New Disney CEO Pledges Creative Excellence as Guiding North Star
Josh D’Amaro, on His First Day as Disney CEO, Tells Employees ‘Creative Excellence Will Remain Our North Star’ https://t.co/BqHmrp80dk via @variety
WME Cuts 3% Workforce, Cites Industry Upheaval
WME Laying Off 30 Staffers, 3% of Headcount, After Going Private Last Year: ‘Our Industry Is Undergoing Profound Change’ https://t.co/gUlwX6zxPb via @variety
AI Revives Val Kilmer for New Film Role
Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ Movie — First Look https://t.co/NxC287pUrV via @variety
Netflix Calls YouTube a Direct Competitor to Regulators
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Warns EU Regulators: YouTube Isn’t a ‘Bunch of Cat Videos,’ It’s a ‘Straightforward Direct Competitor’ https://t.co/r4CVEqxuMc
Iger Excelled Everywhere but Succession, Costing His Legacy
“If the succession had gone right with Chapek, Iger would be just a hero at this point. It’s like, ‘You did everything right,’” says Wharton's Henning Piezunka. Iger “probably stayed around too long. He succeeded at everything except succession.” https://t.co/zmQnYUUxDV
Bob Iger’s Transformative Disney Reign Ends, Legacy Mixed
As Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Aside, a Look at His Tenure as a Dynamic, Transformative Leader — With an Asterisk or Two https://t.co/zmQnYUUxDV via @variety
Zaslav to Earn $887 Million From Warner‑Paramount Deal
David Zaslav to Receive $887 Million in Compensation Related to Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger https://t.co/2887qml6gI via @variety
Jeff Shell Denies Leak Allegations, Calls Them Shakedown
Paramount’s Jeff Shell Fires Back: Exec Says Allegation He Leaked Private Corporate Info Is ‘Utterly False Tale’ Created in a ‘Shakedown’ Attempt https://t.co/o9Rol4pjXM via @variety
FCC Chair Threatens TV Licenses over “Fake News” Claims
For Trump’s FCC Chairman, Trolling Liberals Is the Point in His Threat to Pull Licenses of TV Networks That Air ‘Fake News’ About Iran War https://t.co/IKR86ZvW81 via @variety
Jimmy Kimmel Condemns CBS for Stifling Free Speech at Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel Slams CBS at the Oscars for Not Supporting Free Speech and Jokes That Trump Is ‘Going to Be Mad’ That ‘Melania’ Isn’t Nominated https://t.co/HBbWNoAABn
Paramount Skydance to Acquire BET+, Merge Into Paramount+
Paramount Skydance Buying Out Tyler Perry’s Stake in BET+; Streaming Service to Be Phased Out and Content Merged With Paramount+ https://t.co/Q19beETCv4 via @variety
Oscars Betting Becomes a $100M+ Industry
Chalamet or Jordan? Oscars Betting Becoming a $100 Million-Plus Business With Kalshi and Polymarket https://t.co/lfGEXU4RM5 via @variety
Keith Lee Launches Family Business Podcast with Vox Media
Food Influencer Keith Lee to Launch Video Podcast With Vox Media Delving Into How His Family Does Business Together https://t.co/roBxFgOhPe via @variety
Amazon Raises Prime Video Ad‑free Tier to $5 per Month
Amazon to Hike Fee for Prime Video Ad-Free Tier to $5 per Month in U.S. https://t.co/FVjZZ5ziiF via @variety
Peacock's AI Andy Cohen Signals NBCU's Entertainment Platform Shift
Peacock's AI Andy Cohen is part of NBCU's strategy to add new experiences tied to its IP to keep fans on its own platform: “Don’t think of it as a streaming platform — think of it as an entertainment platform,”...
