TikTok Mishandled The Data Of Hundreds Of Top American Advertisers

youtube.com Sensitive business information from advertisers like Amazon, Disney and the New York Times was widely available to ByteDance ...

‘Quiet On Set’: Bill Maher Calls Nickelodeon ‘Neverland Ranch With Craft Services’ While Also Calling Out Disney

thewrap.com On this week’s “Real Time” on HBO, Bill Maher addressed the recent “Quiet on Set” documentary, which explored sexual exploitation of children from Nickelodeon programming.…

Bill Maher Says ‘Quiet on Set’ Made Nickelodeon Look Like “Neverland Ranch With Craft Services”

hollywoodreporter.com Bill Maher took some time during his “New Rules” segment on Real Time Friday to offer his takeaways from the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries. “As one of…

Bill Maher Says ‘Quiet On Set’ Made Nickelodeon Seem Like Neverland Ranch

deadline.com An exasperated Bill Maher, notorious for not having his own children, asked on Friday’s ‘Real Time’ why he is the one who is always left trying to defend them. In his “New…

Space Mountain Movie Recruits Josh Appelbaum, Andrew Nemec

thewrap.com Disney’s “Space Mountain” has been reignited. Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec, whose credits including “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and the two Michael Bay-produced…

New York Judge Sets Hearing for Fubo, Fox-Disney-WBD Sports Streaming Legal Fight

thewrap.com A preliminary injunction hearing for Fubo’s legal battle against Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery’s sports streaming joint venture has been set for Aug. 7 at 9:30 a.m.…

Analyst revises Hasbro stock price on outlook for 'Magic: The Gathering'

thestreet.com If you like "Transformers," then Sotheby's has a ride for you. The iconic auction house is putting a 2015 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse on the block. But this…

Tatiana Maslany Blames The Passion Of The Picket Lines For Her Smash Of Disney’s Bob Iger

deadline.com She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany won’t back down from her comments about Disney CEO Bob Iger that were made during the SAG-AFTRA strikes. But she seems somewhat sorry that she…

Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec Scripting ‘Space Mountain’ Movie For Disney

deadline.com Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec (Citadel) have been tapped to script a live-action Space Mountain movie for Disney, Deadline can confirm. While details as to the plot of the…

‘Space Mountain’ Movie Lands ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Showrunners (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com Action scribes Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are going to Disneyland. The prolific team behind Amazon’s high-profile spy series Citadel and showrunners on Netflix’s…

The media has entered a less-is-more era

simonowens.substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…

Streaming Platforms Navigate Shifting Market Dynamics Amid Subscriber Boom

pymnts.com Netflix’s first-quarter earnings report on Thursday (April 18) paints a picture of success, with nearly 270 million paying customers globally and a 15% year-over-year surge…

Disney & Nat Geo Unveil Earth Day-Themed Programming Slate

deadline.com The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic have unveiled a slate of Earth Day-themed programming as part of their global cross-platform ourHome campaign. Beginning…

Taylor Swift's name is popping up on Wall Street earnings calls thanks to her massive impact on the US economy

aol.com None Taylor Swift's impact on the economy is having a positive impact on individual companies. • None Swift's name has been popping up on Wall Street earnings calls…

Tatiana Maslany Says She Was “So Heated Up” When She Called Bob Iger “Out of Touch” on Picket Line

hollywoodreporter.com Tatiana Maslany opened up about calling Bob Iger “out of touch” during the actors and writers strikes. In a conversation with The Independent, the She-Hulk star explained…

Samantha Davis Dies: Actor Wife Of Warwick Davis, Co-Founder Of Little People UK Charity Was 53

deadline.com Samantha Davis, the wife of Willow star Warwick Davis who appeared alongside her husband in various films and co-founded with him the charity Little People UK for the…

Kelly Marie Tran & Miles Robbins To Lead Shal Ngo’s Film ‘Control Freak’

deadline.com Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker) and Miles Robbins (Blockers, Halloween) will star in Shal Ngo’s…

Netflix Once Again Evolved And Eclipsed Its Streaming War Rivals

benzinga.com With its first quarter results, Netflix Inc NFLX blew past estimates on all fronts. While waiting for its streaming rivals to catch up, like the legacy entertainment giant,…

