The Books Hollywood Is Obsessed With This Summer
Books run on word-of-mouth. So what are the people who shape what gets made, watched, read and bought reading? Elaine Low, Natalie Jarvey and Sean McNulty dig into The Ankler’s inaugural summer readin...
2 Jul 32min
BONUS EP: Comcast Is Leaving Hollywood. What Now for NBCU?
Another Monday, another huge deal in Hollywood. Two weeks ago, Fox Corp. announced its intentions to acquire Roku for $22 billion. Now, it’s Comcast’s turn — in reverse. Today, the company revealed ...
30 Jun 35min
BONUS EP: What Is Cannes Lions — and Why YouTube vs. Netflix Was All the Talk
Oprah flew in to close deals, FOX Entertainment CEO Rob Wade came to talk up his investment in creator-led programming and even the Teletubbies arrived, ready to party. Last week, a cross-section of d...
30 Jun 37min
The World Cup’s Streaming Cash Machine
Leave it to the U.S. sports-TV machine to turn three-minute hydration breaks at the FIFA World Cup — a new feature to prevent players from collapsing in the heat — into a multimillion-dollar ad opport...
25 Jun 30min
BONUS EP: Roku’s Charlie Collier on Fox Deal & Beating Big Tech for Ad Dollars
At Cannes Lions, the exec tells Ankler CEO Janice Min how the hardware behemoth became a streaming empire — 'We really do have almost Super Bowl-size audiences every day' — and makes his first public ...
24 Jun 32min
BONUS EP: The Nithya Raman Interview: ‘Let’s Celebrate Making Things in L.A. Again’
Los Angeles mayoral candidate and Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman is acutely aware of what’s at stake as local Hollywood production craters — 42,000 jobs lost over two years between 2022 ...
23 Jun 28min
Would You Rather: Spend $18B on Shows or $22B on Roku?
Would you rather spend $18 billion a year on content like Netflix does, or $22 billion once to buy the remote? That’s the bet Fox Corp. is making with its blockbuster acquisition of hardware and distr...
18 Jun 27min
BONUS EP: Sean McNulty & Peter Kafka on Fox Buying Roku and What it All Means
Nothing like a $22 billion deal to start a week, as Fox was revealed as the mystery buyer for the Roku business — furthering Lachlan Murdoch’s company’s diversification from being heavily based in the...
16 Jun 30min
