When I proposed this article as a feature on That Park Place, I thought it would be an hour long effort in research and writing. I was almost immediately disabused of that notion. Getting leadership to let me run with this was too easy. In retrospect, that should...
After rumors flowed through the weekend, Fox Corp. made it official Monday morning that it's plans to buy Roku were moving forward. The acquisition of Roku came at a 33.7% premium price of $160 per share compared to it's Thursday close. The deal breakdown is...
In recent days, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has been out there spinning the “disciplined winner” narrative harder than a late-night infomercial. Just after the company walked away from its $83 billion Warner Bros. Discovery bid in late February, it's been full tilt...
Rich Greenfield from LightShed got tapped on the shoulder by Puck's Matt Belloni for finally getting called on by Josh D'Amaro to ask a question. Belloni claims Iger 'famously hated' Greenfield. Worse yet, it goes much further than that. Allegedly, all of Iger's inner...
One man, one mogul, just proved old Hollywood models are dead. Leaner production, time slot buys, and sheer size are the things that still print money. All of these combine at the end of May. From his family office, on May 11th, Byron Allen Family Digital announced a...
Paramount Skydance reaffirmed plans for a September 30th 2026 close on its massive WB acquisition. At it's completion, David Ellison is pushing a combined 30-film theatrical slate. Q1 updates show progress despite ongoing regulatory scrutiny as expected. Ellison...
Per Reuters, Fox, CNN and any other media reporting from this weekend, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton was thrown into chaos. A man later identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance California breached a checkpoint and...
SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP quietly extended contract negotiations past its latest deadline, with sources telling Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter on April 23, that the proposed “Tilly Tax” on AI-generated performers remains the main sticking point. The union wants a...
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion all-cash takeover, per Deadline and Variety reporting filed this morning. The special meeting delivered a near-unanimous "yes" despite the open letter signed by more...
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna, pending resolution of an antitrust lawsuit from DirecTV and plaintiff states. Per Deadline and recent court filings around April 18-20 2026, the deal...
Blake Lively went into 2024 riding high. After sidelining her acting career for her "brands," she starred in and produced It Ends With Us, a drama adapted from Colleen Hoover’s novel. This was a property Justin Baldoni's production company, Wayfarer, acquired from the...
The DOJ just opened an antitrust investigation into NFL television and streaming deals. This probe, reported in early April 2026, focuses on whether the league's media contracts drive up prices for consumers. It also investigates if it limits competition among...