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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
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
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Elaine Low
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Natalie Jarvey
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'
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Lesley Goldberg
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
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Elaine Low

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
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Manori Ravindran
You're Invited! Join the Star & Creators of "High Potential" on 6.2
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…
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Manori Ravindran
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…
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Lesley Goldberg
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
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Elaine Low
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
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Lesley Goldberg
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
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Elaine Low
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
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Elaine Low
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