Free. Popular. Unprofitable
FAST services are heralded for stratospherically high subscriber totals. Tubi has 80 million monthly active users, Roku’s got 85.5 million — Samsung is even at 88 million. So how come none of them are...
1 Marras 202436min
Hollywood’s WFH Wars Worsen
Hollywood is a relationship business. So can you learn from your bosses, network and get promoted if you’re working from home? Nicole LaPorte talks to Sean McNulty, Elaine Low and Richard Rushfield ab...
25 Loka 202443min
Hot Seat: Tina Brown on Trump, Harris, Meghan Markle & Menendez Brothers
Janice Min interviews Tina Brown, a sharp observer of the seismic social changes that have led to our chaotic new politics, in a wide-ranging and often hilarious conversation about the journalists imp...
21 Loka 202455min
CNN Stars Brace for Impact
An unprecedented election, two wars, deadly hurricanes. Yet CNN’s average primetime TV audience dropped to just 853,000 total viewers during September. Ankler contributor Lachlan Cartwright joins Sean...
18 Loka 202439min
Joker 2, Flops and Why Everyone Should Calm Down
Nobody is arguing Joker: Folie à Deux was a success. But it took a ballsy, director-led swing, followed up on a rare R-rated smash hit and — oh yeah — fought to shoot in L.A. Does it really deserve th...
11 Loka 202442min
Hot Seat: Shane Smith is Ready to Talk Media. Again
At its peak, Vice had a valuation of $5.7 billion, two shows on HBO, 2,600 employees in more than 30 countries, and was the 10th most valuable private company in America. Its cofounder and CEO, Shane ...
7 Loka 202436min
The $10 Billion in AI Cash About to Rock Hollywood
In business, there is a new power hierarchy now, reports Dealmakers columnist Ashley Cullins: AI companies flush with cash at top; next, the studios that have the content AI players crave; and at the ...
4 Loka 202443min
A Hollywood ‘Depression’ the Strike Couldn’t Fix
Sept. 27 marked the first anniversary of the end of the writers strike and while pay bumps and streaming bonuses (for two blockbuster shows) are great, the business remains in a world of hurt. Elaine ...
27 Syys 202437min
