So many stars showed up for the 75th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday (February 18).
31.01.2023 - 19:11 / deadline.com
“In hindsight, I got a little carried away and over-invested relative to the uncertainty I saw in the market,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said this morning as the company reported a jump in users but wider losses, a week after announcing a reorganization of top management and hundreds of layoffs.
The music streaming giant announced 489 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter of 2022 (up 20%, its largest ever quarterly bump), with 205 premium subscribers (up 14%). Both numbers beat forecasts. However, losses widened on investments in podcasting and other costs.
Spotify last week laid off about 600 staffers amid a shuffle at the top that saw Dawn Ostroff exit as chief content officer and advertising business officer. The exec, a former president of entertainment at The CW, and Condé Nast Entertainment had been a key architect of Spotify’s strategy around podcasts, which have grown rapidly to about 5 million on the service, led by deals for The Joe Rogan Experience and Call Her Daddy. A series of acquisitions expanded the business but at a cost.
Spotify execs promised that 2022 was the year of peak losses in the business.
With Ostroff’s exit, strategy is now consolidated under co-presidents Alex Norstrom and Gustav Söderström. Asked about the C-Suite changes, Ek claimed that the primary goal is faster decision making and a move away from growth “at all costs.”
“From a strategy point of view” it won’t “differ that much. “The primary reason we did this reorganization was to drive speed and more efficiency…Spotify is a lot more complex business, so to have Gustav and Alex help me in the day-to-day means… we can make decisions faster,” he said. “Marketing was under Alex, but not advertising, and not content. And
So many stars showed up for the 75th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday (February 18).
“I was always a big fan of the original movie, but I did feel while watching subsequent American or British war films that is a question of perspective that I can’t tell,” All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger said of his motivation in finally bringing a German version of the iconic World War I tale to the big screen.
Film Factory founder Vicente Canales. “Now, either a film works, and sells pretty much the world, or it doesn’t work at all.”
have to tell is critical. “Compelled, obsessed — I mean, you have to really love [a topic].
While streaming still dominates television viewership in the U.S., broadcast gained momentum in January in part due to the NFL playoffs, according to Nielsen‘s monthly report The Gauge.
Julia MacCary editor “Digman!,” Andy Samberg’s first written and produced project, is building out its voice cast with guest stars including Maya Rudolph, Daniel Radcliffe, Jane Lynch and more. The adult animated series, for which you can see an exclusive teaser below, premieres March 22 on Comedy Central. Also joining “Digman!” are Edgar Wright, Kyle Mooney, Cole Escola, Jane Lynch, Lauren Lapkus, Paul Rust, Joe Lo Truglio, Marc Evan Jackson, Harvey Guillén, Claudia O’Doherty, Kerri Kenney, Clancy Brown, Rachel Kaly, Andy Daly, Lennon Parham, Carl Tart and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. “Digman!” is set in a world where archaeologists are celebrities, with Samberg voicing protagonist Rip Digman. Other previously announced stars include Mitra Jouhari (“Three Busy Debras”), Tim Robinson (“I Think You Should Leave”), Dale Soules (“Orange Is The New Black”), Guz Khan (“Our Flag Means Death”), Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Tim Meadows (“The Goldbergs”).
Nailed it or failed it? Diplo took a fashion risk in a pair of boots that are taking over the internet.
Fox News contributor Douglas Murray came to famous author J.K. Rowling's defense as she faces "malevolent" attacks from the left for comments about biological sex that were deemed transphobic. On "Fox & Friends" Wednesday, Murray said her opinion was straightforward and proves that conservatives don't have to "bow down" to the left.
In the latest example of corporate synergy, Disney siblings ESPN and Disney Channel are teaming up with the NHL for the NHL Big City Greens Classic, the first-ever live, animated NHL game telecast, featuring the Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers. ESPN+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney+ will present the live, animated telecast, while the main telecast will be available on ESPN and ESPN+. on March 14 at 7 p.m. EDT.
This Morning fans were left with a plea after tuning in to watch Pink live on the programme. Josie Gibson and Dermot O'Leary couldn't contain their excitement as the American singer appeared live in the studio to chat to the hosts, who are filling in for Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse/Sony/Depth of Field’s They Listen has added Greg Hill to the Chris Weitz written and directed feature. The pic reps Hill’s second collaboration with director Weitz, having worked with him on MGM’s post-World War II thriller Operation Finale, as part of the ensemble cast that included Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent and Nick Kroll.
EXCLUSIVE: Athens-based audiovisual group Tanweer is expanding its business into world sales of local language content, kicking off with an augural slate at the EFM.
There’s a change at the top of Banijay’s Americas operation.
After reigning over the weekend box office for the last seven weekends, 20th Century Studios/Disney/Lightstorm’s 4x Oscar nominated Avatar: The Way of Water will cede No. 1 to Universal’s M. Night Shyamalan thriller Knock at the Cabin which is set to do $15M-$17M per tracking sources at 3,600 theaters.
If you want to experience the beauty of Scotland, you might not think a bus journey is the way to do it.
While studios took advantage of expanding their Oscar nominated Best Pictures this weekend — it’s truly a post-apocalyptic, err, post-pandemic marketplace when it comes to reaping any huge box office afterglow from this year’s crop. And the irony is that there’s only one streaming title among the top 10 Best Picture bunch, that being Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front, OTT services never disclosing grosses.
Warning: This story contains spoilers for Teen Wolf: The Movie.
EXCLUSIVE: Fast-rising filmmakers Travon Free and Martin Roe have signed with CAA for representation, at the same time announcing the Paramount Pictures film Razorblade Tears, based on the New York Times bestselling novel by S.A. Cosby, as their next project.
Finding The One! Since their time on Teen Wolf, the cast of the hit MTV series have been candid about their search for love.
The WGA has written out the film nominations for its 2023 Writers Guild Awards, spanning original, adapted and documentary screenplays. See the full list below.