Endeavor Content Senior Associate William Lowery Launches Brigade Media Capital

Cold Iron Studios’ creative director Matt Highison has promised that Aliens: Fireteam Elite will have free seasonal updates.Highison tweeted on August 16, saying that a purchase of Aliens: Fireteam Elite will come with free gameplay season updates. Many other games have adopted a seasonal content model, but these usually come in battle passes that must be purchased as an add-on for the game.

Rachel Maddow is still talking with MSNBC about a new contract, but the primetime host and her current cabler newser home just scored what may be a bonding TKO against One America News Newtork

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFinding talent early is a key component of being a good agent and being a good A&R person, so it’s surprising that more people don’t do both. Matt Galle is one of the few who does.

Endeavor Group Holdings execs confirmed that talks are under way for the sale of a majority stake in production outfit Endeavor Content.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefEndeavor Content has come on board as the global sales agent for “The Panthers,” a musical social justice drama series from New Zealand.It was Friday confirmed that the series will make its international premiere as an official selection at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, as part of the Primetime program.The six, hour-long episodes, based-on-a-true-story series covers a devastating and resonant period in New Zealand’s history through the

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe non-profit Executive Leadership Council has launched of a new program called Levels, which endeavors to help junior and mid-level Black employees in the music industry better navigate their careers and climb the ladder in the music business.Sponsored by Spotify, Levels is a four-month comprehensive virtual cohort program designed to accelerate the progress of black music professionals to the executive level.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterEve Honthaner has been named president of the Association of Film Commissioners International, the non-profit group that represents more than 300 film commissions.AFCI holds two annual conferences, and serves as a gathering place where production executives can meet film officials from states and countries around the globe.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCelebrity chef Matthew Kenney is expanding his plant-based culinary empire to meal delivery. XFood is a collaboration between Kenney and e-commerce company PlantX, of which he is culinary chief officer.“Our goal is to always reach as many people with plant-based options as possible,” says Kenney, who launched the first of his many vegan restaurants almost 30 years ago.

Deadline has confirmed that Endeavor Content SVP Kristen Figeroid departed the firm’s sales and distribution division last week.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterEndeavor Content senior vice president Kristen Figeroid has exited the agency as others in the unit’s sales and distribution unit prepare to head back to WME, sources close to the situation told Variety.Figeroid joined Endeavor Content in 2018 as senior VP of sales and distribution.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wake of reports of widespread sexual harassment at Sony Music Australia, Universal Music has become the second major label in the country to launch an investigation into inappropriate behavior at its offices, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.The allegations surfaced in posts on an Instagram account called Beneath the Glass ceiling, claiming multiple cases of bullying, harassment, racism, homophobia, discrimination, as well as more serious

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken remaining worldwide territories including in the U.S. on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard and Paul Mescal, the drama is set to world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival next month. The deal was negotiated by Endeavor Content and includes most major markets.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wee hours of Thursday, Apple Music launched a livestream via an in-app takeover before Kanye West’s second livestream of his delayed new album, “Donda,” again at Mercedes Stadium in Atlanta.Two weeks ago, West — who has held similar listening events for his last two official albums — held a similar livestreamed session in the stadium ahead of the album’s originally planned release date of July 23.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCraig D’Souza (pictured) has joined WME as a partner, music co-heads Lucy Dickins, Kirk Sommer and Scott Clayton announced today.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterStarz has succeeded in blocking Disney from launching a streaming service in Brazil under the name “Star Plus.”A judge in Sao Paolo granted a temporary restraining order on Friday, holding that Disney cannot use the brand name when the service debuts on Aug.

Former longtime CBS executive Joseph Ianniello has launched a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, with a handful of former colleagues to scout for acquisitions in media, entertainment and sports.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCTS Eventim, the German-based global ticketing and live-entertainment company, is launching in Asia as, naturally enough, Eventim Live Asia. The new company is run by CEO Jason Miller, who previously led all touring activity for Live Nation Entertainment’s Asia and Middle East offices.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Avalon manager Olivia Wingate has launched the solo production company Wingate Media, bringing all her projects and team with her, we hear.

Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Endeavor Content are teaming to produce Being Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Documentary. The news comes as Endeavor Content acquired rights from the Estate of Mary Tyler Moore and will finance and handle worldwide sales for the doc, which is aiming for a 2022 release.