#Endeavor Earnings: WME Business Grew Despite Strikes, Strategic Review Still Ongoing

#Endeavor Earnings: WME Business Grew Despite Strikes, Strategic Review Still Ongoing

Despite the SAG-AFTRA strike dragging on well into the fourth quarter (not to mention the WGA strike ending just as the quarter began), Endeavor‘s WME business saw earnings growth in Q4 thanks to the agency’s music, sports and fashion representation segments. Endeavor disclosed its latest earnings results Wednesday morning, reporting revenue of $1.58 billion, a…

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#Ari Emanuel Slams “Heinous” Hamas Attack on Israel, Says “Morally Corrupt” Benjamin Netanyahu “Does Not Deserve to be in Power”

#Ari Emanuel Slams “Heinous” Hamas Attack on Israel, Says “Morally Corrupt” Benjamin Netanyahu “Does Not Deserve to be in Power”

Endeavor and TKO Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel appeared at Bloomberg’s Screentime conference to talk business, but it was impossible to ignore the story dominating geopolitics. Emanuel was asked by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw for his thoughts on the attacks in Israel, given his status as one of the most high-profile Jewish executives in the U.S.,…

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#Wall Street’s Mid-Year Hollywood Stock Picks for Challenging Times

#Wall Street’s Mid-Year Hollywood Stock Picks for Challenging Times

Streaming businesses are getting overhauled in the hope of reaching profitability down the line; the advertising market may be stabilizing but has been challenged; Hollywood writers are striking; record cord-cutting has further eaten away at TV networks divisions that once were the big profit centers; companies are going through layoffs to address “macroeconomic” clouds. To…

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#WWE-UFC: How Wall Street Views the Deal So Far

#WWE-UFC: How Wall Street Views the Deal So Far

Mixed martial arts powerhouse UFC and sports entertainment giant WWE are betting that they are even stronger together. So executives from UFC owner Endeavor and WWE, fresh off WrestleMania 39 weekend in Los Angeles, stepped into the spotlight to unveil a merger to form a global live sports and entertainment titan, 51 percent controlled by…

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#Endeavor Hires IMG’s Maura McGreevy for Top Communications Role

#Endeavor Hires IMG’s Maura McGreevy for Top Communications Role

Endeavor Hires IMG’s Maura McGreevy for Top Communications Role Endeavor has named Maura McGreevy, most recently the head of communications at Endeavor subsidiary IMG, to the company’s top communications role. McGreevy will take over the position from longtime executive Christian Muirhead, who oversaw communications for Endeavor since 2014. In September, Muirhead was promoted to co-chairman…

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