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Julie Plec Maps YA’s New Sweet Spot in Streaming: Platform Fit (& No Phones!)
The 'We Were Liars' creator on what happened at Peacock, how her Uni deal got her to Amazon, signing with CAA, and how to calm down over Gen Z
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Lesley Goldberg
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Microdramas are Minting New Six-Figure Careers: 'Faster You Can Get in, the Better'
SCOOP: A Luigi Mangione drama drops next; the genre's top exec and star on how writers, actors, agents can tap into a (non-union) $5B Gold Rush
Jun 10
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Elaine Low
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Microdramas are Minting New Six-Figure Careers: 'Faster You Can Get in, the Better'
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Crisis for Queer TV: Disappearing & Out of Vogue
I talk to creators, activists and execs about the future of LGBTQ shows, down 36% YOY in 2024: ‘100% out of fear'
Jun 4
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Lesley Goldberg
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Crisis for Queer TV: Disappearing & Out of Vogue
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L.A. Sound Stages: The New Dead Mall?
Bat mitzvahs to live sports, anyone? As production declines, new uses for empty acres of studio emerge — with some hope ahead in 2026
Jun 3
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Elaine Low
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May 2025
The $3M Episode Squeeze: ‘Downton’ Duo Rethink How to Sell Prestige TV
Carnival Films' Gareth Neame & Nigel Marchant on navigating a budget-crunched global market and life inside NBCU
May 30
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Manori Ravindran
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The $3M Episode Squeeze: ‘Downton’ Duo Rethink How to Sell Prestige TV
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You're Invited! Join the Star & Creators of "High Potential" on 6.2
May 27
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Global TV Market Reboot: A New Second Window Blows Open
SCOOP: Amazon is now selling some of its biggest shows to buyers in territories where it already streams, and other deal earthquakes at the L.A…
May 23
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Manori Ravindran
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Global TV Market Reboot: A New Second Window Blows Open
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Lionsgate's Kevin Beggs on the Indie Playbook for TV’s Post-Peak Era
SCOOPS: The Shohei Ohtani series has sold, 'The Studio' could franchise. From tariffs to recovery to Ted Sarandos' cameo, the longest-tenured TV chief…
May 22
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Lesley Goldberg
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Lionsgate's Kevin Beggs on the Indie Playbook for TV’s Post-Peak Era
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What Upfronts '25 Just Taught Us About Your Job's Future
Sports, live, ad tech, AI: The industry’s heading one way — here’s how to make sure your career goes along for the ride
May 20
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Elaine Low
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What Upfronts '25 Just Taught Us About Your Job's Future
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TV Producers' Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn's Return, One Step Closer
Many are rallying for Jon Voight's call to revive 1970s rules on show ownership, a chance finally for indie studios to compete
May 15
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Lesley Goldberg
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TV Producers' Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn's Return, One Step Closer
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Bloody-Good TV Worlds: Inside 'Vampire' and 'St. Denis Medical'
From Anne Rice’s dark mythos to a mock-doc in a chaotic ER, showrunners and stars explain how to make distinctive series in a shifting TV landscape
May 14
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Elaine Low
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Bloody-Good TV Worlds: Inside 'Vampire' and 'St. Denis Medical'
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Disney’s Rita Ferro Rethinks Upfronts: 'You Buy Cars All Year.' Why Not Ads?
The ad chief, along with WBD’s ad team, explain Hollywood’s annual ad blitz, banged up by tariffs and crashed by streamers
May 12
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Elaine Low
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Disney’s Rita Ferro Rethinks Upfronts: 'You Buy Cars All Year.' Why Not Ads?
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