‘She-Hulk’ Star Tatiana Maslany Was ‘So Heated Up’ When She Called Disney CEO Bob Iger ‘Out of Touch’ During the Strike: ‘It’s Hard to Articulate Yourself’ on…

variety.com “She-Hulk” star Tatiana Maslany went viral during the SAG-AFTRA strike last year when she called out Disney CEO Bob Iger for being “completely out of touch” due to his…

Galactic Group Launch AAA Web3 Play-to-Own Game Publisher With World-Class Talent

cryptonews.com Galactic Group to launch AAA Web3 game publisher in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the backing of world-class talent from Hollywood and the gaming industry. The…

Analyst updates Johnson & Johnson stock price target after earnings

thestreet.com In 1894, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) began selling talc as Johnson's Baby Powder. "The original square container was designed with parents in mind," the world’s largest maker of…

Verdict On Trump Trial So Far With Brian Stelter On The ElectionLine Podcast; Also, ‘Civil War’ & The Great American Divide

deadline.com Editors note: Running until the final general election results come in, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics…

11 American Companies On the Cutting Edge of Renewable Tech

247wallst.com Happy Earth Day! In celebration of this planet we call home, we wanted to highlight some of the companies that are pushing technology forward to a sustainable future. Modern…

Could a Sony-Apollo Joint Bid Stop a Paramount Shareholder Revolt?

thewrap.com Paramount Global majority shareholder Shari Redstone may by convinced that David Ellison’s Skydance Media is the company best suited to buy the venerable Hollywood company.…

Netflix shocks market with plan to stop reporting subscribers once growth wave from password-sharing crackdown is over

fortune.com Netflix should be crushing it right now after posting a quarterly revenue record, soaring subscriber numbers and a robust outlook for further growth that has prompted…

Stock Market Today: Stocks lower as Israel strike on Iran rattles markets

thestreet.com Check back for updates throughout the trading day U.S. equity futures moved lower Friday, while oil prices whipsawed and save-haven assets rallied, following reports of an…

Disney+, Max and Mubi to Participate in Cannes Film Market’s Streamers Forum (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com Disney+, Max and Mubi are among the new participants of Cannes Film Market‘s Streamers Forum, a series of conferences discussing the evolution of the streaming landscape.…

How Tesla lost its vibes

unherd.com Elon Musk’s electronic music phase may have been a bit of a joke, but it captures the spirit of capital. His 2020 single, “Don’t Doubt ur Vibe (because it’s true)”, is a…

Netflix profits surge as streaming service adds 9.3m subscribers in latest quarter

theguardian.com Profits at Netflix have surged as the world’s largest streaming service added millions of new paying subscribers. The entertainment giant added 9.3 million subscribers in…

Column: Disneyland just promised electric cars at Autopia by 2026

latimes.com When Walt Disney Co. announced earlier this month that it would at long last ditch the smog-spewing gasoline engines at its beloved Autopia attraction in Anaheim, the…

Giancarlo Esposito Says He Was So Broke He Considered Arranging His Own Murder

hollywoodreporter.com Giancarlo Esposito looked back at his financial struggles this week, recalling a time when he considered ordering his own murder in pursuit of a life insurance payout for…

Netflix adds 9.3 million new subscribers, beats expectations – DW

dw.com Netflix reported 9.3 million new subscribers this year and now claims a total audience of over half a billion. The company has tried to maximize revenues by cutting down on…

Netflix’s New Movie Chief Is Tasked With Making ‘Better Films,’ Not Necessarily ‘Fewer Films’

variety.com As Netflix‘s new film chief, Dan Lin’s mandate is to focus on quality — and quantity. Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos shed light on Lin’s strategy as the producer takes over…

'We've evolved': Netflix explains decision to stop reporting crucial subscriber data

finance.yahoo.com will no longer report membership numbers starting next year — a bombshell move for the streaming industry, which has historically tied company performance to subscriber…

Netflix password crackdown delivers millions of new customers

foxbusiness.com Netflix showed that its password-sharing crackdown continues to bear fruit, delivering its strongest first-quarter customer additions since the pandemic and further…

Netflix keeps adding tons of subscribers from its password-sharing crackdown

aol.com None A big contributor to that was its limit on password sharing and its cheaper, ad-supported tier. • None That bodes well for Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery, which plan…

