The Elevator Boys, a German boy band who surged to online popularity by early on posting dance videos on TikTok, have signed with CAA for representation. The five members Bene Schulz, Jacob Rott, Julien Brown, Luis Freitag, and Tim Schaecker have become major recording artists and fashion tastemakers with over 45 million social media followers. In 2023, the Elevator Boys...

UBCP/ACTRA, which represents union performers in British Columbia, has ratified a new three-year labor deal to run through to 2028. The new B.C. Master Production Agreement, to take effect April 1, 2025, was agreed after bargaining with the Canadian Media Producers Association B.C. Producers Branch and the Canadian affiliate of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The new...

Production workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios officially have a first union contract. In a ratification vote that took ended on Wednesday, 93 percent of participating bargaining unit members voted to support a deal reached on Feb. 13, while 7 percent voted against. Ninety-six percent of union members turned out to vote on the agreement, which is a sideletter to...

Netflixs password-sharing crackdown proved to be a major success in getting more people to sign up to its streaming service worldwide. But now that subscriber growth is set to slow after the benefits of reducing the number of users per subscription has run its course. It is likely Netflix has a few more quarters of strong subscriber growth driven by...

Without a settlement in sight, Paramount Global is looking to dismiss President Trumps lawsuit against its CBS News unit from a federal court in Texas, which has become a hot spot for legal battles advancing conservative legal causes. CBS is incorporated in New York, but Trumps legal team chose to sue in the Northern District of Texas, prompting concerns that...

The unionization of production company Kirkstall Road Enterprises in 2012 was one of the earliest victories for the Hollywood writers union when it came to organizing the Wild West of reality television. It was the heady era of Jersey Shore, Duck Dynasty and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and, though it was a modestly sized group of workers, the successful...

Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge sees future growth for his own major music label and others coming from new partnerships with top streaming platforms. Talking to Wall Street analysts after the release of UMGs fourth quarter results, Grainge said the years of the music industry being hobbled by piracy and copyright and IP ownership abuses had been replaced by...

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit in conjunction with a number of artists and theater groups challenging a new grant requirement from the National Endowment for the Arts. Per the new requirement, potential grant applicants must state that they will not promote gender ideology as part of their project under consideration for funding. This requirement came after President Trump signed...

European production-distribution group Mediawan has acquired a majority stake in British-Australian production company See-Saw Films, the Oscar-winning studio behind The Kings Speech and The Power of the Dog and such TV series as AppleTV+s Slow Horses and Netflixs Heartstopper. Founded in 2008 by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, See-Saw Films is one of the most prestigious outfits on the market,...

European TV production giantBanijay (Peaky Blinders,Black Mirror,MasterChef,Survivor) recorded a slight decline in full-year 2024 revenue for both its content production and content distribution businesses on a constant currency basis, Amsterdam stock exchange-listed parent company Banijay Group disclosed on Thursday. The producers corporate parent disclosed that Paris-headquartered Banijays annual production revenue dropped 2.8 percent on a constant currency and also a...

Scott Matthews has been named senior vice president of newsgathering at MSNBC. Matthews comes to the job after most recently serving as vice president and news director at WABC-TV where he directed the Eyewitness News team and oversaw the organizations streaming and digital products. He previously served as the vice president of news specials at CNBC from 2011 through 2019,...

Greg Proppers Propper Daley has been acquired by strategic communications and public affairs firm Bully Pulpit International. Propper Daley will transition to the BPI brand immediately, and 25 staffers will integrate into BPIs U.S. organizational structure. Propper Daleys noted entertainment philanthropy practice, however, will continue to operate as Propper Daley BPI, and the division joins recent acquisitions BOLDT BPI, Message...

If Hollywoods answer to Donald Trumps first months at the White House in 2017 was resistance, the 2025 edition so far appears more muted and a tad indifferent. The Academy Awards eight years ago celebrated diversity as Trump implemented his America First vision for the country that thrusted actors and other talent onto the frontlines of the culture wars. Warren...