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Amazon Expands ‘Top Class’ Franchise With Tennis Offshoot (Exclusive)
Amazon continues to push into the world of tennis. With the debut of its Roger Federer doc, Twelve Final Days, coming this month, the retailer-streamer has ordered a new installment of the Top Class franchise that will explore the world of junior tennis. Uninterrupted’s Top Class Tennis will follow four junior tennis players as they […]
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LeBron James’ SpringHill Names Geraldine Pamphile Executive VP, International (Exclusive)
Add New LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The SpringHill Company has named Geraldine Pamphile executive vp, international to help the company take full advantage of opportunities to bring its storytelling and intellectual property to international audiences. She joins the production, consumer product and brand consultancy company from blockchain start-up Lamina1 where she has been serving as chief business officer. […]
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CNN Sets Premiere Date for ‘See It Loud: The History of Black Television,’ From LeBron James and Maverick Carter (Exclusive)
CNN has set a premiere date for its next original series: See It Loud: The History of Black Television. The five-episode docuseries — which is produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter through their SpringHill Company — will debut Sunday, July 9 at 9 PM. The series explores the impact of Black television on popular […]
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Naomi Osaka’s Production Company Hana Kuma Raises $5M in SpringHill Spinoff (Exclusive)
Hana Kuma, the media company founded by tennis star Noami Osaka and Stuart Duguid, has raised $5 million in a fundraising round that will also see it spin off from The SpringHill Co., which helped launch it less than a year ago. Investors in the new round include SpringHill, which was founded by LeBron James […]
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LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Cuts Staff In Reorganization
Springhill, the production, consumer product and brand consultancy company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is cutting some staffers while saying it’s poised to expand its total number of employees this year. “This was an internal reorganization,” a spokesperson for the Los Angeles-based entertainment firm said. “10 positions were eliminated, and we are hiring 24 […]
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Naomi Osaka Launching Media Company With LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka is getting into the entertainment business, launching a media company in partnership with LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company. Osaka and her longtime agent and business partner Stuart Duguid are behind the production banner, which is called Hana Kuma. Osaka and Duguid also launched their own athlete representation banner in […]
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LeBron James’ ‘The Shop’ Moves From HBO to Uninterrupted’s YouTube Channel
When The Shop returns for its fifth season on March 4, LeBron James’ talk show will be broadcast from a new home. The Emmy-winning program created by Paul Rivera and Randy Mims for Uninterrupted is relocating from HBO exclusively to YouTube. The series premiered in August 2018. According to James’ SpringHill company, which created the […]
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Adam Sandler’s Basketball Love Letter ‘Hustle’ Drops First Teaser
The first teaser trailer for Adam Sandler’s upcoming film Hustle dropped Friday, and it is clear that the Netflix project is a love letter to the actor’s favorite sport, basketball. A more serious picture than the typical Sandler streaming fare, Hustle is the story about a former pro basketball scout (Sandler) who tries to remake […]
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‘Into the Spider-Verse’ Co-Director Peter Ramsey, SpringHill Team for Supernatural Thriller ‘Blood Count’ (Exclusive)
Peter Ramsey, who became first Black filmmaker to win the animated-feature Academy Award as co-director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is looking to make a jump into live-action with Blood Count, a period vampire thriller just scooped up by Paramount. Ramsey wrote the script as a spec and will direct the feature project, which is […]
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Prentice Penny to Direct Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘New Kid’ for Universal, SpringHill
Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny, LeBron James’ SpringHill and Universal are teaming up to bring Jerry Craft’s beloved graphic novel New Kid to the big screen. New Kid, a New York Times best-seller and Newbery Medal winner, follows Jordan Banks, who experiences culture shock as one of the few kids of color when his parents enroll […]
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LeBron James’ SpringHill Raises Cash From RedBird, Epic Games and Nike at $725M Valuation
SpringHill, the content and consumer product company founded by NBA superstar LeBron James and Maverick Carter, has raised a new round of financing that values the company at $725 million. Investors in the new round include Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital (which is leading the investment round), the athletic apparel giant Nike, Boston Red Sox owner […]
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LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Partners With Clubhouse for Audio Series
LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill company is partnering with Clubhouse to create a series of programs on the live audio platform, the companies have revealed. Under the branding of “SpringHill Live,” James and Carter’s media and entertainment company will host a series of Clubhouse rooms beginning this Thursday that will touch on topics including […]
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