United Talent Agency has named Cassandra Bujarski as its new chief communications officer, replacing an outgoing Richard Siklos. Bujarski will oversee the agencys global communications and will report to UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer. She comes to UTA from FGS Global, a communications and public affairs firm where she was a partner and head of the Los Angeles office. Cassandras wealth...

Fox Corp. has promoted one of CEO Lachlan Murdochs top deputies, naming John Nallen president and COO of the media company. Nallen, who has so far served as COO, has signed a new long-term deal with Fox that will keep him at the company through June 2028. John has been instrumental in the continued evolution of Fox and a key...

In a major podcast and digital media deal that shakes up the landscape, Fox Corp. has acquired Red Seat Ventures. Res Seat Ventures produces audio and video podcasts and other programming with talent that includes a slew of former Fox and cable news stars. Among Red Seats clients are Megyn Kelly, whose show streams on YouTube and runs on SiriusXM,...

In a Super Bowl with no shortage of star power and slapstick comedy during the commercials, Jeep surprised in the fourth quarter by zigging while others zag. Instead of a jam-packed 30 seconds filled with cameos, the automotive brand instead ran a two-minute film, Owners Manual, directed by James Mangold (A Complete Unknown, Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny)...

The National Football League will use its biggest platform of the year to serve as a high-profile push for girls flag football, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. During each years Super Bowl, the league reserves a couple of minutes of TV time for its own brand campaign, celebrating the players and causes most important to the league. NFL CMO Tim...

To Paramount, Skydance appeared to be the ideal buyer for the company when it announced the $8 billion megadeal last year: big enough for its name to have cachet in Hollywood, with a founder boasting ties to deep pockets, but small enough for the merger not to raise red flags with antitrust enforcers. And to sweeten the pot, the David...

A lawsuit accusing Amazon of misleading Prime subscribers by charging them an additional fee to stream movies and TV shows without ads has been dismissed. U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein on Friday found that the e-commerce giant previously disclosed that the bundle of Prime benefits is subject to change. She said that Amazon never promised subscribers that its service would...

As it prepares for an ownership transition, Paramount Pictures has inked a 30-title co-financing slate deal with an investment group, Domain Capital, that looks to back features across genres and budget levels. Upcoming titles that were named as part of the deal include Jack Quaid action thriller Novocaine,the Rihanna-led animated The Smurfs Movie, Liam Neeson remakeThe Naked Gun and Edgar...

Paramount Global, which has agreed to a merger with David Ellisons Skydance Media that is expected to close in the first half of this year, is hitting pause on select events in 2025, including the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) and the CMT Music Awards, to reimagine what they might look like in the future and optimize its tentpole strategy....

Universal Music Group has promoted Julie Adam to president and CEO of Universal Music Canada. She replaces Jeffrey Remedios, who has a new assignment as president, strategic development for Republic Collective, which includes Island Records, Def Jam Recordings, Mercury Records and Republic Records. Adam will oversee Universal Music in Canada after becoming executive vp and general manager of UMC in...

In a splintered media world, there is only one true vestige of monoculture left: The Super Bowl. The Big Game, which will be played Feb. 9 and televised by Fox, averages over 100 million viewers, a staggering number that dwarfs every other piece of entertainment in a given year. For big advertisers, a chance to highlight their brand or product...

Lionsgate has released its third quarter financial results after the spinoff of the media giants studio business into a separately traded stock. The studio, led by CEO Jon Feltheimer, posted a sharply narrowed net loss attributable to shareholders at $21.9 million, compared to a year-earlier loss at $107.4 million when Lionsgate at the time reported on the impact of the...

Amazon beat Wall Street expectations in its latest quarterly earnings report, with its advertising business surging by 18 percent year over year to $17.3 billion. Overall Amazon net sales was $187.8 billion in the quarter, with net income of $20 billion. The growth was driven by a strong holiday quarter for retail, AI products at AWS, and string performance at...