Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group

Oct 23, 2019

Moksha Fitzgibbons has joined Ntwrk as president of the mobile video commerce platform, Variety has learned. He joins the platform having recently served as group chief revenue officer for Valence Media, where he played an integral role in the merger of the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group with Dick Clark Productions and Media Rights Capital. Ntwrk [...] 1 hour ago Megan Clarken, a Nielsen executive who has been instrumental in the company’s quest to keep tabs on consumers in the many new ways they have to watch TV, is leaving the measurement giant. “After 15 years at Nielsen, Megan Clarken will be leaving at the end of the month to take on a new position [...] 2 hours ago Lizzo today shot back at three songwriters who claim that they deserve a piece of her breakthrough hit, “Truth Hurts” — with a lawsuit. Like many recent hits, the song, which has been at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for seven straight weeks, is the subject of claims from people who say they [...] 4 hours ago Rose McGowan filed a racketeering lawsuit on Wednesday against Harvey Weinstein, as well as against his ex-attorneys Lisa Bloom and David Boies and the spy firm Black Cube. The lawsuit alleges that Weinstein conspired with his attorneys to suppress and discredit her allegation that Weinstein raped her at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. “This [...] 5 hours ago Hulu has appointed Spencer Peeples, who currently works as director of awards at Netflix, as its vice president of film and awards marketing, marking the first time the Disney-owned streamer has hired a senior exec dedicated to awards. In his new high-profile role, Peeples will lead the strategy and execution of Hulu’s awards campaigns, as [...] 5 hours ago Ashley Momtaheni is jumping ship from Annapurna Pictures to UTA. The agency has tapped Momtaheni as its new director of corporate communications, reporting to its global chief communications officer, Seth Oster. In her new role, Momtaheni will focus primarily on external communications, rounding out UTA’s senior communications team with veteran UTA comms executive Lisa Stein [...] 6 hours ago When Apple TV plus launches on Nov. 1, it will do so with what’s arguably the most expensive new-series lineup in TV history. Among the streamer’s initial offerings are the drama “The Morning Show,” bearing a price tag believed to be more than $15 million an episode, and the dystopian sci-fi series “See,” which is [...] 6 hours ago