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Disney talks up its upcoming streaming service Disney+ for fans in Anaheim, with previews of shows including “The Mandalorian.”
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Walt Disney Co., which already owns ESPN, sold the Fox sports networks to Sinclair after the Justice Department said it couldn’t keep them.
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Quibi’s head of partnerships and distribution, Tim Connolly, is no longer with Quibi and his position has been eliminated less than a year before the streaming service launches. The ad partnerships team will now report to CEO Meg Whitman.
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Toymaker Hasbro Inc. will buy Entertainment One Ltd., owner of the ‘Peppa Pig’ animated series, for about $4 billion, marking its biggest acquisition ever.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House press secretary, will make her debut on “Fox & Friends” on Sept. 6.
A cluster of end-of-summer movies will try to squeeze in after Disney’s lineup cleaned up.
Some legal experts and Matthew Modine’s main rival for SAG-AFTRA president say his use of videos produced by the New York Film Academy runs afoul of federal labor law.
The breaking off of talks between Disney and Sony Pictures means Spider-Man will not appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward.
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SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris (“BH90210") faces Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”). The union will fight to increase pay in negotiations with studios.
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Apple Inc. plans to roll out the Apple TV+ movie and TV subscription service by November, part of a drive to reach $50 billion in service sales by 2020, sources say.
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Appointment of Bob Bakish as chairman of the merged Viacom-CBS triggered a clause in Ianiello’s contract that gives the executive a hefty payment. Three CBS board members are also exiting.
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U.S. wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the throttling happens pretty much everywhere all the time.
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The Writers Guild of America West on Monday dismissed its lawsuit against several talent agencies. The pullback comes as the union faces internal divisions on how it should conduct negotiations with the talent agencies.
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Disney+ will launch in Canada and the Netherlands on Nov. 12, the same date that the streaming service starts in the U.S.
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Endeavor Content is part of the larger company’s aggressive and controversial strategy to expand beyond traditional deal-making into owning content.
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The fire is thought to have started on West Colorado Boulevard near the interchange of the 2 and 134 freeways and is backing toward homes, the L.A. Fire Department says.
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Deputy Angel Reinosa claimed he was shot while in the parking lot of the sheriff’s station. He later said he used a knife to cut holes in his shirt.
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A critical rundown of every tune on Taylor Swift’s new album “Lover,” from worst to best.
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LAPD responding to reports of shots fired at Topanga Mall
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“Avatar!” “Star Wars!” Marvel! As Disney theme parks shift focus to known franchises and brands — “IP” or intellectual property in Hollywood speak — are we losing the theme in our theme parks?
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