Warner Bros. Discovery said on Tuesday that its streaming service Max will launch in Turkey on April 15 as streamer BluTV, which it acquired at the end of 2023, will evolve into Max, an advanced global platform with enhanced features and functionality, leveraging BluTVs local storytelling power and combining it with an even richer lineup of content. Turkey becomes the...

Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is again raising eyebrows amongst the papers staff with the introduction of an AI-powered feature that analyzes stories for their political viewpoint. The executive chairman of L.A.s paper of record announced this L.A. Times Insights tool in a letter to readers on Monday alongside a couple of other editorial changes. The feature, as...

Walt Disney Animation Studios has officially pulled the plug on its Tiana princess series as it abandons making original longform content for streaming, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. A spokesperson confirmed there will be some layoffs in its Vancouver studio as a result of this shift in business strategy. In addition to the Tiana series, the studio is also scrapping...

Fox may be getting into the direct-to-streaming business, but it has no plans on competing with the likes of Netflix, Peacock, or Disney+. Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch spoke to a Morgan Stanley conference Monday, where he framed the companys surprise foray into streaming as a plan to supplement the traditional pay-TV business, and similar to the plan outlined by Venu,...

FitchRatings has cut itsoutlookon Cineplexs debt rating tonegative,fromstable, citing a lack of size hampering the Canadian exhibition giant as it recovers from pandemic-era industry disruptions. Fitch did affirm the Canadian exhibition giants long term creditworthiness at B, but downgraded the debt rating on a CAD$100 million senior secured revolving credit facility and CAD$575 million senior secured notes to BB. The...

Call it WMEs comedy book club. During the mega talent agencys weekly Comedy Department meeting on Feb. 26, co-chief and senior partner Mike Berkowitz told agents that theyd be getting a new mandatory reading assignment, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. After saying he read Susan Morrisons 656-page tome Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live in one sitting, Berkowitz...

Call it WMEs comedy book club. During the mega talent agencys weekly Comedy Department meeting on Feb. 26, co-chief and senior partner Mike Berkowitz told agents that theyd be getting a new mandatory reading assignment, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. After saying he read Susan Morrisons 656-page tome Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live in one sitting, Berkowitz...

Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne delivered an unexpected announcement to voting members who zoomed in to a special meeting called on Friday. Moving forward, Globes members will no longer be paid salaries as it does away with a controversial element of how its voting body is organized. Hoehne held a meeting with an estimated 50 voters that had been members...

The New York Times, which had a hand in igniting the public war of words between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni by publishing a story over alleged misconduct in the filming of It Ends With Us, has moved to dismiss a defamation lawsuit accusing it conspiring with the actress public relations team to advance a distorted narrative. The Times, in...

NBC News digital editorial staff will be able to delay a recent round of staff cuts and will have new layoff protections under the terms of a long-awaited first contract deal, reached on Thursday. The provisional three-year pact, announced on Friday, offers union members advance notice of layoffs and preferential treatment for rehire and a minimum of eight weeks of...

In 1972, in the midst of the Watergate scandal, Gallup first polled Americans to gauge their trust in the media. 68 percent said they did. Four years later in 1976, that rose to 72 percent. Gallup still asks that question of consumers, and trust in media is now at an all-time low of 31 percent, a slow burn that has...

A federal judge has shut down parts of Blake Livelys subpoena for phone records while allowing a portion of it to proceed. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman on Friday found that the subpoena is overly intrusive because it could contain information relating to associates of Justin Baldonis team, as well as sensitive medical information, in a way that violates their...

Dreambo, a new gaming company from actor, producer, and comedian Sean Hayes, alongside Carrie Aizley, Robin Ruzan, Scott Icenogle, and Kevin Neustadt, is teaming up with premium podcast studio and network Wondery to launch its first title. With this new venture, the game maker will tap into Wonderys expertise in brand development as it builds a presence in the marketplace,...