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Jake Kanter
International Investigations Editor
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Jake rejoined Deadline in December 2022 after serving as Media Correspondent for The Times of London since August 2021. Previously, he was Deadline's International TV Editor for two years, during which time he broke a several exclusives on some of the highest-profile companies and organizations in Europe. He also played a key role in originating Deadline’s series The Film That Lit My Fuse and our International Insider newsletter. He is based in London.
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Netflix’s UK Audience Reach Overtook BBC1 For The First Time Last Year
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix was the most-watched TV service in the UK for three months last year, overtaking dominant domestic network BBC1 for the first time, according to a Deadline analysis.
The unseating of Britain’s most popular channel may not have been permanent, but it represents a possible inflection…
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Paris Hilton Surveys Wreckage Of Fire-Ravaged Home & Reflects On Her “Indescribable” Heartbreak In Social Media Video
Paris Hilton has posted a social media video in which she surveys the shell of her fire-ravaged home in Malibu and exclaims that her “heart has shattered into a million pieces.”
The reality TV star revealed earlier this week how she watched her home burn to the ground live on television after…
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Legendary Entertainment Ends Venture With Watford & Essex As UK Producer Files For Closure
EXCLUSIVE: In another reminder of the challenging climate for UK scripted producers, Watford & Essex has filed for closure after its joint-venture deal with Legendary Entertainment was not renewed.
The drama company was founded alongside Legendary in 2020 by Emma Frost and Matthew Graham, showrunners…
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LA Mayor Karen Bass Silent & Stony-Faced As She Refuses To Answer Sky News Questions About Wildfires During Awkward Airport Confrontation
“The lady’s not for talking.”
That was the conclusion of Sky News journalist David Blevins after he confronted LA Mayor Karen Bass over her handling of the wildfire disaster at an airport on Wednesday.
Bass was returning to both a literal and political firestorm after she stepped off a plane…
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Story Arc:
L.A. Wildfires
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In Purported Leaked Voice Message, Justin Baldoni Laments Being “Sent To The Basement” By Blake Lively During ‘It Ends With Us’ Premiere
Justin Baldoni bemoaned being banished to the basement by Blake Lively during the It Ends with Us premiere, according to a purported leaked voice message he sent to his associates.
The message was played in full on The Megyn Kelly Show during an interview the former Fox News host conducted with Bryan…
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Revealed: BBC Boss Tim Davie Held Crunch Talks With Top Producers Over UK Scripted Funding Crisis
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC assembled some of the UK’s finest drama and comedy producers to discuss the scripted funding crisis currently gripping the industry, we can reveal.
Described as a “gathering of the families,” BBC director general Tim Davie and content chief Charlotte Moore invited the group of…
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Piers Morgan Exits Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire & Takes Control Of ‘Uncensored’ YouTube Channel
Piers Morgan is exiting Rupert Murdoch's News Corp media empire after three years to take ownership of his Uncensored YouTube channel.
Deadline first revealed last September that Morgan was unlikely to renew his News Corp deal. Now the former CNN presenter and News Corp have confirmed his…
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“Heart-Wrenching To Witness”: Mark Hamill & Mandy Moore Among Hollywood Stars Evacuating As Palisades Wildfire Rages
Hollywood actors including Mark Hamill, Mandy Moore, and James Woods have been forced to flee their homes, as stars are reacting to the raging Palisades wildfire.
Star Wars actor Hamill said he evacuated “so last minute there [were] small fires on both sides of the road.” In an Instagram post, he…
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Story Arc:
L.A. Wildfires
January 13, 2025
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How Elon Musk’s Intense Interest In A UK Grooming Gang Scandal Is Being Driven By Disruptive Right-Wing Network GB News
Elon Musk has been tweeting incessantly for days about a grooming gang scandal that is setting the political weather in Britain, but the origins of how it came onto the radar of the world's richest man can be traced back a decade.
Charlie Peters, a student about to embark on a philosophy masters at…
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Independent Talent Profits Hit By 2023 Strikes Amid Ongoing Sale Chatter Around UK Agency
EXCLUSIVE: Independent Talent, the London talent agency to stars including Daniel Craig and Josh O'Connor, took a profit hit after the U.S. strikes amid ongoing speculation about its desire to sell.
The Duncan Heath-run company posted a pre-tax profit of £4.5M ($5.6M) in the 12 months to the end of…
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Britain’s TV Chiefs Are The Longest Serving In History: Is There Strength In Stability Or Has The Industry Gone Stale?
On stage at British television's biggest annual gathering in 2023, Paramount UK content chief Ben Frow recounted the story of his resignation with signature flamboyance. Frow told Edinburgh TV Festival delegates he was suffering from gnawing burnout that felt as if he were being "pecked alive." Quitting…
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Neil Young Will Now Play Glastonbury After Concerns About BBC “Corporate Control” Were Allayed
UPDATED: Neil Young will make hay in Britain’s harvest moon after all. Just hours after he declared that he would not be playing Glastonbury, the musician has changed his mind.
Earlier this week, Young said the famous Worthy Farm event was under the “corporate control” of the BBC. Now, he has told…
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