John Morayniss & Former eOne Execs Launch Blink Studios With Endeavor Content Backing

Jessy Lanza has spent the best part of the last decade making people move. The Hamilton, Ontario-born producer and vocalist released her debut album Pull My Hair Back in 2013, bringing in R&B influences to add a shimmering layer of gloss to her minimal electronic sounds.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorSouth Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM is making a nearly $1 billion bet to grow into a bigger player in the global content business by buying an an 80% stake in Endeavor Content, the production entity that Endeavor was forced to divest after losing a showdown with the Writers Guild of America.CJ ENM described the deal as the biggest M&A transaction in its 26-year history.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorFast-growing Korean conglomerate CJ ENM, home of BTS and the distributor of “Parasite,” is in talks to acquire the majority of Endeavor Content in a deal valued between $900 million and $1 billion.CJ ENM came in with most attractive bid for 80% of the production-distribution unit out of a wide field of financial and strategic suitors, a source close to the situation said.

was part of a $275 million investment round in Skydance Media, which also included RedBird Capital Partners. The company’s entertainment arm has been making major in-roads in Hollywood in recent years.

Lifted Entertainment boss Angela Jain has been handed the newly-created role of ITV Studios Director of Unscripted in the UK.

Following the recent restructurings at ViacomCBS — in which Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks David Nevins added oversight of Paramount Television Studios and was named Chief Content Officer, Scripted Originals, Paramount+, while Paramount TV Studios President Nicole Clemens also became President, Paramount+ Original Scripted Series under Nevins — several senior executives across the portfolio are getting responsibilities expanded or titles upgraded.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterParamount Television Studios has promoted Jenna Santoianni, Cheryl Bosnak, and Erika Kirkwood.Jenna Santoianni has been upped to executive vice president of Paramount Television Studios after previously serving as executive vice president and head of development.

Husband and wife Alan B. and Dawn Bursteen are launching a new LA-based production company, Milestone Studios.

helped turn sunny Miami into a blood-spattered war zone in the 1980s. Blanco also infamously had a penchant for killing — or ordering — the deaths of all of her husbands, which earned her the nickname “The Black Widow.” The upcoming series — which will consist of six 50-minute episodes — is the brainchild of “Empire” scribe Ingrid Escajeda, who is serving as showrunner, writer and executive producer.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “House of Cards” and “The Americans” writer Melissa James Gibson has signed a two-year overall deal with Endeavor Content, the studio behind Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers,” Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter” and Michael Bay’s “Ambulance” for Universal Pictures.The Canadian showrunner, playwright and producer remarked that she is “thrilled for this opportunity to continue working closely with Endeavor Content.”“I’m a big fan of the projects the studio champions and look forward

Anatomy of a Scandal co-creator Melissa James Gibson is continuing her relationship with Endeavor Content with a two-year overall deal.

Sofia Vergara is set to star and executive produce the new Netflix limited series titled, the streaming service announced on Wednesday.The six-episode drama will chronicle the real life of the savvy and ambitious Colombian businesswoman, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history.

Sofia Vergara is taking on an intense new role.

Sofia Vergara is set to portray notorious drug queenpin Griselda Blanco in a new Netflix limited series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSofía Vergara is set to star in a Netflix limited series about notorious drug trafficker Griselda Blanco, Variety has learned.Titled “Griselda,” the series chronicles the real life of savvy and ambitious Colombian business woman who created one of the most profitable drug cartels in history.

EXCLUSIVE: UK production industry veteran Jago Lee has joined forces with former Goldman Sachs banker John Fothergill to launch a transatlantic ‘audio-first’ factual production company focusing on turning podcasts into boxset TV.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFormer Entertainment One TV CEO John Morayniss has reunited with several of his former colleagues to launch Blink Studios, a new independent studio launched with the backing of Endeavor Content.

Former ESPN colleagues John Skipper and Dan Le Batard (Highly Questionable, The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz) are getting into business with Apple TV+. Skipper and Le Batard have signed a multi-year first-look deal with the Apple streaming service via their recently launched Meadowlark Media. Under the pact, Meadowlark will produce premium documentary films and unscripted series for Apple TV+.