Daily Highlights: Friday, August 11th

Industry Policy & Regulations

• Academy Will Now Let Films Bypass Inclusion Report By Opting Out Of Best Picture Race - Deadline

Company News & Strategic Moves

• CAA To Undergo Layoffs Across Multiple Departments - Deadline
• News Corp. CEO Says “Negotiations Are Well Underway” With AI Companies for Content Payments - Hollywood Reporter
• BRIC Foundation Launches $3.5M Arts, Media and Entertainment High Road Training Partnership -? Hollywood Reporter
• Verve to Relocate Its Los Angeles Headquarters? -Hollywood Reporter
• Lionsgate's starz brand will exit latin America by teh end f the year - Se?al News
• Zee Entertainment & Sony India’s $10bn merger back on after regulatory greenlight - TBI

Market Analysis & Trends

• IRS Claims Vice Media Owes Nearly $41 Million in Back Taxes for Refinery29

People Movements

• AMC Theatres Promotes Ellen Copaken to Head of Marketing - Variety
• IFC Films Hires New Distribution, Publicity and Marketing Chiefs - Variety
• Producer Alexandra Cliche-Rivard joins Pixcom to boost documentary slate - Se?al News

Film Festivals & Events

• Nadine Labaki, Elsa Zylberstein Join Jury for Industry-Leading Impact Award at Venice Film Festival - Variety
• Sarajevo Film Festival Commemorates Its Wartime Beginnings, but Keeps an Eye on the Future: ‘We Have a Responsibility to Look at That History’ - Variety