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Rich Battista has been named the CEO of Imagine Entertainment, and will be joining the company immediately, based at its Beverly Hills headquarters. Battista will work with Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and the company’s nearly 90 employees to build upon its growth and expansion strategy…

Continuing its grand-scale pivot to video, Time Inc. has launched Sports Illustrated TV, a $4.99-a-month streaming network offering a mix of documentary, narrative and talk programming under the tagline “Because you love sports.” SI TV joins Time Inc.’s previous OTT launch, the ad-supported People TV, and will be…

Shares in Time Inc. are down more than 19% in pre-market trading after the publishing company said that it “will continue to pursue its strategic plan” rather than accept a sale offer. Meredith Corp. and a consortium led by Edgar Bronfman Jr. had circled the company. But Time’s board says today that after evaluating…

Time Inc. has named Rich Battista President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective immediately, succeeding Joe Ripp. Battista will be joining the Time Inc. Board of Directors and Ripp will continue to lead the board as Executive Chairman. "I am deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to lead this…