Showing posts with label sony. Show all posts
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Friday, May 31, 2019


By Hollywood Reporter, May 30, 2019

Several major Hollywood studios joined the chorus of industry voices speaking out against Georgia's new abortion law, which was signed by the governor on May 7.

"We operate and produce work in many states and within several countries at any given time, and while that doesn't mean we agree with every position taken by a state or country and their leaders, we do respect due process," WarnerMedia said Thursday in a statement. "We will watch the situation closely, and if the new law holds we will reconsider Georgia as the home to any new productions. As is always the case, we will work closely with our production partners and talent to determine how and where to shoot any given project."

Saturday, July 25, 2015

YouTube As You Know It Might Be A Thing Of The Past

By Claire Atkinson, July 22, 2015 NY Post

YouTube’s exploding mobile traffic is creating a new source of friction between the world’s No. 1 content distributor and the music industry, numerous sources told The Post.

Universal, Sony and Warner execs believe YouTube’s grip on free ad-supported music videos needs to be loosened — by supporting rival sites like Vessel and Snapchat, sources at each of the labels said.

Separately, the labels are weighing going nuclear — potentially yanking rights to the Web’s most valuable and highly trafficked content.

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Homeland Security Releases Emails Showing Political Influence for Sony, Time Warner Projects

By Eriq Gardner, Apr. 10, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter

The newly released documents buttress a report issued late last month detailing how an immigration director was swayed with respect to hundreds of millions of dollars in film and TV investments under the EB-5 visa program.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has released hundreds of pages of emails plus other documents in support of its investigation of improper influence on the EB-5 immigration program. Many of the documents discuss hundreds of millions of dollars in financing for film and television productions from Sony Pictures and Time Warner with prominent politicians including former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendall and the office of former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa interjecting in an effort to get approvals.

ince inception in 1990, the EB-5 visa program allows foreign nationals to become conditional permanent residents upon an investment of at least $500,000 for a qualifying project that creates American jobs.

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