The PGA Tour says that its commissioner Jay Monahan and Player Director Adam Scottmet with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, and asked him to help mediate negotiations with Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund. In a joint statement from Monahan, Scott, and Tiger Woods with the title Update from PGA Tour regarding future of mens professional golf, the men indicated that...

A judge has stepped in to block, at least for the moment, Sonys efforts to take over distribution of syndicated game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune from CBS. On Thursday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin C. Brazile granted CBS a temporary restraining order blocking Sony Pictures Television from assuming distribution of the two shows. Earlier this week, Sony...

After the 2023 Hollywood writers and actors strikes and the budget crunch that followed, the industry shock that was felt throughout Los Angeles extended all the way to Canada specifically Ontario and British Columbia where the usual deluge of location shoots slowed to a trickle. The strikes triggered a 26 percent downturn in production spending in 2024 compared with 2023,...

AMC Theatres has hiked its pricing for Stubs A-list, the cinema chains monthly movie subscription membership. From May 7, the monthly A-list membership for film fanatics will jump from $24.95 to $27.99 in New York and California, and pricing elsewhere will range from $19.99 to $25.99 per month, depending on the U.S. state. Stubs A-list will, however, allow four movie...

Entertainment attorney Dina LaPolt, whose clients include 21 Savage, Cardi B, Mary J. Blige, Tinashe and Offset, is launching a new venture which includes a podcast and the release of her first book. The artist rights activists latest endeavor, LaPolt Media, will focus on producing dynamic content that inspires, informs, and amplifies impactful while also offering a platform for LaPolts...

A day after Disney disclosed its fiscal first quarter 2025 results which included entertainment revenue rising year-over-year, Disney+ slightly declining as expected in subscribers and ESPN revenue also up its stock dipped slightly even as five Wall Street analysts published relatively bullish post-earnings notes. In its Feb. 5 filing, the Burbank-based entertainment giant also lowered what it plans to spend...

Google is planning a major Super Bowl ad push for its Gemini AI product line, including a 60-second ad in the second quarter of the game, and purchasing 50 different 30-second ads in every state, each one spotlighting a local business that uses it AI software. While other companies are leaning on humor or celebrities, Googles spot is more serious...

Film and TV production in the U.K., whose boom came to a grinding halt in 2023 amid the Hollywood writers and actors strikes, rebounded in 2024 and is officially ahead of pre-Covid levels for the first time since the pandemic. According to the British Film Institute, the total spend on film and high-end TV production last year reached 5.6 billion...

Fanatics, the sports product and experience company founded by Michael Rubin, is partnering with Boardroom, the sports media company founded by Rich Kleiman and Kevin Durant, to expand its presence in the professional athlete development space. The companies are launching Chapter: Next, a professional development program designed for athletes and their management teams. The first edition of the event will...

Warner Music Group (WMG), led by CEO Robert Kyncl, said on Thursday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Tempo Music Investments, an investment platform for premium music rights, from Providence Equity Partners. Financial terms werent disclosed. Providence will remain a minority investor in Tempo and continue to work with WMG in an advisory capacity, the companies said. WMGs...

BBC Studios has acquired a minority stake in U.K. production company Samphire Films, co-founded by the creator of Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action and Special Forces: Worlds Toughest Test. BBC Studios said it would support its rapid growth and global expansion. Samphire Films was founded in 2024 by Sophie Leonard and BBC Documentaries commissioning editor David Hodgkinson to deliver the...

News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson praised what he sees as the improved business conditions in the U.S. following the election saying, the yoke of woke has been lifted. We are seeing a tangible increase in business confidence here in the US since the election, Thomson said during his remarks to investors following second quarter earnings. The temporary turmoil of transactional...

CBS publicly released the full transcripts and videos of the 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday. The release comes after the Federal Communications Commissions asked for a full unedited transcript and feeds from the interview. The FCC is currently in the process of reviewing the planned merger between Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, with Skydance...