Peacock Debuts AI Andy Cohen for Personalized Bravo Gossip
Peacock Is Launching an AI-Generated Andy Cohen That Dishes Personalized Bravo Hot Goss and Vertical Video Clips https://t.co/B1zYs5YfF6 via @variety
Disney, Apple Launched SVOD Too Cheap; HBO Max Prices Fell
This chart basically shows that Disney and Apple significantly underpriced their initial SVOD services as they were in aggressive subscriber-acquisition mode Meanwhile: The cost of HBO Max/Max actually went *down* from 2020-26 when adjusted for inflation https://t.co/exxGKeyyDA
Teamsters Demand DOJ Block Paramount‑Warner Deal without Job Safeguards
Teamsters Union Says DOJ Must Block Paramount’s Warner Bros. Takeover Unless There Are ‘Enforceable’ Job Protections https://t.co/omvw2m3xrr via @variety
Disney Secures Oscars Ads, Featuring Burger King, Mazda
Disney Wraps Oscars Ad Sales; Event Will Feature Burger King Shout-Outs and Mazda-Backed Movie Makers https://t.co/fPUedlV0O0
Netflix May Spend $600M on Affleck's AI Studio
Netflix Could Pay as Much as $600 Million for Ben Affleck’s AI Film Start-Up: Report https://t.co/EMp2y3V3u0 via @variety
Creator Platforms Launch Self‑made Awards to Celebrate Top Talent
The latest craze among creator platforms? Inventing their own awards shows to honor the most popular and creative people cranking out content on their apps. https://t.co/SVFliYvp6u via @variety
Snapchat Awards Crown DJ Khaled with Lifetime Achievement
Snapchat Is Honoring DJ Khaled With a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at Its First-Ever Snappy Awards https://t.co/SVFliYvp6u via @variety
Digital Creators Cash In on Brands as Agencies Multiply
Creators Go Pro: Digital Stars Bank Brand Bucks While Talent Agencies and Support Firms Proliferate https://t.co/P1OMksQCSC via @variety
Rebel Audio Debuts Invite-Only AI Podcast App, Adds Mark Burnett
AI Podcast Start-Up Rebel Audio Launches App With Invite-Only Access, Taps Mark Burnett as Adviser (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/C0nR4IG3VQ
Wife Leads AI Voice Restoration for Late Husband
Rebecca Gayheart Dane Champions AI Voice Restoration Project That Eric Dane Embraced in Final Weeks of Life (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/UEumfWsJDi
Ellison Declares Deal Turbulence Over, Hails HBO as Gold Standard
Paramount’s David Ellison Addresses Warner Bros. Execs at Town Hall: CEO Says ‘Turbulent’ Deal Process Is ‘Now Behind Us,’ Praises HBO as ‘Gold Standard’ in TV https://t.co/lNtW2mfuLg via @variety
Patreon CEO: Amazed by AI, Furious Over Unpaid Creator Contributions
Patreon CEO Sounds Off on AI: ‘I’m Both Amazed and Furious’: As a Creator, ‘I’m Angry That We Aren’t Being Paid’ for Value of Contributing to AI Models https://t.co/rYw6dV5WNW via @variety
Serena and Joe Launch Unwell Podcast on Love, Age Gap
‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Couple Serena Pitt and Joe Amabile Team With Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network for Video Podcast About Their Relationship (and Age Difference), Reality TV and Pop Culture, and More https://t.co/Xwsr104A0l via @variety
Whalar Launches Lighthouse Studios, Partners with Lyrical Lemonade
Whalar Group Launches Lighthouse Studios to Build a TV-Like Schedule of Creator Content, Sets Joint Venture With Cole Bennett’s Lyrical Lemonade https://t.co/V4y1XtspOC via @variety
AI Actor Tilly Norwood Defends Tech in Provocative Music Video
AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Sings About Backlash in Bizarre Music Video Claiming ‘AI’s Not the Enemy, It’s the Key’ https://t.co/72BC5zg938 via @variety
Somebody Feed Phil Shifts to YouTube via Banijay
Phil Rosenthal’s ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ Moving From Netflix to YouTube - under new Banijay deal https://t.co/tP88pTFrSk
RJ Cipriani Claims Orchestration of Hollywood Reporter Article
RJ Cipriani claimed credit for “orchestrating” a June 23, 2025, article in the Hollywood Reporter related to a dispute between Shell and “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, per the lawsuit against Jeff Shell https://t.co/yUmYsUdwlw via @variety
