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As a Nevada probate court deliberates the future of the Murdoch media empire, a new SEC filing shows that Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch took home about $2 million more in overall pay for his services in the most recent fiscal year. For the company’s fiscal 2024 ended in June, its proxy statement…

Karl Warner, the former Channel 4 digital exec, has joined BBC Studios as Executive Vice President of UK Entertainment and Digital Development. Working with the recently formed BBC Studios Global Entertainment division will form a new team focused on creating new IP and formats for the BBC as well as…

Despite all that ails Warner Bros. Discovery, board member and big investor John Malone sees plenty of upside for the media giant thanks to its “bulletproof” balance sheet, international potential and “energetic” CEO David Zaslav. Malone offered his views of WBD, Charter Communications, Liberty…

EXCLUSIVE: Long-serving BBC Studios formats exec Andre Renaud is jumping over to Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP). We can reveal the industry veteran is joining Warner Bros Discovery’s London-based international team in November as Global VP of Finished and Format Sales and…

EXCLUSIVE, updated: Twenty-nine-year veteran Tina Koyanagi-Rosener and six of her fellow colleagues in content strategy for Paramount+ were among the hundreds who were laid off Tuesday as part of Paramount Global’s plan to slash 15% of its U.S. workforce. Koyanagi-Rosener and her team served as…

Barry Diller said his interest in Paramount Global “unquestionably” pushed Skydance to close its merger with the media company. Shari Redstone, who controls Paramount via her family holding National Amusements Inc. “ought to send a nice pot of flowers or chicken soup” as a token of appreciation…

Netflix plans to add signature flourishes to its live broadcasts of two Christmas Day NFL games, but remains circumspect about paying billions for major sports rights. That was the view from Co-CEO Greg Peters, who covered sports, advertising and a couple of other topics in a 25-minute appearance…

EXCLUSIVE: Alysia Russo, who was Head of Docuseries at Amazon MGM Studios, is moving to Netflix. It marks a rare senior executive moving directly between two rival studios. Russo is understood to be working on feature docs at Netflix. While there are two executives from this team on maternity…

UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer urged Hollywood’s creative community to rethink their approach in order to help audiences rediscover their passion for film, TV and streaming. “We have to encourage some of the best creators and the best writers to be a little bit more daring in the work they want to do because…

In some of his first pubic comments since the acquisition of Alamo Drafthouse, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra said the theater chain may be small, but its customer loyalty is mighty. “It’s not going to be a massive business, but it’s going to grow a little bit,” the exec said…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery’s Chief Legal Officer Savalle Sims, a longtime member of David Zaslav’s corporate inner circle, is leaving the media giant. The sudden news of the forthcoming departure of the company’s legal chief was unveiled by CEO Zaslav in a note to staff that was sent out in…

As Disney readies the sequels to its uber-grossing $1.75 billion Frozen franchise, Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief Creative Officer Jennifer Lee is segueing from her position to direct and write Frozen 3 and executive produce Frozen 4 with Marc Smith. Effective immediately, Oscar-winning Encanto…