Jo Ann Ross, whose lengthy run as the head of ad sales at CBS represented a breakthrough for a woman in the traditionally male-dominated field, is formally winding down her tenure at Paramount Global. In September 2022, Ross segued to an advisory role, becoming Chairman of Paramount Advertising as John …

Aaron LaBerge, who helped oversee Disney‘s expansion into streaming during two stints totaling 20 years, is exiting the company. On July 1, the exec will become Chief Technology Officer at Penn Entertainment, holding the same title he did at the end of his Disney run. Penn is largely known for …

Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters says internal viewership data from before and after the implementation of paid password sharing shows the new policy has not turned off viewers, as some had initially predicted it would. The company on Thursday reported a year-over-year jump of 9.3 million subscribers in the first quarter, …

Vice Television is going through a shuffle at the top, with head exec Morgan Hertzan set to exit next week and Pete Gaffney replacing him on an interim basis. The move was just announced internally by Vice Media Group CEO Bruce Dixon in a memo to employees. (Read it in …

Gerald Levin, known to many as Jerry, wasn’t flamboyant. He wasn’t characterized, as were many of his media business contemporaries, by extravagant hobbies, odd peccadillos, inspiring speeches or a spicy personal life. He could be testy. But he didn’t engage in public brawls beloved by – and between – Ted …

Nearly 60 years after the release of “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy),” Paul Simon still cringes at the song. The 1966 Simon & Garfunkel classic features “a line that I hate,” the singer-songwriter told Stephen Colbert on Wednesday at the DGA New York Theater. “As it’s coming up, …

UPDATED with Best Picture win. Oppenheimer capped off a big night by winning three of the last four Oscars, including being named Best Picture. The period blockbuster won seven statuettes in all, after coming in as the favorite of the field with 13 nominations. Released last July, the film managed …

EXCLUSIVE: Few people embody the act of balancing legacy media with the digital frontier quite like Bill Owens. As the executive producer of 60 Minutes, he is the caretaker of a broadcast TV franchise well into its sixth decade, one of the few pieces of programming outside of NFL football …

EXCLUSIVE: YouTube has been racking up milestones lately. Its pay-TV bundle, YouTube TV, just passed 8 million subscribers. YouTube Shorts, the answer to TikTok launched globally in 2021, recently hit 80 billion daily views from more than 2 billion logged-in accounts. The most striking achievement for the Google-owned video giant, …

UPDATED with Disney letter to shareholders. In a letter to shareholders Wednesday, the Walt Disney Co. said it is better off “with Bob Iger at the helm” and without board representatives from activist firms like Nelson Peltz‘s Trian Fund Management. “Delivering ambitious growth plans requires leadership with a deep understanding …

Disney, Fox Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up for a sports streaming venture set to launch this fall. Details (notably including the price) are still coming into focus about the service, which will pool resources among three of the top owners of sports rights. One aspect yet to …

News of Byron Allen’s $30 billion offer (including debt) for Paramount Global has restarted Hollywood’s most active parlor game: Whither Paramount and assets like its 112-year-old film studio and iconic Melrose lot? Paramount is taking Allen’s bid seriously enough, as Deadline understands it, to form a special board committee to …