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Steven Cardwell, the former vice president of Originals Marketing at HBO and Max, has joined the entertainment strategy and audience insights agency Waiting in the Sky as a partner. In his new role, Cardwell will help bolster the company’s mission to “build a home for the world's most inspiring and…

Warner Bros Discovery’s international kids content unit has reshaped, with several execs taking on expanded roles and APAC chief Christopher Ho exiting. Kids content chief Vanessa Brookman outlined the changes in the past few minutes in a note to staff seen by Deadline. She was promoted to GM of…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has upped Louise Heseltine to SVP, Corporate Communications in the Motion Picture Group. Heseltine will continue to report to Tahra Grant, EVP, Chief Communications Officer, who was promoted earlier this year.   Heseltine joined the Culver City, CA lot in 2020 as…

Paramount Global stock fell 5% on Monday as investors absorbed details of the company’s merger agreement with Skydance Media. The companies are targeting a closing of the deal in the third quarter of 2025. Skydance and its backers are investing $8 billion in Paramount in a transaction assigning the…

In the wake of Skydance Media’s landmark merger agreement with Paramount Global, Skydance CEO David Ellison acknowledged the need for patience during the road ahead before the deal is expected to close. With about a year’s worth of regulatory review and preparation ahead of the projected…

EXCLUSIVE: Neighborhood Watch, the New York-based production company behind titles like Cannes prize winner Blue Ruin and the Netflix docuseries Killer Sally, has brought in Dal Wolf to serve as Managing Director and Executive Producer. Other new additions to the roster, who will create projects…

EXCLUSIVE: Linden Productions has hired veteran producer and executive Deanna Barillari as SVP of Development and Production, Deadline has learned. Barillari joins after consulting in Physical Production at MGM Features and serving as VP of Production and Development for Wishmore Entertainment. In…

Jeff Shell, the former CEO of NBCUniversal who will become president at Paramount Global as part of Skydance’s pending takeover, is ultra-bullish on the future of linear TV. “Obviously, linear is going to keep declining. I think we’re realistic about that,” Shell said during an investor call Monday…

Skydance Media chief David Ellison said an $8 billion investment by the company and its backers will enable Paramount Global to “double down on its core competency” and embrace technology. Ellison, future Paramount president Jeff Shell and a handful of other stakeholders detailed their plans for the…

Bob Iger and his wife, Willow Bay, are closing in on an investment in Angel City FC in a deal that would make the pro soccer team the most valuable franchise in women’s professional sports. The proposed transaction for the Bay Iger Co. is separate from the couple’s day jobs – Iger running the Walt…

UPDATED with official details and exec comment. Candle Media, which launched in 2021 with backing from private-equity giant Blackstone, is restructuring its operations in response to broader changes in the streaming sector. The company has issued a press release confirming some of what had been…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has appointed Kirby Adams as Head of Physical Production. In his new role, Adams will oversee all aspects of production management for Miramax's film and TV slate. He will report directly to Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman. Related Stories …