NBCUniversal’s long-awaited move to spin off most of its cable assets and reorganize the studio’s top leadership inspired plenty of questions about the media conglomerate’s future – and, for many in the industry, a case of Donna Langley déjà vu.   The veteran film executive who had been chief content officer across all of NBCUniversal has […]

A highly competitive auction has been raging for weeks over adaptative rights to S.A. Cosby’s forthcoming novel “King of Ashes,” and we have a winner. Netflix, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground emerged victorious over as many as 11 competing bids, multiple sources familiar with the deal told Variety. Amblin and […]

Investing in premium original content is looking less and less like a passing fad in the fashion and beauty business.  Brands in that space have increasingly been founding in-house production divisions to create and collaborate on content that moves past traditional advertising — and further into worlds like art house film and urgent digital culture.  […]

Moonbug, the family content machine behind the Netflix juggernaut “Cocomelon,” has enacted a small round of layoffs. Sources estimated that less than 5% of the company will be impacted, and that pink slips will come for roles in Los Angeles and London. Another source said the brunt of downsizing will hit in-house writers for series […]