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Tony Vinciquerra is credited for quietly turning around the Culver City studio and pursuing a profitable strategy at a time when competitors have struggled with billion-dollar streaming losses.
Sony Pictures Entertainment announces its purchase of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The dine-in movie theater chain has one location in Los Angeles.
For decades Sony and CBS have partnered to produce and distribute two of TV’s longest-running and most popular programs, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ Now the game shows are in the midst of a legal battle, with Sony accusing CBS of self-dealing.
Former ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ staffers have filed discrimination and retaliation complaints against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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Amazon MGM Studios will join the MPA, which already represents Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix.
A Los Angeles appeals court has denied an attempt by Michael Jackson’s mother to block a $600-million transaction between the singer’s estate and Sony.
While the talks are preliminary, the two sides have been hashing out the contours of a deal that would have the Culver City-based Sony film and television studio take the lead in the partnership.
The purchase appears to be another way for Sony to demonstrate its commitment to theatrical distribution while also giving it another way to extend its intellectual property.