A+E Networks executive David Bank has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Bank, a former Wall Street analyst who previously was EVP, Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer at the company, is succeeding Art Vomvas. After stepping in over the past year as interim CFO, Vomvas is retiring…

UPDATED 10:00 a.m. PT: London’s Met Police is investigating comedian Dane Baptiste following a now-deleted death threat posted on Instagram that was aimed at a fellow comic. “Enquiries are being made in relation to a post reported to police by a number of social media users on Wednesday 1 May,” a…

Jessica Casano-Antonellis, a former exec at Disney+, Hulu and Vimeo, is returning to the streaming sector as the head of communications for the new sports-centric service coming from ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. As SVP of Communications, Casano-Antonellis will head up all communications…

It was a year of pain for the entertainment industry and shareholders of (many) media companies with months-long Hollywood strikes and layoffs. Linear television continued to decline and a nascent theatrical recovery went sideways. Most CEOs saw pay packages rise in 2023, some by big multiples. "The…

President Joe Biden weighed in on the unrest on college campuses as a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations has led to mass arrests, vandalism and some violent incidents, saying in brief remarks that “order must prevail.” “There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos,” Biden said…

Donald Trump was the subject of another contempt hearing this morning in his Manhattan hush-money trial. In a repeat of an earlier courtroom debate that led to a contempt ruling and a $9,000 fine for Trump, prosecutors argued that the defendant had committed still more violations of the judge's gag…

EXCLUSIVE: After nearly three months, the Writers Guild of Canada has returned to the negotiating table with Canadian producers this week — this time with an unprecedented bit of power in their hands. Last week, Canadian scribes approved the first strike-authorization vote in the union’s history…

Universal Orlando revealed new details about one of the most highly-anticipated lands in its upcoming Epic Universe expansion park. Orlando’s Super Nintendo World will be the company’s second such attraction in the U.S., after the Universal Studios Hollywood attraction of the same name that opened ear…

British comedian Dane Baptiste, a regular on TV and creator of two BBC shows, has been criticized for allegedly posting an “antisemitic” death threat about a female comic. Prominent members of the British comedy community rounded on Baptiste after he was accused of publishing a now-deleted Instagram…

After calling Time magazine's long interview with Donald Trump "shocking" and "reprehensible" earlier today, Joe Biden this evening doubled down on his predecessor's dystopian second term plans. "Trump did a long interview with TIME magazine," the president told an Asian American Native Hawaiian…

Snapchat parent Snap Inc. made a flurry of announcements during its NewFronts presentation to advertisers, including team-ups with Issa Rae and Live Nation as well as the launch of an in-app sports channel. At the event Wednesday night in New York, the company said it has also renewed its agreements…

EXCLUSIVE: Eliseo Ruiz has joined the talent department at Vision Entertainment after having spent the last four years as a manager at AFA Prime Talent Media. He will be based at the company’s Los Angeles office. He brings to the company, “an extensive background in the International and US…