Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade effectively banning abortions immediately in certain states, a plethora of companies have promised to provide travel expenses to staff who live in a restricted state and want access to an abortion in a state where it is still legal. Netflix, Disney, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Nike are just a handful of companies who are joining companies such as Live Nation, Sony Music, Amazon, Tesla, Citigroup, Levi Strauss, and Starbucks who had previously said it would support its respective staff who seek an abortion by providing travel expenses. In an email obtained by Rolling Stone , Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino told employees on May 12 — just over a week after news had initially leaked that the Supreme Court would shut down Roe v. Wade — that the company would cover the travel costs to its U.S. employees for “women’s healthcare services.” “Access to women’s health services is absolutely vital,” Rapino wrote. “We … [Read more...] about Sony Music, Live Nation, Netflix, More Offer Staff Travel Reimbursement for Abortions
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ESPN Renews Formula 1 Rights In U.S., Outmaneuvering Netflix And Other Tech Suitors – Report
U.S. media rights to Liberty Media ’s rising auto racing circuit Formula 1 have reportedly been renewed by ESPN through 2025 after the Disney-owned sports operation outmaneuvered Netflix and other tech suitors. The pact is worth in the area of $75 million to $90 million a year, according to Sports Business Journal , which first reported the deal. While such a number would be exponentially higher than the $5 million level of the current contract, it is believed to be less than what several tech giants were offering. Reps for ESPN and Formula 1 declined to comment on the report when contacted by Deadline. Complete plans for how the package would be delivered remain under wraps, but other sports set up at ESPN find their way across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ABC and other platforms. Netflix is understood to have joined the bidding, in a departure from its prior avoidance of live sports. It justified the pursuit as an effort to possibly position live F1 races as a … [Read more...] about ESPN Renews Formula 1 Rights In U.S., Outmaneuvering Netflix And Other Tech Suitors – Report
‘Boy Meets World’ Alums Danielle Fishel & Marc Blutman Team To Develop Comedy ‘I’m With Her’
EXCLUSIVE: Former Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel and co-executive producer Marc Blutman have teamed to develop middle schooler comedy I’m With Her. I’m With Her follows the unlikely pairing of Ali and Atlas, two middle schoolers, each of whom has something the other desires. Influencer Ali has a platform with little substance while outlier Atlas has substance but no platform. The pair are thrown together when Ali enlists the socially conscious Atlas to be the unseen voice behind her popular stream, 3 Minutes With Ali. Atlas agrees to fill the role on one condition– Ali must include him in her world of popularity. Blutman will pen the pilot with Myles Warden and Capri Sampson, writers on the upcoming Netflix/Warner Bros. Animation/Array series, Wings of Fire. Fishel will direct. Blutman and Fishel executive produce along with Eric Gaunard, Paradiso Films and Greg Weiss of Wonder Street. The project, which is currently being shopped, reunites Fishel … [Read more...] about ‘Boy Meets World’ Alums Danielle Fishel & Marc Blutman Team To Develop Comedy ‘I’m With Her’