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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Gerhard Zeiler, president of international at Warner Bros. Discovery, will give the opening keynote at the 39th edition of TV market Mipcom, which runs Oct. 16-19 in Cannes.

If you thought the Writers Guild of America was going to be playing nice heading into tomorrow’s meeting between WGA Chief Negotiator Ellen Stutzman and AMPTP boss Carol Lombardini – you really might want to think again.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery appears to have bigger digital plans for Charles Barkley and Anderson Cooper. Warner Bros.

Lionsgate has acquired Entertainment One’s (eOne)TV and film operations from Hasbro for approximately $500 million. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.

Sinclair Inc. reported an 8% year-over-year drop in total revenue to $768 million in the second quarter as losses widened and the company declared a newly intensified focus on unlocking “hidden value.”

McKinley Franklin editor Ready for more New York? Peacock has officially bumped up the launch date for “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy” ahead of the second installment of “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club,” Variety can reveal. “RHONY Legacy” is set to premiere in December on Peacock, now making it the official fourth season of “Ultimate Girls Trip.” The cast will star original New York Housewives Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer and Kristen Taekman.

Although Big Brother follows a basic formula from year to year, fans know to expect the unexpected when it comes to production twists.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Discovery streaming comms senior vice president Chris Willard is exiting the company to pursue other interests after 14 years working with the HBO team, Variety has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based VFX studio Saffronic has hired an Executive Creative Director, soon after Skyler Mattson was named CEO.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed entrepreneur, author, and home renovation expert, Jenn Todryk, for representation in all areas.

Braunwyn Windham-Burke is still celebrating her engagement to Jennifer Spinner, but her divorce from Sean Burke isn’t yet finalized.

even though you physically do not have enough hours in the day? Welcome to the world of toxic resilience, the dangerous workplace trend that harms our mental health.Remember , the pressure to remain positive in any eventuality? This is 2023’s iteration and is basically the constant expectation placed on individuals to bounce back, adapt, and persist in the face of adversity regardless of the toll it takes on their mental and emotional well-being.“Toxic resilience is when we let our personal needs come second for the sake of just keeping going for the business,” says Hattie Roche, co-managing director and strategy chief at UK employee experience agency , based in Bristol, England.It seems that resilience is becoming a bit of a dirty word. We’ve all talked about the need for and, frankly, in life.

Thania Garcia Premier Music Group has recruited the music supervision services of George Drakoulias, the music supervisor behind the blockbuster “Barbie” soundtrack and score. The project featured original material from Mark Ronson, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Karol G, Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj, among numerous others. Drakoulias joins the firm’s leadership team as a partner and creative director, with plans to open Premier’s new offices in Los Angeles later this summer.

Bob Iger, with pressure mounting on multiple fronts, has turned to former top Disney executives Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer, hiring them as consultants to the media giant as it defines its strategy.

Warner Bros. Discovery, today announced a new strategy and structure for its advertising sales organization and leadership team under Jon Steinlauf, chief U.S. advertising sales officer.

UPDATED, 07:30 a.m.: Cineworld Group has officially entered administration, following an application at the High Court in London. The administration order applies only to Cineworld Group and not to any of its operating companies or subsidiaries such as Regal Cinemas in the U.S. or Picturehouse Cinemas in the UK.

The BFI has found a new way to give indies a helping hand.

A new public square in Rochdale has been given the go-ahead. The Station Square project will transform the area leading to the town centre's train station.

Naman Ramachandran Marjorie Kaplan, who previously spent 20 years as a senior executive at Discovery, is joining the board of U.K. commercial broadcaster ITV. Kaplan will join as an independent non-executive director from Sept.

A new Consumer Duty comes into force on July 31, setting a higher bar for financial firms and giving customers more certainty that the product they are taking out does exactly ‘what it says on the tin’. Overseen by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), it sets higher and clearer standards of consumer protection across financial services, requiring firms to put customers’ needs at the heart of what they do.

SAG-AFTRA has released a statement projects that are allowed to film during the strike.