A dispute over distribution of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune has become the legal equivalent of a Daily Double. Four weeks after Sony Pictures Television filed a lawsuit against CBS related to licensing of the two long-running game shows, CBS has answered with a countersuit that alleges Sony is using the legal claim to try to escape the two companies...

Warner Bros. Discovery has been sued by investors who claim that the media conglomerate lied about potential fallout from its loss of NBA rights. A proposed class action, filed in New York federal court on Monday, accuses WBD of mischaracterizing the impact that losing rights to regular and postseason games for its TNT network would have on its business. In...

Shonda Rhimes media company Shondaland has promoted Sandie Bailey and Chris DiIorio to co-presidents. The pair will take on their new duties following the December departure of Megha Tolia, who has been president and COO of Shondaland for the past three years. Tolia is stepping down to spend more time with her family. There are no two people who are...

Disney will pay $43.25 million to settle a class action from roughly 9,000 female employees in California accusing the company of pay discrimination. Under the deal, Disney will retain experts to address significant pay differences using a model commissioned by lawyers representing the women, they said in a statement. The lawsuit, filed in 2019, centered on claims from female workers...

While Hollywood still holds viewers imaginations as both the birthplace and capital of the modern television and film industry, it is no longer the center of our entertainment production business. Despite our enviable collection of studio facilities, diverse physical landscape and resources, highly trained production crews, and proximity to the actual business of television, Hollywood has been losing production jobs...

Actor and producer Barry Pepper has signed with Paradigm Talent Agency for full representation. Pepper is best known for his role as Private Jackson in Steven Spielbergs Saving Private Ryan.He most recently starred opposite Sam Neill in the crime thriller feature, Bring Him to Me, directed by Luke Spark, and in Taylor Sheridans Paramount+ limited series Lawmen: Bass Reeves opposite...

Neon the indie distributor founded by Tom Quinn that found box office success with art house titles likeParasiteandrecently with Sean Bakers Anora has secured a $200 million credit facility with a lending consortium led by Comerica Bank. The revolver will help grow Neons operations, including film acquisition, development, production, and distribution, while also driving the indie studio into new international...

The future of animation work in the AI era is beginning to take shape. Following a high-stakes negotiation that stalled due to a fierce battle over the burgeoning technology, the Animation Guild has reached a tentative deal with studios and streamers over a new three-year contract for members in the L.A. area. The deal was reached on Friday, according to...

Jeremi Gorman has landed at Fanatics, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The advertising executive, who most recently jumpstarted Netflixs ad business and before that ran advertising for Snapchat, will become a senior advisor to Michael Rubins sports-focused holding company. Gorman will oversee integrated brand and marketing efforts for Fanatics, building a new advertising and brand partnerships strategy that touches all...

A recent decision by a little-known industry oversight group could end up having a sizable impact on TV ratings and the ad business that relies on them. The Media Rating Council, which accredits audience measurement models from such companies as Nielsen, Comscore and VideoAmp, gave a thumbs-up to Nielsens plan to incorporate first-party data from streaming outlets into its national...

The crowded sports calendar in October was a huge boon for Fox, as the company hit its highest share of TV use in a year. With NFL and college football games, Major League Baseballs playoffs and the first two games of the World Series on its properties, Fox claimed 8.4 percent of all TV usage in October, according to Nielsens...

Motion-capture workers at the prominent video game company behind NBA 2K andWWE 2K have voted to unionize with Hollywood crew union IATSE. Fifteen workers at 2Ks motion capture studio in Petaluma, California voted to unionize with IATSE in a National Labor Relations Board election that took place on Friday morning, while six voted against unionizing. All 21 workers including stage...

Bonnie Hammer is set to exit NBCUniversal after 35 years with the company, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Hammer, currently NBCUniversals vice chairman, helped transform the cable TV industry over her career, leading channels like USA and Sci-Fi, and Universal Cable Productions, before taking over the companys entire cable business (hence her nickname, the Queen of Cable). She was also...