Despite a fourth-quarter earnings beat, growing engagement on the streaming platform to 80 million active accounts, Roku’s stock tumbled more than 20 percent a day after the Feb. 15 earnin…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:49PMThe Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen, a fictional podcast from Wolf at the Door about a man who can write letters to his favorite deceased author, topped the Ambies 2024 nominatio…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMCinemark reported a narrowed fourth-quarter loss of $18 million, compared to a year-earlier loss of $99.3 million, as revenue rose 6.5 percent to $638.9 million, the exhibition giant reporte…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:41AMRoku added 4.2 million accounts to reach 80 million active accounts at the end of the fourth quarter, up 14 percent year-over-year, and reached 29.1 billion streaming hours, up 21 percent ye…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:29PMDisney is the latest streaming giant to jump into a password-sharing crackdown, with its efforts to make money from the effort set to begin in earnest this summer. The media giant has alre…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:05AMBrené Brown has found a new podcasting home at Vox Media. Brown, a bestselling author and research professor, will bring her podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead to the Vox Media Podca…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:46PMThe Animation Guild is organizing production workers at DreamWorks Animation and at Flying Bark Productions. The guild (IATSE Local 839) sent a letter to DreamWorks Animation on Feb. 7 and f…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:48PMA group of 1,700 performers who play characters and cheer and dance in parades at Disneyland in California announced their intent Tuesday to unionize with Actors’ Equity. The group, whic…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:10PMMeghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has formed a creative partnership with Lemonada Media to develop a new podcast series. As part of the partnership, Lemonada Media, which is behind shows…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:48PMAppropriate, starring Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll, is transferring to another Broadway theater to extend its run. The Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play will move to the Belasco Theatre startin…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMActors’ Equity Association has voted to authorize a strike against the Broadway League amid negotiations over developmental work. The strike authorization vote, which was agreed to unani…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:42PMSiriusXM is laying off less than 3 percent of its workforce, or about 160 positions, as the company reorganizes to promote future subscriber growth. In a memo to employees Monday, CEO Jennif…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:12PM“Authenticity is dangerous and expensive.” Tina Fey espoused those words of wisdom to Bowen Yang on the podcast Las Culturistas, which he co-hosts with Matt Rogers, as part of the show…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:57PMWarner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl said his company remains happy with their deal with TikTok and he believes the social media platform and Universal Music Group will also come to an agreem…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:16AMWarner Music Group plans to lay off about 600 staffers in an effort to free up more money for music investment across the next decade. The majority of impacted staffers, which represent 10…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:10PMAfter Disney delivered strong quarterly earnings results, including cutting streaming losses and reaffirming a profitable streaming business this summer, CEO Bob Iger said the “last thing�…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:57PMAmy Ryan will take over Tyne Daly’s role in Doubt: A Parable on Broadway after the star was unexpectedly hospitalized. “Ms. Daly was unexpectedly hospitalized on Friday and unfortunately…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:27PMJonathan Majors’ sentencing date has been delayed until April 8 after his defense team filed a motion to set aside the verdict. The Creed III actor was convicted in December of reckless a…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:43PMTom Holland will star as Romeo in a new version of Romeo & Juliet in the West End this spring. The play will be directed by Jamie Lloyd, the director of the retooled Sunset Boulevard, …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:08AMDisney is calling on Professor Ludwig Von Drake as its reinforcement in its board battle against Nelson Peltz and his Trian Partners. The media and entertainment giant released an animated…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:07PMSmartLess, 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…
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