The UBS Global TMT Virtual Conference runs Monday through Wednesday. Why it’s worth watching: This virtual event will bring together leaders across the technology, media and telecom sectors, including ViacomCBS Inc. Chief Executive Bob Bakish and Verizon Communications Inc. Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg. 

The Wrap’s Power Women Summit kicks off Tuesday and runs through Thursday. Why it’s worth watching: The three-day virtual event will offer women working in the entertainment, media and technology industries a chance to hear from and network with leaders in those spaces. Nina Jacobson, producer of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Liesl Copland, executive vice president of content and platform strategy at Participant Media, and New York State Attorney General Letitia James are among the more than 35 speakers scheduled to participate.

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• CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo after a report from the office of the New York attorney general revealed he counseled his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, during his sexual harassment scandal. Lawyer Debra S. Katz told CNN last week that a former junior colleague at another network alleged sexual misconduct against Chris, though it was unclear what role the allegation had in the anchor’s dismissal.
• The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office authorized a search of Seth Kenney’s PDQ Arm & Prop LLC, looking for equipment related to the shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” after the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, identified Kenney as the supplier of the ammunition on set. Gutierrez Reed said she added an additional round to the weapon after cleaning it, but her lawyer said she wasn’t aware it was a live round. 
• Alec Baldwin said Hutchins was instructing him on how to position a prop gun in the moments before she was shot and killed, but stated that he did not pull the trigger and that the gun was discharged when he let go of its hammer, events that were corroborated by first assistant director Dave Halls’ attorney. Mary Carmack-Altwies, district attorney for New Mexico’s First Judicial District, said she is still “exploring various legal theories” and could press charges in Hutchins’ death, despite Baldwin telling ABC News it was “highly unlikely” that he’d face criminal charges.
• Susan Arnold will replace Bob Iger as chairman of Walt Disney Co. when Iger departs the company on Dec. 31, becoming the first woman to serve as its chairman. 
• Dr. Mehmet Oz is running for US Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican. The surgeon and TV personality previously served on the Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition during the Trump administration. 
• Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey resigned from his role with the company after 15 years and will step down from the company’s board in May. The company replaced Dorsey with Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal. 

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The share of adults who said they feel comfortable going to the movies, per a Morning Consult survey conducted after reports of the new omicron variant’s emergence

1) Fastest Growing Brands 2021

Morning Consult 

2) Disney Names Susan Arnold Chairman as Iger Nears Departure

Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg

3) Amazon Prime Video continues to boost the English Premier League’s reach

Ampere Analysis 

4) Movie theaters must ‘urgently’ rethink the experience, a study says.

Brooks Barnes, The New York Times

5) Jussie Smollett Trial: Cop Highlights Unseen Text Messages, Argues Actor Staged Attack

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone 

6) Please Don’t Elect Dr. Oz—He’s a Disgrace to Our Profession

Daniel Summers, The Daily Beast 

7) Barstool advertisers spooked by Dave Portnoy exposé — but execs aren’t worried

Oli Coleman, Page Six 

8) Who Is Winning (and Losing) the Streaming Wars So Far?

Tim Baysinger, The Wrap Pro 

9) Faze Clan and McDonald’s drop new campaign to encourage diversity in gaming

Jeff Beer, Fast Company 

10) Alec Baldwin exclusive: ‘The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger’

Lauren Effron, ABC News 

• Netflix Can’t Recruit Disney’s Fox Executives, Appeals Court Rules (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Michael Smerconish to Fill in for Chris Cuomo on CNN Next Week (Variety)
• Playboy Taps Cardi B for Creative Post in Brand Comeback Bid (Bloomberg)
• Gucci Family Issues Fuming Statement Over Their Portrayal in Ridley Scott’s ‘House of Gucci’ (Variety) 
• Matthew McConaughey Decides Not to Run for Texas Governor (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies of Cancer at Age 41 (The Wall Street Journal)
• Astroworld Suits Involving 1,250 Plaintiffs Aim to Be Consolidated (Variety)