Former CBS Interactive Chief Jim Lanzone Leaves Tinder to Become CEO of Yahoo

SISTAR member Soyou has signed an exclusive contract with a new agency, Big Planet Made Entertainment (BPM).On September 29, the label newly launched label announced it had reached an agreement with the K-pop singer in a statement to Sports Kyunghang. “We recently signed an exclusive contract with Soyou,” wrote BPM Entertainment, as translated by Soompi.

Argus Capital Corp., the SPAC being run by former CBS executives Joe Ianniello and Marc DeBevoise, has set its IPO pricing. Offering 26,500,000 units to the public at $10 apiece, Argus aims to raise $265 million to acquire businesses in the “tech-driven media landscape.”Starting Wednesday, the special-purpose acquisition company’s IPO units are being listed on the NASDAQ under ARGUU.

Argus Capital Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company created by former CBS CEO Joe Ianniello, head of CBS Interactive Marc DeBevoise and other CBS alums, has gone public.

Often when people move on from a job, they have thoughts on how things in their previous job or industry work, or perhaps didn’t work very well, and Stuary Dinsey of UKIE has moved to publisher Curve Digital, and has some thoughts on the state of the industry overall.

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Gould, who was previously chief creative officer at Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Media Group, has set up his own unscripted production company, backed by 3BMG.

When Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, the two were both a couple and musical collaborators, having previously released their one and only album as duo Buckingham Nicks in 1973.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPocket.watch, the kids and family media company centered on creating franchises around YouTube stars, hired seasoned industry exec Xavier Kochhar as its first COO and CFO.Kochhar, who starts at Pocket.watch on Thursday, most recently was at AT&T in a corporate strategy and development role and prior to that headed strategy and biz dev for WarnerMedia’s HBO Max.

Robin French, a talent agent who worked with legends including Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor and later headed production at Paramount Pictures in the late 1970s, has died. His family said he had been in declining health for the past few months and died September 6 in Palm Desert, CA.

Cole Sprouse walks alongside girlfriend Ari Fournier while heading back to their car in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon (September 11).

Cuba Gooding, Jr. whips open his shirt on the red carpet while arriving at the alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet show during the 2021 New York Fashion Week on Friday (September 10) in New York City.

found that 60% of “Hannity” guests since President Joe Biden’s inauguration have been from the Trump administration. Further, 30% of guests have been from the Trump family (some of whom were also aides and advisers in the administration and failed re-election campaign).Before, during and after Trump’s presidency, the Republican regularly appeared on Hannity’s 9 p.m.

Deadline has confirmed that Jim Gianopulos is leaving Paramount as Chairman and CEO. There was a report in the Wall Street Journal this morning. It is reported that Brian Robbins, the head of ViacomCBS Inc.’s Nickelodeon kids TV empire, will take over Gianopulos’ position as the head of Paramount Pictures.

Yahoo Friday named Jim Lanzone, a veteran tech and media executive, CEO of Tinder and former head of CBS Interactive, as its new chief executive effective September 27.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYahoo, less than two weeks after officially separating from Verizon, announced digital media veteran Jim Lanzone as its new CEO.Lanzone, most recently CEO of Tinder and former head of CBS Interactive, will join Yahoo on Sept. 27, 2021.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJim Cramer, the outspoken stock analyst, has long held down two jobs: one as a columnist for financial-news website TheStreet.com that he founded, and another as a colorful commentator for CNBC.

NEW YORK -- Former CBS News President Susan Zirinsky is launching a studio for unscripted programming, with two 9/11-related documentaries debuting over the next two days.Zirinsky hopes the name See It Now Studios conveys a sense of urgency for younger viewers while reminding the historically-minded of the 1950s-era CBS News series, “See It Now,” featuring Edward R. Murrow.Her No.