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Received — 15 May 2026 ⏭

Byron Allen on How He Plans to Use BuzzFeed to Create a ‘Premier Global Free Streaming Service,’ What It Means to Be Taking Over Colbert’s CBS Time Slot and Why He Wants to Buy Starz

✇Variety
By: Todd Spangler
14 May 2026 at 21:48
With two recent deals, Byron Allen has elevated his profile in both late-night TV and the digital media space. He’s about to take control of struggling media company BuzzFeed, and next week he is getting the the CBS time slot that is being vacated this month by “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” after the […]

Received — 7 May 2026 ⏭
  • ✇Variety
  • Starz Ends Universal Output Deal, Citing Lower-Than-Projected Viewership Jennifer Maas
    Starz reported first-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday revealing wider losses, largely due to content-impairment charges — but the media company gave indications it’s improving its financial position one year out from its spinoff from Lionsgate. During a call with analysts later Thursday, Starz president and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch announced Stars has exited its Pay-2 film deal […]
     
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Starz Ends Universal Output Deal, Citing Lower-Than-Projected Viewership

✇Variety
By: Jennifer Maas
7 May 2026 at 20:11
Starz reported first-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday revealing wider losses, largely due to content-impairment charges — but the media company gave indications it’s improving its financial position one year out from its spinoff from Lionsgate. During a call with analysts later Thursday, Starz president and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch announced Stars has exited its Pay-2 film deal […]

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