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06.12.2023 - 23:45 / deadline.com
Layoffs have hit the ad sales ranks in the CBS owned-and-operated TV station portfolio as a long-term restructuring effort takes effect.
Tuesday’s cuts come after new ad sales staffers were hired over the past three months. The exact number of employees affected could not be determined, but sources told Deadline the net number of departures across recent hires and other staffers is about 17 people, one in each of the markets where the 28 CBS-owned stations are based. A number of ad sales positions also remain open.
The layoffs are confined to the ad sales divisions of the stations and are part of a year-long restructuring, sources tell Deadline.
Company reps did not respond to Deadline’s request for comment.
The workforce reduction comes several months after Wendy McMahon was named to a new role, President and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures. She leads all of CBS News’ broadcast and streaming operations, plus local television stations, local news streaming channels and CBS Media Ventures first-run syndication programming. She also oversees content licensing to television stations and the division’s national ad sales business.
Parent company Paramount Global has faced challenges lately in its overall advertising business, which includes the CBS stations. In its third-quarter earnings report, the company said ad revenue in its TV Media division fell 14% from the year-earlier period due to “continued softness in the global advertising market and lower political advertising.” In 2024, political races are expected to boost local TV stations to record levels of ad revenue.
Advertising has posted growth in Paramount’s streaming unit, unlike in linear TV, as more viewing shifts in that direction. CBS local
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Jack Black has denied rumours that he will be joining season three of Mike White’s hit HBO series The White Lotus.The actor previously worked with White on films Orange County (2002) and School Of Rock (2003). However, despite fan speculation, the pair will not be reuniting for the next season of the black comdedy.Asked about the rumours in a recent interview with Vanity Fairy, Black said: “I’ll deny because that’s easy to tell the truth.
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Doctor Who.The BBC revealed that the Sex Education actor was set to play the titular role in the beloved series in May of last year, taking over from Whittaker.Gatwa made his debut as the fifteenth doctor opposite Tennant in the episode ‘The Giggle’ this month, but is set to officially take the reins as the next Time Lord for this year’s Doctor Who special Christmas episode, premiering December 25 on Disney+.Gatwa has since revealed that he received a supportive phone call from his predecessors after he was announced as the next Doctor.“Thank God for that call on that day,” he recently told Empire Magazine. “Because it was such a huge day for me, and they just wrapped me up in warmth like a welcome blanket.”Whittaker in particular had one simple piece of advice for the newcomer: “Embrace the madness.”Elsewhere in the interview the Barbie actor opened up about being “wracked with nerves and anxiety” when he started filming.“I was very, very nervous and questioned everything I did.
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The White Lotus star Natasha Rothwell has teased what fans can expect from the show’s third season.The actress is due to return for the HBO show’s next season, which is expected in 2025, having appeared as spa manager Belinda Lindsey in the show’s first.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Rothwell revealed she has read the upcoming season’s scripts, teasing: “I can’t say anything but I will say it’s going to blow people’s minds.“I gasped out loud no less than five times and that was just reading them, so people are in for a treat,” she added, further saying that filming is expected to begin “definitely in the next calendar year”.It comes after creator Mike White said last month that production on the long-awaited third season should commence “at the beginning of the year” and that he was “finishing scripts”.White went on to tease to Entertainment Weekly: “It’s going to be supersized White Lotus. It’s going to be longer, bigger, crazier.
HBO has confirmed that the highly anticipated new seasons of The Last Of Us, Euphoria and more will premiere only sometime in 2025.This past weekend, Max confirmed the release windows for several of its biggest shows in its ‘One To Watch’ trailer, which showcases new originals, returning series, and more on its upcoming streaming slate.While they don’t have confirmed release dates just yet, The Last Of Us, Euphoria and The White Lotus are among the biggest titles headlining HBO’s 2025 slate. Showcased towards the end of the trailer, these titles are also joined by upcoming seasons of the Sex And The City spin-off And Just Like That… and an It spin-off, Welcome To Derry.The release window for The Last Of Us season two comes after its show runner Craig Mazin revealed in an interview earlier this month (December 1) that production on the anticipated follow-up will begin in February next year.The new season of Euphoria had already been on hold for some time as show creator Sam Levinson worked on The Idol. HBO Head of Drama Francesca Orsi told Deadline in May that Levinson’s work on that plus Zendaya’s packed schedule and the recently concluded actors and writers’ strike would likely push back the premiere to 2025.In July, Euphoria star Angus Cloud died of an accidental drug overdose, which could potentially push back the series’ premiere if his character is being written out.In November, The White Lotus creator Mike White revealed that he hopes to begin work on its third season early next year, teasing it will be “bigger” in scope.“It’s going to be supersized White Lotus,” he added.
Keisha Nash Whitaker, an actor/producer who was married to actor Forest Whitaker for more than 20 years, has died. She was 51 and no details on cause or location were immediately available.
It’s a tragic day for Forest Whitaker and his family.
Keisha Nash-Whitaker, actress and producer ex-wife of Forest Whitaker, has died, her family confirmed. A cause of death was not released. She was 51.
confirmed the devastating news on Instagram, writing “goodbye mommy,” the heartfelt tribute began. “I love you 4ever and beyond.
The organizers of the 2024 Whitney Biennial have tapped Taja Cheek a.k.a. L’Rain as the guest curator of the event’s performance program. Chrissie Iles and Meg Onlie have tasked Cheek with developing “a performance and sound series in the Museum’s galleries and theater space that represents the forefront of contemporary experimental performance and sound,” according to a press release.
While 2023 is coming to a close, one of the last major (largely) unseen and still super anticipated movies of the year is “The Iron Claw.” From filmmaker Sean Durkin, known for “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” the U.K. TV drama “Southcliffe,” and “The Nest,” his latest is a wrestling drama about the Von Erich Brothers.