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CBS Acting CEO & Brass Hit Dull Button In Digital Town Hall; Questioned About Moonves, Viacom & Moreby Dade Hayes

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Striking L.A. Teachers & School District Head Back To Bargaining Table Tmrw

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The strike in America's second largest school district isn't over and the picket lines aren't coming down but the United Teachers Los Angeles union and the Los Angeles United School District are going to sit down together tomorrow for the first time in almost a week to talk. "Following discussions with the leadership of UTLA and LAUSD, both parties have agreed to resume bargaining tomorrow at noon at City Hall," said Eric Garcetti's office tonight after LAUSD officials… Read

David Lubliner Moving To UTA

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EXCLUSIVE: Longtime WME literary agent David Lubliner is moving to UTA. Lubliner is a stalwart agent who has worked with top-tier clients including About a Boy director and writer Chris Weitz, Man of Steel screenwriter David S. Goyer, Manchester by the Sea’s Kenneth Lonergan, Empire EP Ilene Chaiken, Dear White People‘s Justin Simien and Unsolved:The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G EP and director Anthony Hemingway. This is happening in real time, and it remains… Read

‘Fortnite’ Rakes In A Record $2.4 Billion

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Fortnite, already a pop culture phenomenon, just achieved a business milestone. The free-to-play title generated the most annual revenue of any game in history, raking in $2.4 billion in 2018, according to estimates from Nielsen’s SuperData. The firm said Fortnite’s multi-platform release on PC, console and mobile allowed it to reach a massive audience. Publisher Epic Games kept the momentum going by regularly updated the game with new modes, weapons and… Read

Snap Shares Fall 14% As Investors Weigh String Of Executive Exits, CFO Stepped Off After Asking Board For A Raise — Update

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UPDATED to reflect new information about the reason for the CFO’s departure Shares of Snapchat parent Snap Inc. fell 14% today as investors weigh in on the departure of CFO Tim Stone, a former Amazon executive who exited after just eight months on the job. The company reported the its latest high-level executive departure Tuesday, after the market closed, saying Stone planned to “pursue other opportunities.” Bloomberg is reporting something else transpired: Stone went… Read

Kelly Miller Joins Literate As A Manager

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Kelly Miller has joined Literate, A.B. Fischer and Dennis Kim' television-focused boutique management and production company, as a manager. Miller moves to Literate from Paradigm, where she served as a theater-to-TV crossover agent. The move to Literate is a return to management for Miller, who before her stint at Paradigm was a manager at The Shuman Company. It also reunites her with Fischer, with whom she worked at The Shuman Co., where Fischer was a Partner before… Read

Mike Gillespie Launches Brave Artists Talent Management Company

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Talent manager Mike Gillespie, most recently at Primary Wave Entertainment, has launched his own talent management company, Brave Artists Management. "After 12 years in Los Angeles, I'm very proud to start my own company,” said Gillespie. “I'm very fortunate to have amazing clients that understand my passion for this industry and with hard work and determination we will find success in this next chapter. I'm also very grateful for all the mentors I've had, what I've… Read

Bruce Tufeld Dies: Hollywood Agent And Manager Was 66

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Bruce Tufeld, who began his Hollywood career as an assistant under legendary agent Sue Mengers before becoming an agent and later a personal manager, died January 15 from complications due to liver cancer. He was 66. The son of TV announcer Richard "Dick" Tufeld and Adrienne Tufeld, Bruce Tufeld attended the Rexford School in Beverly Hills and graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. That led to his first job, at ICM, working an an… Read

Bad Robot: Sizing Up the Field As Race To Land JJ Abrams’ Business Enters Home Stretch

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The courtship process is heating up, the one that will bring JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot banner — film, television and possibly other platforms — away from Paramount and into a big new studio deal or an independently financed alternative. Sources with knowledge of the bake-off said that Universal, Disney and Warner Bros are the major studios battling it out, with Disney and Warner Bros. — which has housed Bad Robot’s TV division — considered favorites, but with Universal… Read

CBS Acting CEO & Brass Hit Dull Button In Digital Town Hall; Questioned About Les Moonves, Viacom Merger Talk & More

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In a two-day forum for employees that concluded this afternoon, CBS acting CEO Joe Ianniello and two other top executives answered a range of questions via a liveblog hosted on an internal network. Going for straight communication with their staff, the brass were very careful to avoid setting off any fireworks about former CEO Les Moonves, the legal situation of his now non-severance and possible new merger talks with Viacom. Multiple CBS employees reached by Deadline… Read

Coast Guard Film Office Remains Open Despite Shutdown And No Pay

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The U.S. Coast Guard's film liaison office remains open for business even though its three-man staff in Los Angeles isn't getting paid because of the ongoing government shutdown. "Obviously, it's impacting our pay, but our office is operational," chief warrant officer Mike Lutz said. The Coast Guard, which is the only service branch affected by the shutdown, has provided assistance to dozens of films in recent years, including Spider-Man: Homecoming, Dunkirk, Baywatch, Dee… Read

Michael Nyman’s Acceleration Adds Two More Senior Execs From PMK*BNC

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Acceleration, the marketing, media and advisory firm launched this year by former PMK*BNC chief Michael Nyman, has added two alums of that agency to its executive team. Monica Chun will serve as Chief Client Officer and President of Acceleration Brand Advisory, and Rick Faigin joins as EVP Acceleration Brand Advisory. Chun is a 22-year PMK*BNC veteran who was elevated to its president after Nyman’s exit as co-CEO in June. At Acceleration, she will lead and architect brand… Read

Podcast Network Parcast Sets First Scripted Fiction Series As Part Of 2019 Slate

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Podcast network Parcast has announced its slate of new shows for the first four months of 2019, including its first scripted fiction series Mind’s Eye. It marks an expansion beyond scripted non-fiction fare for Parcast, which is in the midst an impressive growth period. In 2018, Parcast saw a nearly 200% increase in download numbers, to 100+ million across all of its fully-owned audio productions. By the end of 2018, Parcast had 16 shows available for listeners up from… Read

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