Talk about timing. WGA members are right now voting to authorize its WGA West board and WGA East council to implement a new agency code of conduct that includes banning packaging fees and severing agency ties to affiliated production entities. That vote closes Sunday morning. What a moment for a bombshell Wall Street J…

ESPN+ has expanded and extended its rights deal with the UFC and will now be the exclusive distributor of the MMA league’s pay-per-view events in the U.S. through 2025. The deal also adds two years to a five-year streaming rights pact struck last May for a reported $150 million a year.

ESPN also has linear rights to UF…

Endeavor has returned the $400M investment it received from the Saudi Public Investment Fund following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Deadline has confirmed that the Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel-headed company has handed back the investment over the past month.

This completes the process that CEO Emanue…

Endeavor, the umbrella company that holds the likes of WME, IMG and the UFC, has promoted Mark Shapiro to the newly created post of president. The longtime exec has been chief content officer at IMG since 2014, when he arrived after being CEO of dick clark productions.

During his time at Endeavor, he has helped to unif…

Dan Limerick has been set as Head of Business Affairs across Endeavor’s representation businesses, which include WME, IMG Models, The Wall Group, Art & Commerce and Dixon Talent. The former Warner Bros Television exec, who had been Head of Television Business Affairs at WME since 2016, will work alongside Courtney…

EXCLUSIVE: STX has won U.S. rights to comedy Poms, starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver and Pam Grier, following a competitive multi-day auction. The deal is understood to be in the $8-9M range, making it the biggest deal so far at this year’s AFM.

Keaton plays a woman who moves into a retirement home and recruits the r…

Epic Games, the maker of top-selling videogame Fortnite, has raised $1.25 billion in new funding from investors including KKR, Iconiq Capital and Smash Ventures.

Disney and Endeavor are among those with small stakes in Epic. Chinese conglomerate Tencent owns 40% of the company, which was valued by Bloomberg over the…

Endeavor Content is considering withdrawing from a $400 million Saudi investment in the company, following the disappearance — and suspected murder — of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The holding company that includes one of the world’s pre-eminent talent agencies, William Morris Endeavor, has been working for more …

Endeavor is looking to make a number of acquisitions in the content world and CEO Ari Emanuel said that he believes he can take advantage of other major media companies being tied up with other deals.

Speaking at a keynote speech at the Mipcom event in Cannes, Emanuel also lifted the lid on a number of topics…

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel offered a roomful of Wall Street types his takes on several hot topics in media while also making a case for his privately held company’s progress in evolving from its traditional representation origins.

Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in New York, Emanuel said at the…

Endeavor has launched Endeavor Audio, with the aim to jump into the growing podcast market via content development, financing, production, distribution, marketing and monetization. The new brand has partnered with several companies in the space at kickoff, including with Dick Wolf and Wolf Entertainment to produce…

"I think he is one of the great thinkers in the business, and we'll see what happens with Fox," said Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel today of Disney boss Bob Iger. "He was right on Pixar, on Marvel and Star Wars," the Endeavor CEO added. "His strategy now of over the top is the right strategy for his content."

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