Giancarlo Esposito Says He Was So Broke, He Considered Hiring a Hit Man to Kill Him: ‘That’s How Low I Was’

thewrap.com Giancarlo Esposito reflected on a time in his life when he was so down on his luck financially that he considered hiring a hit man to assassinate him, adding that “Breaking…

Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s ‘Long Island Compromise’ Getting Apple TV Adaptation

hollywoodreporter.com Fleishman Is in Trouble author Taffy Brodesser-Akner is adapting her upcoming book Long Island Compromise for Apple. Following a multiple-platform bidding war, Apple has…

Netflix is going to stop telling the world how many subscribers it has. Why?

aol.com None The streaming giant added 9.3 million paying users in the last quarter — a great result that Wall Street normally rewards. • None But Netflix says those numbers no…

Netflix smashed expectations, adding way more subscribers than Wall Street could have hoped for

aol.com None Netflix kicked off big tech earnings on Thursday, and massively delivered on its new viewer data. • None Its new subscribers grew by 9.33 million worldwide — almost…

Netflix forces Wall Street to focus on profit and revenue with decision to stop reporting subscriber numbers in 2025

cnbc.com The best way to get investors to stop focusing on something is to stop telling them at all. Netflix said Thursday it will no longer report quarterly membership numbers and…

More Bundles? Consumer Confusion Or Comparison Shopping Delight?

mediapost.com Amid a confluence of sometimes confusing pay TV bundles, Charter Communications' Spectrum Stream comes along -- a no-sports 90-channel internet-delivered entertainment…

Why Hollywood jobs are moving away from New York City and LA

marketplace.org Something has happened to the film and television industry over the last two years: Many of the jobs it creates have moved from its traditional centers in Los Angeles and…

Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ Series Makes an Explosive Streaming Debut

thewrap.com It was not long ago that The New Yorker asked “can a video game be prestige TV?” The series that sparked that question, HBO’s adaptation of “The Last of Us,” answered with a…

Netflix To Stop Reporting Quarterly Subscriber Numbers In 2025, A Major Shift

deadline.com Netflix said today it will stop reporting quarterly starting in 2025, a huge change for the giant streamer whose stock is buffeted up or down by those numbers each quarter.…

Meet the CEO who makes your dog-food delivery feel like visiting a Disney resort

fortune.com There is conflicting evidence about the gravity of the pandemic puppy boom when it appeared as if nearly everyone had adopted a dog as a lockdown companion. The American…

‘Under the Bridge’ Cast and Character Guide?

thewrap.com Riley Keough stars in “Under the Bridge” as journalist Rebecca Godfrey, who wrote the book the true crime Hulu series is based on. In the eight-part drama, Lily Gladstone…

NBA's exclusive TV rights negotiating window with ESPN, Warner expected to pass without a deal

cnbc.com Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, #23, during the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Jan. 7,…

Disneyland cast members file for union election

aol.com Disneyland cast members such as the performers who portray characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Cinderella have taken another step in their efforts to unionize. The…

Disney Publicist Marshall Weinbaum Departs for Netflix’s Awards Team (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com Marshall Weinbaum, an admired publicist who has been a principal intermediary between The Walt Disney Studios and the press for the past 17 years, including on virtually…

‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Still On Track For $54M+ U.S. Opening

deadline.com Updated April 18: 20th Century Studios‘ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes landed on NRG’s three week tracking with a $54M domestic opening outlook, which jibes with what…

Disney Stock: Could This Dow Jones Top Gainer Keep Going Up?

barchart.com Disney stock is the top gainer among Dow Jones constituents this year. Can the entertainment giant continue its good run and keep going up?

Disneyland characters and cast members attempt to unionize

aol.com Unionization at Disneyland may no longer be a fairytale, as a majority of approximately 1,700 parades and characters cast members have filed with the NLRB for union…

Disneyland's Cinderella and Mickey Mouse want to join a union

fortune.com Mickey Mouse, Daisy Duck, Moana, and Eeyore are one step closer to unionizing. Character and parade performers at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. have filed a petition with…

Don't use these 3 types of phrases in your resume, says ex-Google recruiter

cnbc.com Recruiters are busy people. They've got "typically about 20 to 30 positions open, truckloads of resumes they have to wade through and folks they have to meet and interview,"…