Jeff Shell Calls Zaslav Incompetent, ‘Suck‑Up’ in Lawsuit
This lawsuit alleges that Jeff Shell expressed his disdain for WBD CEO David Zaslav, saying that Paramount would not retain him after the merger because they consider him to be incompetent and a “suck-up” who is enamored of Hollywood celebrities https://t.co/WmE1Tbsbxe
Jeff Shell Admits Warner Bros Deal Overpaid, Could've Waited
According to this lawsuit, Jeff Shell said: “We’re paying way too much for Warner Bros. If we could just wait another year, we could get it a whole lot cheaper.” https://t.co/yUmYsUdwlw via @variety
Paramount President Jeff Shell Faces $150M Lawsuit Over PR Deal
Paramount President Jeff Shell Sued for $150 Million Over Alleged PR Contract https://t.co/yUmYsUdwlw via @variety
Jeff Shultz Leads Radial’s Content Library Expansion
Radial Entertainment Shops for Content Libraries as Pluto TV and Paramount Alum Jeff Shultz Takes Over as CEO https://t.co/sLDEtVhxNj via @variety
Byron Allen Buys 10.7% of Starz for $25M
Byron Allen Acquires 10.7% Stake in Starz From Steve Mnuchin’s Investment Firm for $25 Million https://t.co/uuDK84OBQW via @variety
Disney Slashes Bundle Price 62% to Drive Q1 Growth
Disney is looking to crank up its streaming subscriber numbers for the first quarter of 2026 — introducing a 62% price discount on the ad-supported Disney+/Hulu bundle for a three-month period https://t.co/ThNJ10Kpe2 via @variety
Gen‑AI Video Tools Should Prioritize Quality over Speed
Elizabeth Stone, Netflix's chief product & technology officer, said most gen-AI video platforms don’t operate from a filmmaker's perspective. She said InterPositive's tools are designed to help produce higher-quality content — not make it faster or cheaper https://t.co/w8xyM2pXhz
Netflix Shares InterPositive AI with Partners, Not Public
Netflix will offer access to InterPositive’s AI-powered tech to its creative partners and does not have plans to sell it commercially in the marketplace https://t.co/w8xyM2pXhz via @variety
Netflix Gains $2.8B After Dropping Warner Deal
Netflix, After Walking Away From Warner Bros. Deal, Will ‘Move Forward’ With ‘$2.8 Billion in Our Pocket That We Didn’t Have a Few Weeks Ago,’ CFO Says https://t.co/ztTl2wiPxD via @variety
All3Media Merger Unites “The Traitors,” “MasterChef,” “Peaky Bl
Banijay’s Marco Bassetti and Jeff Zucker on the Surprise All3Media Merger That Puts ‘The Traitors,’ ‘MasterChef’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’ Under the Same Roof https://t.co/zM40xh5TTV via @variety
Banijay and All3Media Merge Into Multi‑billion‑dollar Powerhouse
Banijay and All3Media Strike Merger Deal to Form Multi-Billion Dollar Production Group https://t.co/S2DGE01t3X via @variety
Fitch Downgrades Paramount‑Skydance Debt to Junk After WBD Deal
Paramount Skydance Debt Downgraded to Junk Status by Fitch Ratings Following Warner Bros. Discovery Deal https://t.co/bBiUN3grT5 via @variety
Arab Sovereign Funding Spurs Soft Power Concerns in $110B Deal
Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal Backed by Arab Sovereign Funds Raises Soft Power Concerns https://t.co/YAzJc52Fgq
Sarandos Calls Paramount’s Offer Irrational, Fueled
Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Speaks Out After Losing Warner Bros. Bid: Paramount Offers Were ‘Irrational,’ Relied on Political Pressure Because it’s ‘Cheaper to Make Noise’ https://t.co/lSMiTSgKnA
Paramount's Bold Move Beats Netflix, Secures Warner Bros.
‘David Ellison Scares the Shit Out of Me’: How Paramount Beat Out Netflix, Won Warner Bros. and Will Change Hollywood Forever https://t.co/Pt6DwlK7fc
Paramount Pays Netflix $2.8 B Breakup Fee for WBD Deal
Netflix Says Paramount Has Paid $2.8 Billion Breakup Fee for Warner Bros. Discovery Deal https://t.co/tPYGdECLW7
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As Paramount Skydance Grabs Warner Bros. and Netflix Bows Out, the Mood Inside All Three: Champagne Toasts vs. ‘Gut Punch’ https://t.co/7WOc11cdK3
Paramount Likely Raises WBD Bid, Netflix May Bail
Paramount Is Expected to Raise Price of Warner Bros. Discovery Bid. Will Netflix Walk Away? https://t.co/rRAxVO21Ls via @variety
