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NowThis Hires Georgie Guinane as Head of L.A. Studio
NowThis, the digital-first and social news outlet that targets Gen Z audiences, has hired producer Georgie Guinane as head of studio, L.A. In the new role, Guinane will lead NowThis’ Los Angeles studio, in charge of the company’s slate of original digital series. She reports directly to editor in chief Michael Vito Valentino. Guinane joins…
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Paramount Says States’ Lawsuit Seeking To Block WBD Deal “Will Only Harm Entertainment Workers”
Paramount hit back at an antitrust lawsuit filed Monday by12 states seeking to block the company’s pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The suit “reflects a fundamentally flawed application of the antitrust laws and is wrong on both the facts and the law,” a Paramount spokesperson said in a statement. “We will vigorously…
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State AGs sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
A dozen state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop the Paramount / Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ Original Screenplay U.S. Rights Head To Paramount & Studio’s New Genre Label Primal Before Warner Bros Merger
Paramount has acquired the U.S. rights to Wes Craven’s original 1984 screenplay for A Nightmare on Elm Street and plans to reboot the franchise under its new genre label, Paramount Primal. The deal matters because the series has long been closely associated with New Line, but U.S. copyright law allowed the Craven estate to reclaim…
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‘American Ninja Warrior’ Producers Bring Luck-Based Competition Series To U.S.
EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), the Japanese company behind the Ninja Warrior format, and A. Smith & Co. Productions, which produces the U.S. version for NBC, have teamed up again on another competition series. The two companies are developing Dumb Luck, a series based on Japanese format Kisuke, for the U.S. They have already produced…
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Cream Productions Names Matt MacLellan President & Promotes Francince DiBacco
EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Cream Productions is handing promotions to a pair of senior production execs. Matt MacLellan has been upped to President from his current role as VP of Production, while Francince DiBacco is elevated from Supervising Producer to Head of Production. MacLellan will report into Cream founder and CEO David Brady, with DiBacco reporting into…
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Meccha Chameleon awarded Steam’s highest honor: a fast-follow AI ripoff that even uses the same name in some regions
Scribble Hunt, who?
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“A kick in the teeth for the fired workers”: Unionised former MindsEye devs protest alleged fan playtest at Build A Rocket Boy
The IWGB union have held a protest with former Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) staff outside of the MindsEye studio’s offices. The union accused the company of hosting an expenses-paid fan playtest event following layoffs, with IWGB chair Spring McParlin-Jones dubbing it “a kick in the teeth for the fired workers who are seeing fans…
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Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company’s Saudi ownership
Summer Games Done Quick 2026 is now over, and while it’s been a grand time as usual, one of the group’s post-event streams – dedicated to celebrating Metal Slug’s 30th anniversary – was ended early after many viewers expressed disappointment due to developer-publisher SNK’s ties to the Saudi-owned Electronic Gaming Development Company. Read more