Are you listening? to our podcasts? I hope so. We have three excellent ones that we share every Tuesday (Prestige Junkie), Wednesday (Martini shot) and Friday (The ankle), and helping out behind the scenes at The Ankler Pod is especially rewarding. This week Rob Long‘S Martini shot told an ironic story about working on a French sitcom and peppered with work questions on the planeAnd Katey Rich‘S Prestige Junkie had an insightful conversation with the great Walton Goggins. On The ankle pod, I joined Sean McNulty And Elaine Low to talk about the latest Paramount sales drama and the Disney sequel, and Janice Min And Alison Brower summed up Hollywood’s DNC.
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And now our best of the week, in case you missed it:
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Mid six- and seven-figure amount The entertainment industry’s earners are certainly the lucky ones these days. But even they are worried about their careers. In this week’s Business series (for only for paying subscribers), Elaine speaks to those at the top who fear ageism and demotions in their next career phase; explains the collateral damage caused by the failure of overall deals; and how a production company can go from selling 15 shows a year to… one:
Hollywood’s top earners are also worried: “We are all happy to have a job”
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Manori Ravindran spent the week she got all the market information from the Edinburgh International TV Festival (where she also moderated panels) for her latest column on the international TV market. She reports on the death of mid-budget content that sits between high and low; why co-productions and creative deals are on the rise (even on and especially on Prime Video); and how David BeckhamThe production company offers a model for sustainable success:
What sells and who buys on international television?
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Did Taylor Swift support Trump? Obviously not. But Deepfake AI makes some believe that it did, that Jennifer Aniston uses a specific supplement, and the Tom Hanks endorsed a dental treatment plan. This week on Dealmakers (for only for paying subscribers), Ashley Cullins interviews Hollywood’s top agents and lawyers who are helping stars fight back, using cutting-edge technology and learning about the new and old laws they’re using to try to turn the tide:
“Whack-a-Mole”: Agents and lawyers fight against advertising fraud using artificial intelligence among celebrities
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Hollywood today is more aware of what its presence can do – for better or for worse – in politics. As the industry long in love with the new candidate, drives home from Chicago’s DNC, contributor Alison Brower Details on the entire engagement, the parties and the new rules:
Actors, unite! Hollywood is self-aware and marching to the Democratic National Convention
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Everyone in politics and business focuses on inflation. So why do our CEOs keep raising streaming prices? I analyze the last five years of price increases; which streamers are raising prices well above the rate of inflation; why leading entertainment companies believe they deserve these increases, and how other iconic consumer brands have adapted to customer demand for value. in exactly the opposite way:
Streaming 911: A cheap meal to combat FASTs
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Richard Rushfield sighted This week, I went through his extensive archive. Kamala Harris rises, he reworked a 2022 piece to consider why women lead everywhere except Hollywood. Then, with the Robert Iger As succession planning slowly progressed, he brought to light a musing from 2017 about another moment when the process of his own replacement was “strong”:
Mount Rushmore: Disney’s Succession
Mount Rushmore: 25 women who could become CEOs in the Kamala era
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One of the hottest races at the Emmys, which take place in less than a month, is Best Actor in a Drama Series. This week, Katey chatted with two of the top contenders in the field, Shogun‘S Hiroyuki Sanada And Stand out‘S Walton Goggins:
Meet the secret weapon of “Shogun”
Emmys surprise nomination and the argument for multi-cam
Is there such a thing There is no longer a week with little news? That is why you need Sean McNulty‘s Wakeup. Can you afford to miss his breakdown? Edgar Bronfman, JrThe Paramount deal and what should Disney do with Venu in limbo?:
☀️ WBD relies on scripted to save TNT
☀️As the PAR Turns 🌎: Insights into the Edgar surprise
☀️ NETFLIX buys more Beckham and Taylor-Joy in new deals
☀️The collapse of VENU would be a win for DISNEY
☀️Big “Alien” keeps box office revival going
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