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BFI’s Innovation Challenge Fund Sets AI Research Project At Goldsmiths University As Latest Recipient
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (247+ words) EXCLUSIVE: The BFI's Innovation Challenge Fund has awarded "350,000 to Goldsmiths, University of London, to complete a research programme tasked with exploring the workforce impacts of AI." The project is titled ACES: AI, Carbon, Equity, Skills, and, alongside the impacts of…...
Marc DeBevoise, Former ViacomCBS Chief Digital Officer, Tapped As President Of Kanopy Parent OverDrive
17+ hour, 22+ min ago (220+ words) Marc DeBevoise, a former longtime CBS and ViacomCBS senior exec who went on to run video tech firm BrightCove as CEO, has been tapped as president of OverDrive. The company works with libraries and schools, operating the Kanopy video streaming…...
Nat Geo Selects 2026 Field Ready Cohort As it Expands With Additional Genres; Launches Collaboration With Wildscreen
19+ hour, 8+ min ago (183+ words) EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic has selected its 2026 Field Ready cohort as it expands to include additional genres, including science and exploration, adventure and survival, history, culture and the natural world. A joint initiative of the National Geographic Society and National Geographic…...
Netflix To Provide Funding For New Albert R. Broccoli Building At The UK’s National Film And Television School
1+ week, 1+ day ago (256+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Netflix will donate funds to a new building at the UK's National Film and Television School, to be named after the late film producer Albert R. Broccoli." The NFTS confirmed the expansion plans today while hosting Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos…...
U.S. Added 130,000 Jobs In January As Hiring Picks Up; Showbiz Sees Employment Increase
2+ week, 6+ day ago (184+ words) The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, above expectations, following a year of paltry employment growth. The unemployment rate was 4.3%, largely unchanged, according to estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs in movies and music increased by 13,900, to 360,900. Jobs in broadcasting…...
Motion Picture Academy Makes Key Changes For Presidential Elections And Other Board Bylaws
2+ week, 6+ day ago (238+ words) An email just sent to Academy members and obtained by Deadline reveals there will be a big change in how the AMPAS president may serve. In a bylaw change that will directly affect future elections for president of the Academy…...
Writers Guild Foundation Announces 2026 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program Participants
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (220+ words) Those selected to participate are: Caroline Hoover, Chase Finney, Chris Dang, Enrique Cruz Torres, Francis Fuster, Frankie Infante, Iman Ahmed, Jackson DeLoach, Juliette Lin, Kenya Robinson, Lei White, Leo Laing, Maame Addae, Matthew Nicholson, Rina O'Malley, Shirley Yip, Victor Adame,…...
Sugar23’s Aubrey Morgan Joins Adventure Media As Manager
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (289+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Adventure Media has hired literary manager Aubrey Morgan. She started today. Morgan came from Sugar23 where she had been since May 2025. She was among six managers who departed recently in the wake of Sugar23s reorg, with the company focusing on brand…...
U.S. Added Just 50,000 Jobs In December, Entertainment Industry Employment Falls
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (480+ words) Employers added just 50,000 jobs in December, affirming an end-of-the-year hiring slowdown even as the economy has shown significant growth. Jobs in movies and music fell by 2,100 to 394,300, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. Jobs among broadcast and content…...
Longtime CAA Agent Olivia Blaustein Joins Untitled In Pivot To Management
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (194+ words) Olivia Blaustein has joined Untitled as a lit manager after nearly 15 years at CAA. Graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in Dramatic Arts and Cinematic Studies, Blaustein began her career after taking Alan Berger's USC class,…...