Paramount Global, was catapulted to the top...

In the shadow of the Disney and Warner Bros. studio lots, a section of airplane fuselage has been repurposed inside of an industrial park near the Burbank airport. The section of plane is now a film set, where the popular video creator Dhar Mann uses it to shoot original scripted fare, all embracing his philosophy of trying to inspire, uplift,...

Less than three months after Edward and Akua Enninful announced the launch of a global media and entertainment company called EE72, the siblings have revealed specific details about the venture including a quarterly print publication and a digital platform. Set for a September debut, the platform will be known as EE72 while the publication is titled 72 Magazine. Both aim...

Warner Music reported net income of $36 million in its fiscal second quarter, down 63 percent from the $96 million the company reported in the prior year quarter. The company reported $1.1 billion in revenue in the quarter, down 1 percent from a year ago.Adjusted operating income also fell about 1 percent to $270 million. The company attributed the drop...

Warner Bros. Discovery framed its streaming business as its growth engine in its first-quarter 2025 earnings report Thursday, noting that it had added 5.3 million subscribers to a total of 122.3 million, and grew streaming revenue by 8% to $2.7 billion and adjusted EBITDA to $339 million. In a shareholder letter, WBD CEO David Zaslav underscored that Maxs focus appears...

In the Trump-Europe trade wars, the battle so far has been focused on goods: Trumps tariffs on German cars and French champagne have been met with tit-for-tat threats to boost levies on all-American booze and motor vehicles, from Kentucky bourbon to Harley Davidson motorcycles. Services, of the sort Netflix, Facebook, Google, Apple or X not to mention Disney, Warner Bros....

NATPE Budapest, the global TV market for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), has unveiled that Andreas Briese, a top executive at Google-owned video platform YouTube in his role as country director for Germany and regional director for Central and Northern Europe, will deliver the opening keynote speaker for its 2025 edition next month. Briese will share actionable insights tailored to...

A Hollywood box office slowdown led AMC Entertainment Holdings to post sharply lower first quarter revenue and a quarterly loss in the first quarter of 2025. The parent of AMC Theatres recorded revenue of $862.5 million for the three months to March 31, which is down 9 percent from a year-earlier revenue line at $951.4 million. The mega-exhibitor also widened...

Webtoon Entertainment, the media company that spearheaded the mainstream embrace of webcomics, has tapped Priya Girishanker as the head of marketing for the companys global English-language platform. The executive will be based in the companys global headquarters in Los Angeles and report to chief strategy officer and head of globalWebtoonYongsoo Kim. She is being tasked with leading marketing strategy and...