CinemaCon’s Quiet Wars: Fewer Movies, Bigger Screens — and TikTok in Charge • Behind the optimism in Vegas lies a more fragile theatrical reality

Creator Exit Playbook: How MatPat Built — and Sold — a YouTube Empire • Theorist Media founders Matthew and Stephanie Patrick’s strategy to build, scale and sell a business that can survive without the original talent

Courtney Kemp’s New Showrunner Math: Budget, Franchise, Repeat • The star producer breaks down how the TV market shifted as she went from Starz juggernaut ‘Power’ to Netflix’s ‘Nemesis’

Courtney Kemp’s New Showrunner Math: Budget, Franchise, Repeat • The star producer breaks down how the TV market shifted as she went from Starz juggernaut ‘Power’ to Netflix’s ‘Nemesis’

The Gulf Buys Big Into Paramount. What It Wants in Return • Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE sovereign funds will own 22% after the merger and potential influence to match

☀️NETFLIX Explores L.A. Studio Buy, YT & SIRIUS Set Partnership • A24 gets Curry Barker for remake / NEON makes next Cannes buy / NETFLIX sharks score, teen comedy muted

Grok, Kling, Runway: AI Video’s Future Has Hollywood on the Outside Looking In • Post-Sora, the space is fragmenting into separate ecosystems — and studios and streamers aren’t in any of them

Grok, Kling, Runway: AI Video’s Future Has Hollywood on the Outside Looking In • Post-Sora, the space is fragmenting into separate ecosystems — and studios and streamers aren’t in any of them

Hooray for Bro-llywood! • Misfits once made the industry. Now a certain kind of male is multiplying

🎧 Power, Delusion & Matthew Macfadyen’s Post-‘Succession’ Bet • The Emmy winner plays a real-life presidential assassin in Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’

☀️ WB’s Big Sean Baker 💰, NETFLIX’s 2 New WWII Pics • ‘Pitt’ finale topping ‘Euphoria’ / ‘I Am Legend 2’ gets director / New job board Tuesday!

The Mid-Career Reset: Two Top Execs Ditch Hollywood’s Playbook — and Find the Fun Again • Jana Winograde and Susan Rovner on their new app (scoop: we’ve got the name) and the bet on microdramas the industry can’t ignore

The Mid-Career Reset: Two Top Execs Ditch Hollywood’s Playbook — and Find the Fun Again • Jana Winograde and Susan Rovner on their new app (scoop: we’ve got the name) and the bet on microdramas the industry can’t ignore

The Documentary Dilemma: Must-See Films, Hardly Seen • At Full Frame, packed theaters and standing ovations reveal what’s working — if only the rest of the business followed

Maria Sharapova: The ‘Bitch’ Label Every Ambitious Woman Knows • The tennis champ launches Substack ‘Pretty Tough,’ confronting the double standard on the court, in the C-suite and on the podcast charts

☀️ ‘Mummy’ Hits Forecast, ‘Hail Mary’ 🤯, Theo Von — Movie Star? • ‘Rambo’ adds Harbour at LGF / The curiously missing CINEMACON comedies / HULU gets ‘Everflame’

A24 Making TV Rivals Miserable; Tax Incentive State Guide; New Jobs Pivot Emerges • Plus: CinemaCon report; why some WGA members are voting no on the new deal

TV in 3: The Open Letter Tearing Apart Agencies, Writers, Paramount & WB • The Block the Merger campaign is straining relationships

The Live Nation Verdict Won’t Fix Tickets. It Should Rattle Hollywood • The same attorneys general eyeing Paramount-Warner land a victory, but not clarity on what happens next

CinemaCon Confidential: The Good, The Bad & The Buttons • My week in Las Vegas, and the last word on ‘pin-gate’

Sepideh Moafi on the ‘The Pitt’ Twist She’s Been Hiding All Season • The actress explains her character’s emotional ending, and what comes next

☀️Ellison’s PAR 🎥 Pitch In Vegas, DIS ‘Star Wars’ / ‘Avengers’ Pitch • WB gets Iran war project / Hastings leaves NETFLIX / Canada’s top 🎥 chain explores sale

The NATPE-Realscreen Collapse and Where to Go Sell Your Show Now • A brutal autopsy, the rival cashing in and where IRL buyers and producers are heading next

The NATPE-Realscreen Collapse and Where to Go Sell Your Show Now • A brutal autopsy, the rival cashing in and where IRL buyers and producers are heading next

Warner Bros.’ Jeff Goldstein on the Big Tom Cruise Bet: ‘We Landed the Plane’ • ‘Owners come and owners go,’ the president of global distribution tells me from CinemaCon

