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Fox Corp.’s non-production employees will continue to work remotely at least through year end as COVID-19 cases spike and the company explores more flexible longer-term arrangments, said CEO Lachlan Murdoch. “The rising rates of positive cases in areas where we have a significant presence coupled with evolving…

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said most employees won’t be returning to offices this year as the company rethinks its plans amid a COVID-19 resurgence and focuses on restarting production, which he called “critical.” Production, he said in a memo to staff on Wednesday, “generally has to be done in person and is the…

A federal judge Monday permanently struck down as unconstitutional an anti-abortion bill in Georgia — legislation that prompted protests from Hollwyood last year and had some threatening to move production out of the state if it was ever enforced. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled against  Georgia in a lawsuit…

The commercial industry never stopped once the coronavirus pandemic hit and TV and film production shut down. As people hunkered down under stay-at-home orders amid skyrocketing numbers of infections and death, commercial endorsement agents were flooded with requests from major brands which had to pivot quickly and…

Governor Gavin Newsom brought his Economic Recovery & Reinvention Listening Tour to Hollywood on Wednesday, virtually that is. Newsom hosted a Zoom roundtable with Californians who work in the film and television industry. It started late but, once it got going, streamed live on the governor’s YouTube page. “We’re in…

Discovery CEO David Zaslav says the challenges posed by COVID-19 have brought about an epiphany in terms of production logistics and costs, with viewers embracing lower-priced versions of staple shows. Many of the company’s shows, especially on networks like Food Network and Cooking Channel, have taken on a decidedly…

EXCLUSIVE: Mailer Tuchman Media has launched with an initial slate of film and TV projects anchored by Mailer, a drama series about the late author/provocateur. Mailer’s son, John Buffalo Mailer, is creative director of MTM, which is both producing and financing. Joining him are Martin Tuchman, the company’s executive…

Lionsgate and Great Point Capital Management, a media-oriented investment fund run by Robert Halmi and Fehmi Zeko, are teaming to build a $100 million production facility in the New York City suburb of Yonkers. The new facility will start construction in November, with plans calling for it to be up and running by the…

Several dozen staffers have been let go at Disney’s film and visual effects units, including the Fox studio being absorbed into the company. About 250 workers have been let go to date, a studio source tells Deadline. Those exiting Fox include John Kilkenny, who headed visual effects; Fred Baron, EVP of feature producti…

Netflix, which won approval last week  to ramp up a production unit in Canada, its first outside the U.S., is hitting back at criticism that the deal afforded Netflix special treatment and allowed it to skirt the rules governing other content players in the country. Corie Wright, director of global public policy…

NEW YORK, June 6, 2011 – The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that Leah Holzer has joined the company as vice president of production, reporting to its president of production, Donna Gigliotti, in New York. In her post, Holzer will help manage physical production of such TWC films as the David O. Russell…

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that Universal Chairman Adam Fogelson and Co-Chairman Donna Langley have restructured the studio’s production team. Veterans Peter Cramer and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum will be upped to co-Presidents of Production, replacing the current President of Production Debbie Liebling who is “leaving to…