In a surprise executive shuffle, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra is stepping down from his CEO role effective Jan. 2, 2025. (Deadline) He will hand the reins in January to a key member of his management team, Ravi Ahuja. Ahuja currently runs Sony’s global television studios, which have shepherded such hits as…Read More
A bid from Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to overturn her conviction for involuntary manslaughter over the accidental shooting death of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, has been denied. (THR / THR, Esq.) New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled that Reed’s conviction still holds even though the judge previously determined that the prosecution suppressed evidence…Read More
The 50th season of Saturday Night Live is off to a strong ratings start and is a record-breaker for streaming service Peacock. NBC said Monday that 5.3 million people watched the premiere live, the best opening for the show since 2020. (ABC News / AP) The 5.3 million viewers also makes SNL one of the…Read More
Radio and podcast giant Audacy emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the approval of a transfer of its radio station licenses from the Federal Communications Commission. (Axios) The Philadelphia-based company has seen bottom-line growth, which it said has been accomplished via gains in revenue shares, increased digital revenue growth, audience share gains, and expense…Read More
The CEO and publisher of left-leaning news publication The New Republic, Michael Caruso, stepped down from his role Thursday, according to an internal memo obtained by ADWEEK. (ADWEEK)Read More
When filmmaker Daniel Roher won an Academy Award last year for his feature documentary, Navalny, about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, it signified a high note for CNN Films. The division had chosen to finance and release the damning chronicle of Russia’s attack on the country’s foremost critic when most of its peers would not. (NYT)Read More
Anusha Roy will join Denver ABC affiliate KMGH as a morning anchor in October. Roy most recently worked as a reporter and anchor at KUSA in Denver following stops in Washington, Idaho and Texas. She will first appear on air with Denver7 in late October. “I’ve always had just incredible respect for the Denver7 team….Read More
Comedy news outlet The Onion–reinvigorated by new ownership over this past year–is bringing back its once-popular video parodies of cable news. But this time, there’s someone with real news anchor experience in the chair. (WaPo)Read More
The bar was open. The ultraviolet lights were on. The New York Post’s annual holiday party was just heating up. It was Dec. 20, 2022, and the paper’s staff was gathered inside a section of Slate, a cavernous, 16,000-square-foot Chelsea nightclub that features a mini-bowling alley, oversize Jenga, karaoke, a 20-foot-long slide, and briefly, on…Read More
Some of the subjects of Alex Jones’ darkest and wildest conspiracy theories could end up taking over his iconic, unhinged InfoWars brand in less than two months. (Semafor)Read More
