Jill Goldsmith

Breaking News

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell & Joel Edgerton Head Ensemble Of MGM's Ron Howard-Directed Thai Cave Rescue Pic 'Thirteen Lives'

Jill Goldsmith

Co-Business Editor

Jill joined Deadline in June 2019 after working as a New York-based contributor. She follows corporate finance, deals and publicly traded companies in media and entertainment, film financing, and New York film and TV production. She was previously contributing editor at Current covering public media, and has worked at Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Dow Jones. She’s reported from New York and Europe and her stories have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek, Slate, Reuters and The Art Newspaper.

More From Jill Goldsmith

Business

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s 2020 Pay Package Totaled $52 Million With Big Stock Award

Jason Kilar, the CEO of WarnerMedia, earned a total of more than $52 million in 2020 according to an SEC proxy filing Thursday by parent AT&T. Kilar’s package was swelled by a large stock award worth over $49.2 million. His base salary was $1.6 million. Kilar joined WarnerMedia in 2020 as the company launched HBO Max…

Business

ViacomCBS Says Offices Will Open On Limited, Voluntary Basis After July 4, Ramp Up Over Several Months

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said the company anticipates its U.S. employees will have the option of returning to their offices starting after the July 4th weekend, at the earliest. With the virus in retreat and vaccines ramping up, companies have begun to put a timeline on restarting in person. In a memo to staffers…

Business

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Alleged Groping Of Aid Referred To Albany Police By State Official

A report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo late last year groped an aide at the Executive Mansion where he lives was referred by a state official to the Albany Police Department. "As a matter of state policy when allegations of physical contact are made, the agency informs the complainant that they should contact their…

Business

AMC Entertainment CEO Reflects On Wild Pandemic Year, Goodbyes To Stakeholders Wanda And Silver Lake

Dalian Wanda, which acquired AMC Entertainment in 2012, surrendered control of the struggling exhibitor as it issued and sold tranches of new stock to raise cash — diluting the stake of the Chinese conglomerate. CEO Adam Aron confirmed the Wanda era was over although the company continues to be AMC largest single…

Box Office

AMC Entertainment Q4 Sales Plunged 90%, Losses Ballooned Amid Pandemic; CEO Adam Aron Cites “Most Challenging Market Conditions” In 100 Years

AMC Entertainment revenue plunged last quarter to $162 million from close to $1.5 billion the year before as the global pandemic squeezed exhibition. That beat expectations, coming about $20 million above Wall Street's consensus estimates. The stock is up 3% in late trading. Net losses widened to $946 million…

Business

Facebook Files To Dismiss Federal Antitrust Suit; Says No “Objective Measure Of Quality Declined” As It Grew

Facebook has finally responded to a December antitrust suit by the Federal Trade Commission (and nearly four dozen states) – asking a federal judge to dismiss it. In a filing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the social media giant called the suit baseless. The FTC "utterly ignores the reality of the…

Facebook Files To Dismiss Antitrust Suit

Business

Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Help Launch Second Forest Road SPAC, This Time As Co-CEOs

Entertainment finance firm Forest Road has launched its second SPAC with Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs as co-CEOs and co-chairs. Units of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II started trading today on the New York Stock Exchange as the execs begin the search for a target company in the tech, media, telecommunications or…

Business

WarnerMedia Parent AT&T Sued By SEC For Alleged Violation Of Fair Disclosure Reg In Conversations With Wall Street Analysts

WarnerMedia parent AT&T has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged violations of a regulation known as Reg FD that requires so-called fair disclosure of financial information. The SEC civil suit against the telecom giant and three of its investor relations executives claims they selectively…

Box Office

Girl Scout To Disney CEO: Why Can’t We Rent A Theater To Watch ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ With Our Cookie Dough?

With Disney and key exhibitors at loggerheads over the rental terms for the studio’s latest theatrical day and date Disney+ PVOD of Raya and the Last Dragon, leave it to a Girl Scout to call Disney CEO Bob Chapek to the carpet on why her local theater wasn’t playing the movie. During the Q&A at Disney’s annual share…

Box Office

‘Black Widow’: Disney Boss Bob Chapek, Once Again, Confirms That Pic’s Current Summer Release Date Remains Unchanged

Today at Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Bob Chapek continued to underscore that the release date for Marvel’s long-awaited feature Black Widow is May 7, and that the Cate Shortland-directed title will be seen in theaters. Chapek made the same confirmation back on Feb. 11 during the studio’s fiscal Q1…

Business

Bob Iger Bids Disney Shareholders Farewell At His Last Annual Meeting

"It has been a very trying year. The most difficult we've had in recent memory, if ever," said Bob Iger, first up Tuesday at the company's virtual annual shareholders meeting. Sounding moved, he noted that it would be his last as he prepares to exit after 16 years as CEO and, more recently, executive chairman, and…

Business

Disney CEO Bob Chapek Asked About Gina Carano Firing, Says He Doesn’t See Company As “Left-Leaning Or Right-Leaning”

Disney CEO Chapek Bob Chapek Tuesday said he doesn't "really see Disney as characterizing itself as left-leaning or right-leaning" – responding to a shareholder who accused Hollywood and the company of a double standard in firing Gina Carano from The Mandalorian because she's a conservative. The stockholder, speaking…

Breaking News

Jill Goldsmith

Co-Business Editor

More From Jill Goldsmith

Sidebar

Newswire

Site