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Nov 8, 2024 · “Mergers are bad for workers, period,” says writer Adam Conover. “There’s less competition for your services, and so you get paid less.” Alex Weprin and Katie Kilkenny contributed to ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flux. Harpers journalist Daniel Bessner says TV and film writers are feeling the brunt of the...
- Tonya Mosley
- Where are the blockbusters? If you own a movie theater, it’s looking pretty scary out there. COVID’s lingering impact coupled with months of strikes have disrupted the production schedule for major films, leaving studios without a compelling slate of blockbusters.
- Will Disney get its groove back? Not so long ago, all was right in the Magic Kingdom. Marvel was the envy of the movie biz, “Star Wars” had been rebooted, the theme parks lured families from around the world and Disney+ seemed like a potential Netflix killer.
- What will happen to late-night television? It isn’t just democracy that hangs in the balance. The fate of late-night TV could hinge on the upcoming election cycle, and whether talkers still have an impact on political discourse.
- Can the concert ticketing conundrum be solved? During the week of Dec. 4, two bills were introduced in Congress to curb the excesses of the ticketing market, which has seen prices soar into five figures for concerts by Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé and, of course, Taylor Swift.
Sep 6, 2023 · But if Hollywood’s writers are hoping that new efforts by regulators can chill the sort of megadeal vertical mergers that have been gobbling up the entertainment landscape, they may be kept...
- Winston Cho
Nov 7, 2024 · What do the next four years look like for Hollywood? From merger prospects to the fortunes of cable news, here are the 5 key questions facing the industry during the next Trump era.
Megamerger Dreams Are Dying - and Hollywood May Be Better Off. Story by Winston Cho. • 3w. In July 2023, near the peak of animosity between scribes and studios during the writers strike, a picket...
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Nov 6, 2024 · Among the outgrowths of Donald Trump’s presidential victory is an expected shift in antitrust and other regulatory interventions, well timed for battered Hollywood studios hoping to restructure...
