The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission announced a public inquiry into the concert and ticketing industries on Wednesday, calling on the public and industry stakeholders to submit comments detailing issues they face in the business, and what they think should be done about it. The move comes a month after President Trump with Kid Rock beside him signed...

Opposition to CBS News parent Paramount potentially opting to settle a $20 billion lawsuit from President Donald Trump is growing, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) warning the network that doing so will embolden the government to continue targeting the press. In the letter sent to controlling shareholder Shari Redstone on Tuesday, Sanders nods to chatter that Paramount may reach a...

Its been about 18 months since Lionsgate began taking steps to separate its film and TV studio business from Starz a process Starz president and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch likens to renovating a house. During the process, its painstaking but once youre in the house, you forget the process because youre enjoying it, Hirsch told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview...

When NBCUniversal holds its upfront presentation next week at New Yorks Radio City Music Hall, it will have a new offering to sell: Versant, the forthcoming spinoff of cable TV brands that includes USA, CNBC, MSNBC, Syfy and E!. The company on Wednesday said that NBCU and Versant had signed a two year deal that will see the media giant...

Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital firm focused on gaming, said Wednesday that it has led a $7 million investment in Fuse Games, an independent mobile game studio based in Istanbul, Turkey. Lakestar, NFX Capital, and Actera also participated in the financing round. Related Video Fuse Games is focused on building globally accessible, deeply engaging games that blend technical excellence...

President Donald Trumps sudden announcement on Sunday that he intends to impose a 100 percent tariff on movies produced abroad jolted advocates who have been working for months to return more film and television production to California. Between the Stay in LA coalition, the Hollywood guilds, the state legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom, production insiders thought they knew the players...

Sonys VFX firm Pixomondo is set to open a new LED volume stage in Langley, British Columbia, outside of Vancouver. The virtual production facility for in-camera visual effects, to open May 26, will be launched and run by PXO Clara, the Game of Thrones VFX houses LED volume division. The new Vancouver virtual stage will measure50 feet in diameter, 23...

How will the founder of The Awl make a mark at CNN? The cable news network said Tuesday that it had hired Choire Sicha, the creator of the New York-based culture website which published daily ruminations on city weather under a motto of Be Less Stupid, to lead its new effort at editorial features. Sicha, who most recently was editor...

Disney CEO Bob Iger has signaled the Hollywood studio will produce even more original local and regional content overseas to grow its streaming platforms business worldwide. The third pillar of growth is the investment in content, particularly outside the United States, where we know that we need to invest more in local content, and weve already started that process, Iger...

Disney CEO Bob Iger says get your (movie theater) popcorn ready. On a Wednesday morning conference call with media analysts, Iger sung the praises of Disneys upcoming theatrical-release calendar. I have a lot of confidence that are upcoming slate, Iger said. He then pretty much listed all of them out individually. Iger said he has personally seen the live-action Lilo...

Netflix is planning a major overhaul of its home page on TV sets, as it continues to push into areas like games and live events. The company says that the new home page will roll out to users in the next few weeks and months, depending on location. This is not the first change weve made to our home page,...

After more than eight years under the same roof, Starz and Lionsgate are officially separate companies once more. Starz completed its split from the studio on Wednesday and will begin life as a standalone public company when markets open, trading shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Shareholders of Lionsgate, which acquired Starz in late 2016, overwhelmingly approved the separation in...

The Walt Disney Co. is bringing a new Disney theme park and resort to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. The new destination will be the companys seventh global resort, and will be its first in the Middle East, with Disney CEO Bob Iger framing it as authentically Disney and distinctly Emirati in a statement. In an interview with...