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Just a few weeks ago, David Zaslav was offered a co-CEO gig by David Ellison in a Paramount-owned Warner Bros Discovery. Then Netflix swooped in and sealed an $83B deal for WB’s streaming and studio holdings before Ellison came roaring back with a $108 billion hostile tender offer for all of WBD,…

EXCLUSIVE: Walter Hamada’s 18Hz production company has promoted Nick Romano to VP, while Ana Tenewitz has joined as a Creative Executive. Romano joined 18Hz as a Creative Executive at the company's inception in 2023. He is an executive producer on upcoming projects including Rodrigue Huart's Suff…

Sky Studios boss Cécile Frot-Coutaz has had her remit expanded to include advertising as Priya Dogra exits to run Channel 4. We understand that Dogra, who has been Sky’s Chief Advertising & New Revenue Officer for just over a year, will not be replaced directly but Frot-Coutaz will incorporate…

EXCLUSIVE: After four years at TelevisaUnivision, Adam Waltuch, the media giant’s EVP of Global Distribution and Partnerships, is leaving the Daniel Alegre-led company. "We are grateful for his leadership over the last 4 years and the many contributions he has made to the company," said the…

Disney’s board of directors has nominated former Apple executive Jeff Williams to join its ranks, which would expand the governing body to 11 members. Shareholders will get to cast votes for or against Williams being added as an independent director, as well as on the re-election of the 10…

The UFC’s unprecedented event next June on the White House grounds could make the public outcry over the demolition of the East Wing seem almost quaint. That was the impression left by Mark Shapiro, president and COO of the MMA circuit’s parent, TKO Group, during an appearance Tuesday at the UBS…

AMC Networks has hired former Peacock executive Annie Luo to drive the growth of its streaming services. Luo, who left the NBCUniversal streamer in September, has joined as President, Streaming Growth. She will oversee development and execution of the company's streaming strategy, including…

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook said he still fully expects the local TV giant’s pending deal to acquire rival Tegna will get approved despite some surprisingly adversarial comments recently by President Trump. The exec appeared Monday at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference for a panel…

The CW will finally turn a profit sometime in 2026, parent company Nexstar’s CFO, Lee Ann Gliha, said Monday. Echoing sentiment from Nexstar execs team in recent months, Gliha said the former 50-50 venture between the owners of CBS and Warner Bros. has found its footing even if it is breaking…

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery was “entirely expected,” but the exec said he remains “super-confident” in the streaming giant’s plan to close the deal. “Today’s move was entirely expected,” Sarandos said at a conference in New York hosted by…

Netflix believes one plus one will equal three when HBO joins its portfolio. Co-CEO Greg Peters said as much throughout a 45-minute conference call with Wall Street analysts about the company’s $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios-and-streaming division. “It’s quite…

Netflix Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters sought to reassure investors Friday that their game-changing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery won’t become another media business fiasco. “A lot of those failures that we’ve seen historically is because the company that was doing the acquisition…