Deadspin’s Entire Staff Laid Off as G/O Media Sells Sports News Site to European Startup

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Sega is selling off “Company of Heroes” developer Relic Entertainment and laying off 240 employees across Sega’s Europe and UK-based teams, including Creative Assembly and Sega Hardlight. The cuts make Sega the latest video game company to downsize its staff in 2024.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Florence Pugh is back in Marvel movie mode and shared to Instagram a first look set video from the Atlanta studio where “Thunderbolts” is now in production. The tentpole will mark Pugh’s latest appearance as the assassin Yelena Belova, a role she debuted as in “Black Widow” and reprised on the Disney+ series “Hawkeye.” The set video includes a first look at one of Yelena’s combat-ready suits in the film. Pugh is also sporting some blue eyeliner.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Chuck Todd left moderating duties at “Meet The Press” behind several months ago, but he isn’t through with the show yet. During a surprising appearance on Sunday’s broadcast of the program on NBC, Todd took issue with a decision to hire former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as an NBC News contributor, then put her on “Meet The Press” for an interview with current moderator Kristen Welker, who had booked McDaniel prior to the hiring becoming known.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Ronna McDaniel is no doubt going to create a lot of sound and fury over at NBC News. Shakespeare could tell you what it’s all going to signify.

EXCLUSIVE: Rockmond Dunbar has joined the recurring cast of Peacock‘s upcoming limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, starring and executive produced by Kevin Hart. This marks Dunbar’s first acting job since he was terminated from 9-1-1 in 2021 over not complying with the studio’s Covid vaccine mandate after his requests for a medical and religious exemptions were rejected. The actor subsequently filed a $1M lawsuit against Disney over the firing, with the case now headed to trial.

Epic Records was hit by a round of layoffs on Wednesday that sources say has affected approximately 15 people. Details were incomplete at the time of this article’s publication but sources tell Variety that the A&R, promotion, marketing and publicity departments were affected, among others. While a rep for Sony Music declined comment, the company’s fiscal year ends on March 31, so a connection between the two events seems likely.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Hallie Jackson is taking NBC’s venerable “Nightly News” to Washington D.C. for one night each week. The NBC News senior Washington correspondent has been named the new anchor of NBC’s Sunday evening-news broadcast, taking the reins from Kate Snow.

Megan Thee Stallion has announced UK, European and North American dates for her ‘Hot Girl Summer’ 2024 tour.Stallion’s tour will consist of 32 dates across North America, Europe and the UK set for the spring and summer. The first show will kick off at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Prince and Princess of Wales were spotted at a farm shop marking her first public appearance since January.

EXCLUSIVE: Reba McEntire‘s Untitled NBC Comedy pilot has added three to its expanding cast including Tokala Black Elk (Yellowstone), Rex Linn (Young Sheldon) and Pablo Castelblanco (Alaska Daily).

Reba McEntire has denied allegations that she called Taylor Swift “an entitled little brat”.A widely circulated post from the Facebook page America Loves Liberty claimed that the country singer had taken issue with how Swift allegedly behaved while McEntire was performing the US national anthem at the 2024 Super Bowl.“Reba McIntire [sic] talks about how disappointed she was to look up at the big screen while performing The National Anthem, only to see Taylor Swift laughing and drinking and making a mockery of the event,” the post read, before claiming that McEntire responded: “I let her have it afterward. She’s an entitled little brat.”In a post on Instagram, McEntire denied making the claims, writing: “Please don’t believe everything you see on the Internet.

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Peterman is reuniting with Reba McEntire in the latter’s as-yet-untitled NBC multi-cam comedy pilot alongside Blue Beetle star Belissa Escobedo.

EXCLUSIVE: Andscape, the Black multimedia platform from Disney and ESPN, on Monday revealed &360, a new documentary anthology intended to explore the influence of Black culture on American society, expanding perspectives, telling previously untold stories, and revealing truths about some of the biggest sports and cultural moments of our time.

bad blood between them. Reba McEntire denied allegations that she called Taylor Swift an “entitled brat” at the 2024 Super Bowl after the country singer’s performance of the National Anthem. “Please don’t believe everything you see on the Internet,” McEntire, 68, wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 bosses will take home reduced bonuses in 2024 as 250 staffers are laid off.

star responded to a post from a Facebook page called “America Loves Liberty,” which claimed she confronted for “laughing and drinking” during her performance of the National Anthem at the . “I let her have it afterward,” the post alleged McEntire said. “She's an entitled brat.”Now, does this sound like something Reba McEntire would say? Of course not.

Reba McEntire is shooting down a rumor involving Taylor Swift.

Reba McEntire is calling out a fake story about her and Taylor Swift that’s circulating online.

The Princess of Wales has had a tumultuous and emotional few months after a bizarre social media conspiracy theory was launched online questioning Kate's whereabouts as she continues to recover from major surgery. While she has been protected by a ring of steel to aid her recuperation, it has now been said that members of her team have reportedly not seen the Princess since her operation, despite her being at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor.

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