The Motion Picture Association of America has appointed Emily Lenzner as EVP for Global Communications and Public Affairs.
She will report to MPAA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin and oversee the trade group's communications team in the U.S. and internationally.
Lenzner will start August 1 and be based at the MPAA’s…
Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish’s name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith’sBirth of a Nation.
Gish starred in the 1915 silent film, which was adapted from a novel and play, The Clansman. It is considered a landmark of film history, with many firsts – first…
A California legislative committee has voted to tighten the state’s school immunization requirements, a move that has drawn criticism from anti-vaccination advocates.
The state Assembly Health Committee passed a much-amended Senate Bill 276 by a 9-2 vote. Actress Jessica Biel was among those who have lobbied against…
Shares in Sprint and T-Mobile ticked up late in Friday’s trading day after The New York Times reported that Department of Justice regulators are close to blessing the companies’ $26 billion merger.
T-Mobile closed at $74.90, up less than 1%, while Sprint jumped 3% to close at $7.01. The stocks have see-sawed in recent…
During a lengthy telephone interview with CNBC that covered topics such as trade tariffs, 5G and relations with China, President Donald Trump said tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon are “colluding” with Democrats.
Asked by Squawk Box host Joe Kernen for his view on whether tech companies should be broken up…
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, believes a degree of regulatory scrutiny is “fair” given the company’s sprawling scale, but he insists it is “not a monopoly.”
He made the comments to CBS News (see the video below) as Apple unveiled a range of new products and services at its developers conference in San Jose on Monday. On the…
UPDATED with news of House committee probe. The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee plans to investigate giant tech companies, a development that follows reports over the weekend that Google and Amazon are about to get closer regulatory scrutiny.
The committee promises a “bipartisan look at competition in…
Netflix has become the first major Hollywood company to take a stand against Georgia’s recent passage of a strict abortion law, with chief content officer Ted Sarandos saying Tuesday that the streaming giant would “rethink our entire investment in Georgia" if legislation known as the “heartbeat bill” became state…
UPDATED with WGAW statement, 10: 26: The $26 billion merger of Sprint and T-Mobile will get the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission in exchange for pledges by the company to build out a 5G network that will cover 99% of the U.S. by 2026, officials said Monday.
The WGA West issued this statement Tuesday…
Facebook has responded to a call by one of its co-founders for the social media giant’s break-up.
Nick Clegg, Facebook’s VP for global affairs and communications, wrote in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/facebook-nick-clegg-chris-hughes.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage"…
Nexstar Media Group, whose pending deal to acquire Tribune Media will make it the No. 1 owner of local TV stations in the U.S., said it is selling off 19 stations in 15 markets, a move that will net the company $1.32 billion in cash.
Rival station groups Tegna and E.W. Scripps are acquiring the stations. Nexstar said…
Apple has issued a lengthy response to Spotify’s complaint before European Commission regulators, which was issued earlier this week. The iPhone maker dismisses it as “misleading rhetoric” that conceals its streaming competitor’s financial motives.
Spotify told the EC that Apple’s 30% “tax” on Spotify streams…
