Entertainment Industry Mergers and Collaborations

Data and measurement firm Samba TV has bought GenAI ads platform Bestever AI. Bestever’s founder and CEO Apoorna Govind will become Director of Product at Samba, leading AI product strategy and overseeing the full Bestever team. The rationale for the deal is that “the future of advertisi

Matīss Kaža, producer and co-writer of Gints Zilbalodis’ animated feature Oscar winner “Flow,” has boarded “Insectarium” (“Indsectario”) the upcoming and hugely awaited feature debut of Mexican stop-motion maestro Sofia Carrillo. Kaža joins the project as a producer, as does Daniela Mujica’s Montrea

A group of talent agencies and producers have joined forces to create to the American Entertainment Alliance dedicated to promoting U.S. independent production. The new coalition will push for legislation requiring major studios and streamers to allocate half of their original content budgets to ind

The Swedish pop star turns a dirt road and bus stop into fantastical, romantic settings in her latest Midnight Sun clip

EXCLUSIVE: Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) is set for a third lead role opposite Kit Connor and Diana Silvers in PRƎPPY, the true-crime flick from STX Entertainment and Aggregate Films that we recently scooped. Also newly aboard the film, helmed by Janicza Bravo, are Presumed Innocent

Outerlight Entertainment, formerly known as First Look Entertainment, has acquired feature independent studio Bleecker Street Media. Currently, Bleecker Street has the critically acclaimed Alex Gibney directed documentary Musk in release, about SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk. Founded in 2014 by the

Checking in with the Houston rap legend as his classic 2005 single "Get Throwed" returns to the charts as part of Drake and Don Toliver's "Solar Eclipse"