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Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch Earned $31.1M In FY2021, CEO Lachlan $27.7M; Down From Year Ago
Fox chairman and patriarch Rupert Murdoch's racked up $31.1 million in total compensation for the company's fiscal year ended in June, down 8.4% from close to $40 million the year before.
Total compensation for Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman and CEO of Fox, came in at nearly $27.7 million, down 5% from just over…
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‘Eyes Of Tammy Faye,’ ‘Blue Bayou’ Seek Arthouse Momentum; Delta “Calmed Down” In Some Markets – Specialty Preview
The Eyes of Tammy Faye has something going for it that Searchlight Pictures’ Summer of Soul did not — a minimum 45-day exclusive theatrical window now that Hollywood appears to be in the midst of a pivot to encourage moviegoing. Eyes, directed by Michael Showalter, opens on 425 screens, expanding to another 400 next…
BET Launches BET Studios Led By Aisha Summers-Burke; Provides Equity Ownership To Black Creators In TV, Film
ViacomCBS Wednesday announced the launch of BET Studios led by Aisha Summers-Burke with partners including Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. The studio venture provides equity ownership to Black creators across premium TV and film content.
Deadline had reported in March that the longtime Warner…
WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal On Track To Close In First Half But Details Sparse: “We Have Our Go-To-Market Strategy Ready” – Discovery CFO
Executives on both sides of the $43-billion WarnerMedia-Discovery merger again confirmed the deal is on track to close by the middle of next year but details otherwise remain scarce on the combination that will reshape the media industry.
In presentations at a media conference yesterday and today, Discovery CFO Gunnar…
ViacomCBS CFO Sees New Paramount Chief Brian Robbins “Aggressively Embracing Streaming, Changes In Consumer Behavior”
ViacomCBS CFO Naveen Chopra — asked Tuesday about Paramount's management shakeup — said outgoing studio CEO Jim Gianopolus "leaves some very big shoes to fill. There is no doubt he has helped revitalize the studio both creatively and financially. But I think Brian [Robbins] is really the perfect person to take the…
Big Atlanta-Based Broadcaster Gray Television Expanding Studio Arm With Third Rail
Broadcaster Gray Television has acquired Third Rail Studios, a film and TV production facility in Georgia, from Integral Group for $27.5 million.
The studio built in 2016 is adjacent to and will now be integrated into a studio and community development Gray is building in Doraville, about 20 minutes from Atlanta. The…
Imax CEO Urged Paramount Not To Move ‘Top Gun: Maverick’: “They Just Wanted Perfect Conditions Around It”
Rich Gelfond said he’d love Paramount to rethink Top Gun: Maverick's recent move from this fall to next May, but it’s not likely. "I have spent a lot of time close to a lot of the decision makers at Paramount and… in Top Gun they think they have something very special. Tom Cruise waited more than 35 years to make that…
SPE CEO Tony Vinciquerra On ‘Venom’ Move, Talent Deals, China; Says “There Are Probably Too Many Film Studios”
Tony Vinciquerra, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, says a decision to release Venom: Let There Be Carnage two weeks early shows the film studio “demonstrating our confidence that people will be going to the movies, if the Delta Variant seems to be receding a bit.” He says that was the clear takeaway from Disney’s…
John Oliver, Back In Studio At Last, Blasts HBO’s “Business Daddy” AT&T Over Texas Abortion Law
John Oliver – back on air after a two-week hiatus and in studio for the first time since Covid – started in by bashing AT&T for contributions to legislators who supported the harsh new Texas abortion law.
A political action committee belonging to AT&T was a major donor to Texas pols who sponsored and co-sponsored the…
Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios In Sale Talks With Kevin Mayer & Tom Staggs’ Blackstone-Backed Media Venture
Westbrook Studios, the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith company behind Telluride Film Festival favorite King Richard and series Red Table Talk and Cobra Kai, has held exploratory talks with a number of potential buyers including the new venture led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by the Blackstone…
Focus Features Distribution Chief On ‘The Card Counter,’ ‘The Alpinist’ Draws Climbing Fans, “Little Crocus Shoots” Of Arthouse Recovery Visible – Specialty Box Office
Focus Features landed another specialty success with The Card Counter, Paul Schrader's biggest directorial opening in over 30 years since 1987's Light of Day and with a likely No. 8 ranking at the North American box office this weekend.
The film – starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe…
Tribeca’s Jane Rosenthal – Never Without Sneakers Since 9/11 Because “You Might Need To Run”: NYC 20 Years Later
Editor’s note: One in a series of stories tied to the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
It seemed like a small thing, stopping for a yellow light. But it may have made all the difference for Jane Rosenthal on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Her car was a block and half away from the Twin Towers when the first plane hit. The…
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