Savannah Sicurella

Savannah Sicurella is an entertainment business reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, covering the business side of Atlanta’s booming film, television, music production, media and e-sports industries.

Latest from Savannah Sicurella

Georgia film and TV production spending slips to $2B, a 10-year low

Film and television projects spent about $2 billion in Georgia in the 12 months that ended June 30, according to numbers from the Georgia Film Office.

Atlanta auto giant Hennessy sold in deal valued at $1.3 billion

Atlanta will be the buyer’s second-largest market based on revenue. The deal includes 10 dealerships representing luxury brands such as Porsche and Lexus.

Delta adds sports prediction offering to in-flight entertainment

The feature is launching with Major League Baseball contests.

A Georgia ticket broker must pay $300,000 to the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that it used illegal means to purchase and resell at high profits millions of dollars’ worth of tickets to live events. Among the shows included in the allegations was a concert by Metallica at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 2025. The band is shown here playing in Atlanta. (Ryan Fleisher for the AJC)

Georgia firm faces FTC fine for reselling tickets to Megan Moroney, Metallica

The FTC alleged Elite Events and Tickets regularly circumvented security measures and other controls that restricted the number of tickets they could acquire.

Delta was approached by United about a potential merger, report says

This is not the only deal United has considered recently.

Paramount agrees to pause merger with CNN parent Warner Bros. for months

If approved, the merger would be the largest in Hollywood history.

Tyler Perry Studios adds virtual production-enabled soundstage

The announcement signals Tyler Perry is pushing to incorporate more emerging technologies into his namesake campus.

The Weather Channel app leans into ’80s aesthetics for its latest feature

The Weather Channel has integrated a retro feature into its app that presents real-time data in aesthetics that nod to the brand’s broadcast graphics from the 1980s.

Judge halts Paramount’s merger with CNN parent company Warner Bros.

The decision comes one week after a state coalition filed a lawsuit challenging the mega-merger.

2 of Georgia’s oldest newspapers acquired, will increase local coverage

The nonprofit buying The Macon Telegraph and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer will invest in expanding local coverage in the publications.