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📝 Universal Music Group receives a MAJOR $$ offer. Paramount Skydance gets backed by 3 Middle Eastern wealth funds to help buy WBD. Wireless Music Festival is canceled & More.
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Guests today include:
Molly McNearney - the head writer & executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (who used to be an executive assistant herself)
Jack Westercamp - host of the live marketing show Breaking & Entering to do a deep dive on Coachella billboards
Vivian Tu - pivoted from JP Morgan to becoming the highest performing salesperson at Buzzfeed during its heyday to launching her own media brand Your Rich BFF
Plus want to host a segment during the show? Tune-in because we have
⭐ Universal Music Group just got a MONSTER $64 billion offer from Bill Ackman’s company Pershing Square
Ackman publicly shared his pitch to UMG, and I have to imagine this is the main one that matters to those involved…Number go up?
Credit: Bill Ackman on X
⭐ Paramount Skydance receives $24 billion in backing from 3 Middle Eastern wealth funds to support in their takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
⭐ Wireless Music Festival has officially been canceled after Kanye West was banned from the UK
“The decision to refuse permission was made on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good.”
⭐ Sony Pictures Entertainment is laying off hundreds of staff members across film, TV, and corporate
⭐ SAG-AFTRA is set to resume contract talks with major studios a month early thanks to WGA’s early agreement
⭐ CNN debuts a groundbreaking new show format (AKA a podcast)?
If TV becomes podcasts and they put podcasts on TV will literally anything not be a podcast?
Our new job board features 250+ early career roles in Entertainment, including:
💼 Executive Assistant - Ray Hughes Management - Apply Here
💼 Talent Manager - Ray Hughes Management - Apply Here
💼 Creator Marketing Assistant Manager - Paramount Skydance - Apply Here
💼 Marketing Assistant (Urban Music) - Warner Music Group - Apply Here
💼 Casting Coordinator - NBCUniversal - Apply Here
💼 Social Media Producer - BBC - Apply Here
💼 Integrated Campaign Specialist - EA - Apply Here
💼 Project Employee Instagram - NBA - Apply Here
💼 Domestic Festival Coordinator - The Team - Apply Here
💼 Digital Producer - PBS - Apply Here
💼 Data Analyst - Roc Nation - Apply Here
💼 Revenue Coordinator - Universal Music Group - Apply Here
💼 Special Assistant to Head Coach (Football) - UT Austin - Apply Here
💼 Senior Social Media Producer (Combat Sports) - Paramount Skydance - Apply Here
💼 Talent Assistant - The Lede Company - Apply Here
💼 Brand Marketing Manager - NBCUniversal - Apply Here
🎒 Marketing & Communications Intern - Javits Center - Apply Here
🎒 Creative Studio Intern - Shake Shack - Apply Here
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