WarnerMedia Committs $100 Million To Fund For Idled Production Crews

ViacomCBS is looking to support industry crewmembers, talent and creatives with a $100 million fund launched amid a production shutdown due to the COVID-19 crisis. The emergency fund will be distributed by ViacomCBS to the Motion Picture & Television Fund and The Actors Fund, charitable organizations already supporting impacted industry workers.

By Jill Goldsmith

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WarnerMedia will commit “more than $100 million” to help crew members on its shows and movies that have had to pause production during the coronavirus pandemic, CEO John Stankey told employees in a memo Friday afternoon. Stankey also outlined some of the strategic pivots the company has made in recent weeks in order to respond to the crisis, including experimenting with accelerate home viewing, disrupting traditional theatrical windows, with all theaters closed.

WarnerMedia is giving back to its’ production workers who have been laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

WarnerMedia will pledge $100 million in relief to workers affected by wide production shut downs in film and television, CEO John Stankey said in a Friday staff memo obtained by Variety.