☀️ UNI Drops ‘Odyssey’ Hammer, AMAZON Brings Tonnage To Vegas • SEARCHLIGHT’s SXSW buy / AMAZON enlists Demi Moore / UFC’s latest CBS numbers

A24’s Speed, Spend & Bidding Wars Reshape TV — Forcing Rivals to Pay Up • Fast deals and creator-friendly terms make the studio a favorite among agents, and a headache for everyone else

A24’s Speed, Spend & Bidding Wars Reshape TV — Forcing Rivals to Pay Up • Fast deals and creator-friendly terms make the studio a favorite among agents, and a headache for everyone else

The Next Job Pivot: Professionals Becoming Creators — and Cashing In • White-collar workers are quietly taking over the creator economy

Tax Incentive Showdown: Where the Money Is State-by-State • A domestic bidding war is underway as the fight to keep production in the U.S. floods the market with new deals

Tax Incentive Showdown: Where the Money Is State-by-State • A domestic bidding war is underway as the fight to keep production in the U.S. floods the market with new deals

🎧 Jean Smart’s Perfect Exit (Again) • Why five seasons may be her sweet spot — but leaving ‘Hacks’ is more complicated

☀️SONY’s Rothman Blasts ‘Ad Crack,’ Bets on Zuck, Spidey, Jumanji • NETFLIX ❤️ Nick Jonas, Alan Ritchson / NEON sets new exec appointments / ANGEL ups the ’26 volume

‘Reggie Dinkins’ & Erika Alexander Lead TV’s 22-Minute Comedy Reset • The ‘Living Single’ icon and serial scene stealer is back as the antidote to bad vibes

☀️ ‘Mario’ Weaker In Wknd 2, ‘Tuscany’ Comes Up Short • PAR adds Wahlberg to ’26 slate / Millie nixes NETFLIX pic / UNI wants more Hart, Cube

Fandom vs. Hollywood; ‘Love Story’ Sparks ‘George’ Backlash; Podcast Land Grab • Plus: David E. Kelley on Big Tech bungling; Katey Rich’s Cannes picks

TV in 3: CBS’ Late-Night Surrender; Scoop: Kennedy Center Producers Bolt • Sources say the network is ‘considering’ even more cost-effective programming

‘Love Story’ Is a Hit. JFK Jr.’s ‘George’ Staff Refuse to Watch • Former columnist Ann Coulter is a fan. One former boss couldn’t quite press play. Others are weighing what to sell on eBay

🎧 The WGA’s Surprise Deal — SAG and DGA, You’re Up • A fast agreement delivers a major healthcare win but shifts the stakes for the next guilds at the table

Kalshi, Versant, NYT, WSJ: Top Media Execs Join Ankler x NAB Show • Join us for high-level conversations about prediction markets, AI, consolidation and more themes driving the future of entertainment

9 Cannes Movies I Can’t Wait to See — Even as American Films Lag • Neon is all over the just-announced lineup. Plus: Why the Oscars had to stay in March

☀️DISNEY Joins Q2 Layoff Chorus; Shell’s Big Payout • The WGA’s healthcare-centric deal / SONY adds to its growing 🎥 remake list / Zaz payday gets reprimand

Podcast Frenzy: ‘Everyone’s for Sale’ After ‘TBPN’ Shocker • Dealmakers name the next big targets, and three strategies for buyers to win the boom

‘Mario’ and the New Fandom Flywheel Upending Hollywood • A $372M opening reveals the new power structure: Fans build, amplify and ultimately decide what wins

David E. Kelley at 70: Still Chasing the ‘Scream Inside’ • On 40 years in TV, Michelle Pfeiffer and his warning that ‘executives are not letting storytellers be storytellers.’ Plus: two new projects revealed

David E. Kelley at 70: Still Chasing the ‘Scream Inside’ • On 40 years in TV, Michelle Pfeiffer and his warning that ‘executives are not letting storytellers be storytellers.’ Plus: two new projects revealed

☀️ SONY Laying Off Hundreds: Who's Hit as Strategy Shifts • WB sets Hawley pic / 'Anaconda' scoring big for NETFLIX / HULU buys 50 Cent doc

I See Dead Shows • Rob Long on the writers room trust that produces the comedy

The Music Business Has a Problem. Bill Ackman Just Pounced • Inside details of his $64B bid for Universal Music Group — a wager that Wall Street is misreading the entire sector

SF’s AI Billboards Should Terrify Us. Humans Are Already Gone • But fighting back with moral panic is a surefire road to ruin