Jeff Bezos Stumped on Royalties in Congressional Hearing

Jeff Daniels' James Comey and Brendan Gleeson's President Donald Trump face off in the first trailer for Showtime's limited series, The Comey Rule. The preview opens with the revived look into Hillary Clinton's emails just days before the 2016 election.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterShowtime has officially released a trailer for upcoming two-night limited series “The Comey Rule,” featuring Jeff Daniels as former FBI director James Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Trump. The miniseries, written and directed by Billy Ray and adapted from Comey’s book “A Higher Loyalty,” premieres on Sunday, Sept.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorDave Clark, a 21-year veteran of Amazon, has been elevated to CEO of Worldwide Consumer. He succeeds Jeffrey Wilke, who plans to retire in the first quarter of 2021.The tech giant revealed the news Friday in a brief SEC filing.Clark, who was named SVP of Worldwide Operations in 2013, has spearheaded the company’s operational response to COVID-19.

Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena pose for a cute photo while attending Arclight’s Drive-in screening of their film The Little Hours on Wednesday (August 19) in Los Angeles.

Janet W. Lee In National Geographic’s “The World According to Jeff Goldblum,” streaming on Disney Plus, Jeff Goldblum pulls the thread on deceptively familiar objects and unravels a wonderful world of astonishing connections and fascinating science and history.Followed by an exclusive screening of the “Sneakers” episode, the “Jurassic Park” star joined Variety’s Michael Schneider in the Variety Streaming Room to discuss the making of and takeaways from the docuseries.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMusic streaming on Twitch is booming — and now a group of artists is challenging owner Amazon to pay its fair share.In a letter Monday addressed to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the nonprofit Artist Rights Alliance cited Bezos’ testimony during a House Antitrust Subcommittee hearing on July 29. The chief exec, who is the wealthiest person in the world, was asked by Rep.

coronavirus lockdown began, prompting artists and their labels to tackle Amazon over their music licensing policies.As the FT reports, the legal battle began in June when rights holders issued “takedown notices” against Twitch, with over 2500 claims being filed for the use of unlicensed music in the background of gaming streams and recording live streams.Since then, the Artists Rights Alliance has placed direct pressure on Bezos and will now send an open letter urging him to go beyond “the

Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, as Facebook’s stock rocketed higher a day after the company reported Q2 revenue and earnings that topped Wall Street’s projections. The 36-year-old is now worth an estimated $96 billion.At the same time, Bezos was $6.3 billion wealthier by the end of Friday’s trading session as well, after Amazon’s share price increased 3.7% on the day.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorApple became the world’s most valuable company Friday, dethroning state oil giant Saudi Aramco, and Amazon founder-CEO Jeff Bezos saw his net worth surge, as the stocks jumped following a round of stellar tech earnings.Apple and Amazon (along with Facebook and Google parent Alphabet) all reported second-quarter numbers after the market closed Thursday showcasing financials that blew past Wall Street’s expectations and appeared to withstand the economic ravages

TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the landmark deal between Universal and AMC Theaters, the record diversity numbers in this year’s Emmy nominations and the first issue of O Magazine to not feature Oprah Winfrey on the cover.Then, we break down the big meeting on Capitol Hill for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook and Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai.

Giving Pledge initiative last year.

James McClain Back in April, Jeff Bezos paid a record $165 million for David Geffen’s famed Jack Warner estate, the 10-acre compound that lies in Beverly Hills’ lower Benedict Canyon neighborhood.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThe current throwdown between Amazon and HBO Max got pulled into a tech titan hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.A member of a House subcommittee wondered why the Jeff Bezos company couldn’t rightfully be accused of a “structural conflict of interest” in negotiating terms as a video gatekeeper and a video competitor to the new streaming service.“I’m not familiar with the details of those negotiations. As you said, they’re underway right now.

Jeff Bezos, has donated $1.7 billion of her personal fortune to charity, she said in a blog post on Tuesday.Her charitable contributions make good on her signing of The Giving Pledge in May 2019, vowing to donate most of her wealth to philanthropic causes over her lifetime.

MacKenzie Scott, ex of Jeff Bezos, just announced a donation of nearly this much money to charity… – TMZ JoJo Siwa is now taken! – Just Jared Jr Ask permission before using their songs… – DListed This “Karen” is going viral for shouting slurs.