Amazon shares jumped 10% on Thursday as the company's third quarter numbers beat Wall Street forecasts on the top and bottom lines by a lot and by even more for the closely watched Amazon Web Services, or AWS, division. Revenue rose 13% to $180 billion for the September quarter and jumped 20%…

UPDATED with more departures: More exits have emerged from the Amazon layoffs, this side on the unscripted side of the business. Deadline understands that Matthew Vafiadis and Scott Goldstein from MGM Alternative TV, which is led by Barry Poznick, have been let go. Vafiadis is VP…

Donna Rosenstein is leaving Amazon MGM Studios, where she served as Head of Casting for the past 10 years, most recently focusing on TV series, sources tell Deadline. Her departure comes as parent Amazon this morning confirmed 14,000 layoffs across the company, citing the advance of…

Video game development and publishing are taking a hit in a wave of layoffs at Amazon today, including the company's San Diego and Irvine studios as the division’s head said it’s taking “a critical look at the evolving dynamics of games industry.” Steve Boom, vice president of Audio, Twitch, and…

UPDATED with confirmation: Amazon has confirmed it’s laying off 14,000 people in a major reduction of its corporate workforce, citing the advance of AI. Looking ahead to 2026, the company it expects “there will be additional places where we can remove layers, increase ownership, and realize…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is looking to redefine its unscripted television strategy under new leadership. Deadline understands that Lauren Anderson, who previously oversaw unscripted television, has officially moved out of the TV team and will focus full-time on a new, brand-funded role. Anderson wa…

For a glimpse of turmoil these days, look no further than the nearest office. "It's an incipient war zone," says a McKinsey study. That's despite the fact that offices are mostly empty — both federal and corporate. The MAGA-era U.S. government…

Three decades after the original Heat took Los Angeles by storm, Michael Mann is bringing Heat 2 to town thanks to some big tax-incentive cash from California. The multi-Oscar-nominated director’s sequel just got supercharged with a $37.2 million tax incentive award from the Golden State. With…

Pop Culture Jeopardy! has a new home. The spinoff of the iconic game show is making a surprise move from Amazon to Netflix for its second season. The series comes from Sony Pictures Television's Game Show Division. It is an extremely rare move in the world of entertainment formats…

Neil Young, who recently wrote and recorded the anti-Trump song “Big Crime,” says he intends to pull his music from Amazon and encourages fans to “shop local.” In a post on his Archives website, Young writes: “Forget Amazon. Soon my music will not be there.” And, referring to Amazon founder Jeff…

The most vexing obstacle for David Ellison and Paramount’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery looks to be David Zaslav – though probably not for long. As of now, Zaslav is moving ahead with a somewhat-still-fuzzy plan unveiled this past summer to split WBD in half by next spring to…

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has made renewal decisions on its two outstanding freshman series that had premiered in late spring and summer, opting not to proceed with second seasons of Countdown, starring Jensen Ackles, and Butterfly, headlined by Daniel Dae Kim. Both dramas are produced by Amazon MGM…