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Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Fox Corp. revenue rose 22% to $4.57 billion last quarter, beating expectations as a 47% ad sales surge from the FIFA Men’s World Cup, political advertising, and Tubi’s digital growth drove gains, while distribution revenue climbed 9%.
Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Starz revenue rose to $321.4 million in its fiscal third quarter, with OTT revenue climbing even as linear dipped to $95.8 million.
Nov 2Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that New York production spend rose 87% to $1.61 billion in the third quarter per ProdPro, outpacing every other U.S. state and trailing only California’s $1.76 billion.
Oct 29Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz pushed back on fears that nearly $80 billion in debt will force cuts to content spending, pointing to plans for $30 billion-$40 billion in annual production budgets.
Oct 10Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Skydance CEO David Ellison told CNBC the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger fixes Hollywood’s failure to pivot when big tech entered media a decade ago.
Oct 8Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Skydance stock closed down 6.8% Wednesday, a second straight losing session after the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger closed, with analysts calling the stock a “show me story.”
Oct 8Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Fitch downgraded Skydance’s credit rating, citing “significant execution and integration risks” and leverage of 7.8 times earnings after the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger closed, following a similar S&P Global cut in late September.
Oct 8Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Disney has raised most Disney+ and Hulu plan prices, with the steepest increase hitting ad-free Premium tiers, which climb to twenty-one dollars and forty-nine cents monthly, up two dollars and fifty cents, or thirteen percent.
Sep 25Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Apple TV’s monthly price rises to $14.99 from $12.99, with the annual plan up to $119 from $99, effective August 28 for new and existing U.S. subscribers.
Aug 28Ellison has threatened to move Paramount out of California absent a settlement, while California AG Bonta calls that “blackmail” and insists only structural remedies, not behavioral promises, will resolve the antitrust suit.
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