Matt Pressberg
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LaMelo Ball’s First Signature Shoe Will Cost You $395
The 16-year-old basketball star is still in high school
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China’s Recon Group Drops $100 Million Takeover of Millennium Films
The company announced the 51% majority stake purchase in February
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Miramax Lays Off Another 20 Employees
Independent studio had a previous round of firings this year
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YouTube Hires Tom Blessington to Lead Brand Strategy and Integrated Marketing
Veteran ad exec joins from Wieden+Kennedy
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WME-IMG Buys Ken Kao and Alex Walton’s Film Sales Company Bloom
Financing company is invested in George Clooney’s “Suburbicon”
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Why China and Other Overseas Markets Couldn’t Save This Summer’s Dismal Box Office
“Transformers,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Baywatch” underperformed at home and abroad
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High Times Magazine Worth as Much as Washington Post Was When Jeff Bezos Bought It
The pot periodical is going public
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Paramount Hires Jean Chi as EVP of Business Affairs
Studio also elevates David Miercort to EVP Business Affairs focusing on animation
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Viral Video Firm Jukin Media Builds Studio to Expand Original Content Push
“We are talking to all the buyers,” founder and CEO Jonathan Skogmo told TheWrap
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Tronc Paid Ross Levinsohn’s Consultancy $600K for This Reco: Hire Ross Levinsohn
New CEO of Los Angeles Times has been consulting for the newspaper since 2016
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Can Ross Levinsohn Fix the Broken LA Times?
Insiders call the place “the escalating tronc s—show”
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Why ‘Wolf Warriors 2’ Had a Record-Setting Roar in China
Hollywood’s summer slump left international audiences craving a hit, and the plot was what Chinese fans wanted
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What China’s Latest Crackdown Means for Hollywood
Major cross-border acquisitions are a no-go and the fate of co-financing arrangements is unclear at best
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Investor Carl Icahn Steps Down as Trump Special Adviser
The billionaire takeover artist said he made decision with president’s “blessing”
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Apple’s TV Content Push: Who Will Get a Piece of That $1 Billion?
Company could be one buzzy drama series away from securing its footing in the saturated content market