The Onion has been sold, again. G/O Media has the humor brand to four anonymous investors calling themselves “Global Tetrahedron,” name after one of the site’s own gags. G/O chief Jim Spanfeller confirmed the news to staffers Thursday in a…
As this year’s president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, NBC News senior White House Kelly O’Donnell will preside over one of the biggest evenings in D.C. — a mix of politicos, media types and celebrities airing live across…
The Studio Teachers (IATSE Local 884) have struck a tentative deal with the studios. Local 884 came to a preliminary agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on craft-specific issues after a final day of…
There will likely be some new faces on the Nielsen streaming lists going forward, thanks to a change in the company’s measurements — including The Resident, which crept up to No. 2 during the week of March 25 to 31.
EXCLUSIVE: Noah Hawley has named Michael Garcia as President of 26 Keys, his Austin-based production banner. Hawley has additionally brought on Maddy Bilder as Project Director at the company. Garcia and Bilder join 26 Keys as Hawley…
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel’s 2023 pay package totaled $83.9 million, according to the company’s proxy statement today. That includes $65 million in compensation last year as chief executive of TKO Group, the new public company that’s…
EXCLUSIVE: Brad Holcman, who has exec produced series including 60 Days In and Intervention, is leaving A&E. Deadline understands that Holcman is exiting the company after joining in 2012 as Senior Director of Non-Fiction and Alternative…
Shares of Snapchat parent Snap popped 26% in late trading after the social media network said revenue jumped more than expected last quarter to $1.95 billion, up 21% from 2023. The number, and the outlook for the current quarter were…
Roku posted solid first-quarter financials, with positive results in several key metrics illustrating the benefits of ongoing price inflation in the streaming sector.
Google and YouTube parent Alphabet blew away Wall Street estimates with revenue up 15% to $80.5 billion driven by strong ad growth. The company also announced a major milestone, its first ever dividend of 20 cents a share in June. The…
Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired Jill Ratner as their EVP and General Counsel, overseeing all of the studio’s legal functions, compliance and labor relations, SPE music affairs, government/external matters, and corporate social…
There’s even more programming in store for this year’s ATX TV Festival. The lineup expanded Thursday to include a closing night tribute to Normal Lear featuring Katey Sagal, Dulé Hill, Phil Rosenthal and Brent Miller. Season 13 of ATX TV…
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group is staying in business with Kevin Garnett. The company has extended its first-look deal with Garnett’s Content Cartel. The move will see it join the partnership between Content Cartel and Bill Maher’s…
It was thanks in part to Arnold Schwarzenegger that the former publisher of the National Enquirer knew he could get in trouble for the tabloid’s catch-and-kill policy and buying off salacious stories about Donald Trump Over objections from…
UPDATE: Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism of Donald Trump’s argument that presidents enjoy broad immunity, but they wrestled with which certain official acts could be shielded from prosecution and which would not.
Baby Reindeer has burnished its status as a surprise Netflix hit by piling on viewers in its second week on the streaming service. Episode 1 of Richard Gadd’s lightly fictionalized stalker story was watched by 3M viewers over the past…
EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media has promoted Julia Friley to Vice President of Scripted Development. In her new role, Friley will create and develop commercial film and television projects with a focus on authentic characters rooted in stories of…
Major internet providers once again will have to abide by a set of robust rules of the road, prohibiting them from blocking or throttling traffic, as the FCC today reinstated net neutrality regulations.
“We’ll launch FAST channels pretty darn soon” Sean Cohan told Deadline back in March and the Bell Media President has delivered on that pledge with the rollout of ten new channels. The Canadian media giant has launched English and French…
UPDATED with executive comments. Nearly four years since the launch of NBCUniversal streaming flagship Peacock, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh says the service is “seeing traction” with its blend of entertainment and sports. The exec…
TelevisaUnivision reported a 7% year-over-year increase in revenue due to direct-to-consumer proceeds and linear networks in Mexico, but flat domestic ad revenue dragged down overall results.
EXCLUSIVE: London-based Alliance Media Partners (AMP) has hired Anthony Buckner as Head of Sales, Acquisitions and Distribution in the run up to the Cannes market.
Imax more than hit its Q1 numbers with $79 million in revenue last quarter (down 9%) and a solid earnings bump thanks in large part to its run with Dune: Part 2, a blockbuster amid a slow quarter for big releases. The box office was offset…
Meta (formerly called Facebook) pretty much ignored the social media elephant in the room today on a post-earnings conference call, with chief financial officer Susan Li saying it’s too early to discuss what just happened in Washington, D…
Stephen Cognetti, the writer-director behind the cult classic horror movie franchise Hell House LLC, has signed with Anonymous Content for representation. Cognetti’s fourth installment, The Carmichael Manor, along with his previous entries…
Ari Emanuel, CEO of TKO Group as well as the soon-to-be-private Endeavor, saw a pay package valued at $64.9 million in 2023 as CE0 of TKO Group, the home of WWE and UFC. TKO is a relatively new company that started trading on the New York…
Facebook parent Meta posted solid quarterly financials today with revenue and EPS beating Wall Street expectations, but investors dinged the stock on high expenses and lower than anticipated revenue for the current quarter. Shares are down…
UPDATED with latest: Actors Access is the latest target of a potential class action lawsuit for its pay-to-play model. A week ago, the California-based public interest firm Clarkson Law filed suit against Casting Networks. Now it has set…
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Oakes has joined Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios as President of Production and Development, Deadline can exclusively reveal. Oakes joins from Bold Films, where he worked for more than a decade, most recently serving as…