AI Warning Signs — and How Hollywood Invited the Enemy Inside
Hollywood had its eyes on Web Summit Lisbon this week — where Tilly Norwood creator Eline van der Velden joined Ankler Media EIC Janice Min to showcase her AI “actress.” But Wild Sheep Content CEO Eri...
13 Marras 202536min
Bari Weiss, MS Now & the Sad Battle for the Last TV News Viewer (Age: 70)
Election Day had New York City’s Gen Z cheering in the streets as proud socialist Zohran Mamdani crushed the Democratic establishment (in the form of disgraced state governor-turned-flop independent c...
6 Marras 202542min
Hollywood Alarm as Recession Indicators Rack Up
Thousands of jobs lost at Paramount Skydance and Amazon, quiet panic on the Warner Bros. Discovery lot, shoot days in L.A. on a continued decline — all while streaming churn, anecdotally, is becoming ...
30 Loka 202532min
Coming Soon: "Ankler Agenda with Elaine Low"
This Thursday, "The Ankler Podcast" relaunches as "Ankler Agenda," hosted by Elaine Low. Elaine, author of Ankler Media’s popular “Series Business” newsletter, will be joined weekly by her Ankler coll...
30 Loka 202551s
Emergency Pod: WBD’s Endgame Era Begins
Another week, another industry-warping Hollywood shake-up. As Warner Bros. Discovery plants a “For Sale” sign in its yard, a Streaming Wars endgame is being unleashed. Is the billionaire class going t...
22 Loka 202533min
The Shocking Revenge of Reality TV
A show filmed in real time, airing almost daily, and pulling in billions of viewing minutes a week? Prestige TV could never. But Love Island USA and other reality juggernauts are proving America is en...
16 Loka 202529min
10 Showrunners Shaping TV — Right as GPT-5 Rewrites Everything
The strangest thing about the new iteration of ChatGPT? The sudden and full-throated embrace by once-squeamish execs and writers, says Reel AI columnist Erik Barmick (just ask around about the “GPT-5 ...
9 Loka 202529min
Hollywood's Gen Z Blindspot, Starring Taylor Swift
Forget the government shutdown — President Trump is back to targeting entertainment, from YouTube’s $24.5 million settlement with him to a floated “100 percent tariff” on foreign-made films. Host Elai...
2 Loka 202529min
