The News Publishers Clearing House, the direct marketing company that uses sweepstakes to sell magazine subscriptions, agreed on Monday to pay $18.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which accused the company of using what’s known as dark patterns to trick customers into paying for products or giving up their data. The company coerced customers […]

Editor’s note: Bryn Mathieu lives near one of the studios, where WGA picketing and honking occurs daily. In May, law enforcement in Burbank posted an electronic sign outside of Warner Bros warning drivers that excessive horn use violates 27001 of the California Vehicle Code. The law enforces “reasonably necessary” horn blowing to insure safe operation of other vehicles. Otherwise, “the horn shall […]

The specific duties of elected officials vary considerably from one branch of government to the next and between the different levels of government. But one common responsibility shared by virtually all those in elected office is to balance the interests, values, and priorities of their constituents. This is no easy task, particularly for those in powerful, high-profile positions who represent […]

David Bohrman, a longtime producer and news executive who was responsible for innovations in live and special events and breaking news, including at CNN and other networks, died on Sunday. He was 69. “He was the creator of more news programming than almost any other producer working in television news today,” CNN’s leadership team wrote in a memo to employees […]

Note to John Mayer: time to lay low. Taylor Swift surprised her “Eras Tour” audience on Saturday at her Minneapolis’ US Bank Stadium show by performing the song “Dear John” for the first time in 11 years. The lyrics detail her hurt from a relationship, allegedly with singer-songwriter Mayer, when she was 19. The song is going to be more […]

SAG-AFTRA leaders told their members today that the guild’s ongoing contract negotiations have been “extremely productive” and that they “remain optimistic” that a fair deal can be reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. In a video posted on the guild’s YouTube channel, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland gave their first update […]

An uncertain environment, increased client scrutiny, and fast-changing tech landscape are making large deals come under fire. Shivani Shinde reports. India’s largest IT services player Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) saw its $2 billion, 10-year deal with Transamerica Life Insurance Company come to an end even before the period was over. Transamerica is the subsidiary of American arm of Dutch insurer […]

Deadline’s Strike Talk podcast is now at Week 8, as we complete a stretch in which the standoff between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers passed the 50-day mark, halfway to the 100-day dispute that decimated Hollywood in 2007 and the 253-day dispute of 1988. This week, host Billy Ray holds court […]

Ford CEO Jim Farley has expressed his lack of concern over potential competitors, including the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck, in the Blue Oval’s pickup truck business. During an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Farley dismissed the Cybertruck as not being a genuine truck and stated that Ford understands its customers better than anyone, implying that Tesla’s venture will not draw away […]