SmartLess, Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, On Purpose with Jay Shetty and Normal Gossip are among the titles in contention for the 2024 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. The category, whic…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30AMJoe Rogan has struck a new multiyear deal with Spotify, but will no longer see his podcast distributed exclusively by the platform. As part of the deal for The Joe Rogan Experience, which …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:54PMSara Bareilles is writing the score for a stage adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s novel The Interestings. The show will feature a book by Sarah Ruhl, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for In the Next…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMApple hit an all-time revenue record in its services sector, which includes Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade and more, during its first quarter ended Dec. 30. Net sales in the service…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:46PMRadio broadcast company Audacy is laying off about 25 percent of its staff from its Pineapple Street podcast division. The cuts, which amount to 12 people, come as the company contended wi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:28PMAlex Cooper’s popular Call Her Daddy podcast is no longer exclusive to Spotify. As of Jan. 30, the back catalog of the podcast is available on all audio platforms, with the first new episo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:44PMMicrosoft reported second-quarter earnings that were boosted in part by its acquisition of game maker Activision Blizzard. Total Xbox content and services revenue increased 61 percent year…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:35PMBritish media company Sky Group is planning to cut 1,000 jobs over the next year as the company transitions to internet-based TV from satellite. The majority of jobs cut will be concentrat…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:47PMLos Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang is leaving the publication to join the New Yorker. Chang, who had been with the Times since 2016, departs the Times as the publication contends wit…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:59AMSiriusXM has acquired certain exclusive rights to the popular podcast SmartLess, hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, as part of a multiyear agreement. As part of the deal,…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:47PMThe American Federation of Musicians will soon go into contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers with asks that cover many of the same subjects as ac…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:05AMAudible is laying off 5 percent of its staff with the goal of setting the company up for “continued success” amid an “ increasingly challenging landscape,” according to a memo sent t…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:26PMNBA All-Star Dwyane Wade is launching a new podcast series featuring discussions with athletes, musicians, business titans, film stars and more about their career paths and continued goals. …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMJonathan Majors is working to save his reputation and career in giving a Jan. 8 interview declaring his innocence ahead of sentencing, in a move that experts see as risky legally and profe…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:23PMDaniel Dae Kim will star in the Broadway premiere of David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face next season. The play, which is inspired by real events, follows a playwright protesting the casting …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:00PMAndrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo will lead Audible’s audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. The Amazing Spider-Man and Wicked stars will play Winston and Julia, respectively, along…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AMA stage adaptation of Prince’s film Purple Rain is under development, with a world premiere in the works. The adaptation will feature a score by Prince, who died in 2016, a book by Pulit…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMJonathan Majors gave his first interview Monday since he was found guilty of misdemeanor assault and harassment in an incident involving his then-partner Grace Jabbari. In an interview on …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:03AMKimberly Akimbo, the 2023 Tony Award winner for best musical, will be closing on April 28. The musical, which also took home four other Tony Awards, has been running at the Booth Theatre o…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMSpectrum TV select customers will have access to the ad-supported version of Disney+ starting Thursday. The access comes as part of the landmark deal struck between Charter Communications an…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:55PMJamie Lloyd’s production of Sunset Boulevard will transfer to Broadway in 2024, with Nicole Scherzinger reprising her role as Norma Desmond. The revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musica…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMThe Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has reached an agreement with the Broadway League on a new four-year contract that covers associate directors and choreographers for the first …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AMThe Lion King and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child both set records across the holiday week, with the highest weekly grosses for a musical and play on Broadway, respectively, in history. …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:12PMIn Oscar-winning writer-director Emerald Fennell’s twisted thriller Saltburn, Rosamund Pike is the deft comedic counterbalance. Her character, Elspeth Catton, a wealthy former model an…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:31PMGoing into 2024, podcasting executives remain incredibly bullish on growth in the sector, with an eye to creating multiple revenue streams for creators and using artificial intelligence and …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:35AMActivision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is stepping down from his role on Dec. 29, as the company further integrates into Microsoft. Microsoft closed its $68.7 billion acquisition of the vide…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:09PM“Some Like It Hot” will come to Broadway this fall. The musical adaptation will be led by Christian Borle as Joe/Josephine, J. Harrison Ghee as Jerry/Daphne and Adrianna Hicks as Sugar. …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:00AMBroadway grosses picked up last week, as several productions began long-awaited performances and as the spring season swings into full gear. Total gross across all 34 productions increased t…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 07:36PMBroadway theaters will keep mask requirements for audience members through at least May 31, but will soon leave vaccination checks up to the theater owners, the Broadway League announced Fri…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:54PM“Paradise Square” has extended its performance cancellations and now plans to resume April 19. The new musical has been dark since April 7 after the detection of positive COVID-19 case…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:04AMActors’ Equity will seek to represent the actors and stage managers working on a non-union tour of “Waitress.” This is the first time the union has sought to become the bargaining ag…
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