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 Sep 202437min
Succession and the Cult of Iger
How do you follow the all-mighty Bob Iger? In the case of Bob Chapek, you don’t. The current public bake-off for whoever’s next already has been unsettling, as Richard Rushfield dispels the superhero ...
20 Sep 202446min
An HBO Earthquake Rocks Hollywood
David Zaslav, on a break from sitting courtside at elite sporting events, has a new idea to help save WBD: Give HBO away for free to Charter cable subscribers. Sean McNulty, Elaine Low and Richard Rus...
13 Sep 202444min
TV Series are California Leavin’
As everywhere from Alabama to Bulgaria battle to attract productions with tax incentives, studios are saying bye, y’all to Hollywood. With shoots being exported all over the globe, what happens to tho...
6 Sep 202445min
Apple Now Thinks Different About Movies
Apple is the most valuable company in the world. There are more than 2.2 billion Apple devices in use worldwide. Remind us why it’s in the (often) money-losing entertainment business again? Sean McNul...
30 Aug 202453min
Hollywood and the Kamala Blockbuster
Hollywood’s forays into politics are often elitist, counter-productive, and sometimes just plain cringey. But at the DNC, it wasn’t just Kamala Harris and Tim Walz who seemed to nail it, but the enter...
23 Aug 202458min
Tubi Puts Hollywood on Edge
People like free. And in an age where CEOs are raising streaming prices faster than you can say gallon of milk, FAST services like Tubi and Pluto TV have doubled in size in the past couple years — ads...
16 Aug 202447min
WBD Financial Panic: No Way Out
First, Disney films may have buoyed its Q2 earnings — thanks Inside Out 2! — but theme park struggles led Anxiety to overwhelm Joy. Then Warner Bros. Discovery delivered its disastrous report, with a ...
9 Aug 202455min
