Major moves from WME, SiriusXM and DC Studios

👋 It’s been a few hours into Monday and.. holy bombshell news already from all corners of the industry including MAJOR changes at DC Studios, Tubi/SiriusXM & WME.

A24 posted a blockbuster year that brings them into the major studio conversation, Live Nation’s quarterly revenue will make your head spin, CAA now leads all NBA representation & ‘Heated Rivalry’ reached $1.4 million in theaters so far.

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⭐ The producers of Hunger Games

⭐ Timothy Simons, star of Netflix’s hit show Nobody Wants This (we want this interview!)

⭐ Legendary music agent Tom Windish who reps global superstars LISA, Katseye, Tove Lo, Role Model, alt-J, and Viagra Boys

and co-founders of the newest agency in Hollywood:

⭐ Mike Lee (recently head of gaming and livestreaming for UTA’s creators division) & Darren Yan (former chief talent officer at FaZe Clan)

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🦊 Fox finalized their $22 billion acquisition of Roku months before expected.

The purchase of Roku stirred up a lot of controversy through an antitrust investigation led by the Department of Justice just coming to a close. The decision? Fox committed to showing non Fox cont on Roku for 3 years.

There will also of course be leadership shake-ups like Paul Cheesbrough taking lead of Digital Platforms including Roku, and the President of Roku Media, Charlier Collier, is set to depart. (Just please don’t mess with Roku City…)

💻 YouTube will return its streaming data to Billboard’s charts in 2027 after the music publication agreed to give ad-supported streams more weight. Starting January 16, Billboard will count 1,500 free streams as one album unit, down from 2,500, while paid streams remain at 1,000.

We have a whole new front in the engagement war to talk about now. Given that roughly a third of YouTube viewing is music videos, this adds up (still trying to figure out that math though).

🎬 A24’s ‘You Can See Everything’ and ‘Backrooms' led to the company’s most profitable year of all time.

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary just became the 2nd highest grossing documentary in North America, and ‘Backrooms’ shattered A24’s previous records, grossing over $400 million earlier this year.

They already signed on for a $200 million production tag for ‘Elden Ring’ as well, which leaves me thinking… is A24 ready to become a mainstay in the major studio conversation?

🎵 Live Nation’s revenue jumped to $10.1 billion in Q3, up 19% YoY.

The bigger story is where the growth came from. International attendance jumped 29% and accounted for 60% of the fans Live Nation added, making markets outside the U.S. the biggest driver of audience growth.

Its recent deals show where it’s placing its bets. Across Latin America, it’s buying into local promoters that already know how to sell tickets for Spanish-language acts

🏀 CAA now leads all agencies in NBA player representation with over $1 billion this season, edging out Klutch and Excel Sports with around $780 million and $733 million each respectively.

Credit Boardroom / data via Sports Booking Agent Info, ESPN

Additionally in CAA’s recent win column, Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan finalized their deal with the agency to represent Unwell.

🏒 ‘Heated Rivalry’ is getting a theatrical release until the end of November, and the show has earned $1.4 million across 945 theaters so far.

📽️ Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey helped IMAX nearly double its Q3 global box office to a record $712M, while company revenue jumped 64% to $174.6M.

IMAX is betting the premium-screening boom can outlast any one blockbuster, with plans to add 10–15 new 70mm locations and test smaller, ultra-premium theaters.

Skydance announced a major change in the leadership of DC Studios with James Gunn and Peter Safran both stepping down as Co-CEO’s. The role will now go to former Marvel exec Jeremy Latcham with the additional title of Chief Creative Officer.

SiriusXM scooped up former Tubi Chief Anjali Sud as their new CEO just DAYS after she left the Fox owned company due to the recent merger.

WME is merging its film lit and talent teams into one Motion Picture division as part of a broader reshuffle involving six leaders.

This represents tighter coordination around film packages, putting the agents who rep writers, directors and actors under one roof makes it easier to attach talent before a project goes out to buyers.