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Former American Idol producer Core Media is suing 21st Century Fox and private-equity firm Apollo Global Management over a deal to acquire Core in 2011, when the singing competition series still topped the primetime ratings. The suit, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), alleges that Apollo…

Things are moving fast over there in Burbank. Less than a day after longtime CFO Ed Romano was made Vice Chairman, Warner Bros revealed who their new money boss is going to be. Kim Williams is heading over to the home of Batman, after 2-plus years as CORE Media Group CFO. “Kim is a proven finance pro with an…

With the official final agreement to create a joint-venture of Endemol, Shine, and Core Media announced a little over two weeks ago, another important piece of the management structure has fallen into place. Tim Hincks, current President of Endemol, has been named President of the combined entity. He will be based in…

Ever since the Shine-Endemol-Core Media mega-merger was first floated, speculation has swirled over what it would mean for Shine founder Elisabeth Murdoch. The speculation can now be put to rest as Murdoch will indeed leave her role as chairman of Shine if and when the proposed merger goes through, a source with…

EXCLUSIVE: In a recent story, I noted that gymnastics, one of the consistently most popular Olympic sports, could be a new hot area in the reality TV space. I can now confirm that CORE Media is developing Celebrity Champions, an original format that will see former Olympians coach celebrities – be they dancers…

CORE Media Group (formerly CKx), the umbrella company whose portfolio includes reality series American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, has acquired Sharp Entertainment, Matt Sharp’s New York-based reality television production company behind such programs as the Travel Channel's Man V. Food, TLC'S Extreme Couponin…

UPDATED: CKx, the company whose portfolio includes reality series American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, the Elvis Presley estate and the Muhammad Ali brand, has been rebranded CORE Media Group, Inc. It is run by former NBC executive Marc Graboff, who was named president earlier this year and has made his first…