Alexei Barrionuevo is the Business Editor at TheWrap. He previously served as an editor at Billboard, and before that as a staff writer at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He has worked as a correspondent based in Brazil, Belgium and Venezuela.
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A Development Executive Wrestles With How TV’s New Normal Is Crushing the Job Market
Holding on in Hollywood, a Wrap Series: Erin Copen Howard, svp for development, unscripted TV
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Hollywood Workers Grapple for a Foothold in an Industry at a Crossroads
A Wrap series: Entertainment jobs are becoming tougher to hang on to, leaving veterans to ponder new career paths as their personal struggles deepen
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Hollywood’s Pivot to Streaming 5 Years On: Fatal Error – or Key to Survival?
TheWrap investigates the effect of Hollywood’s race against Netflix and how it left theatrical behind
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Skydance-Paramount Deal Drags Hollywood Further Into a Tech Future | Analysis
With an $8 billion agreement to buy the legacy studio, CEO David Ellison is promising to leverage technology to turn Paramount from a struggling legacy studio into a tech-content powerhouse
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Over 3 Decades Later, Barry Diller Takes Another Swing at Paramount | Analysis
The billionaire behind IAC , who lost a bid to acquire the studio in the early 1990s, has signed an NDA with National Amusements
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A Presidential Debate Sets Off Democratic Panic | Analysis
Neither candidate performed well, but President Biden — who asked for the debate — may have lost the room
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The New ‘Cheap Fakes’ and the Coming Presidential Debates | Commentary
Prolific deceptive media may be coming soon to a screen near you
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Chaos at Paramount: An Uncertain Future Looms After Shari Redstone Pulls the Plug on Skydance | Analysis
Skydance is furious, executives are confused and Wall Street is exhausted as Redstone has made a mess of the Paramount sale
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Sony Pictures Nearly Doubles Q4 Income to $196 Million Driven by More Theatrical Releases
Sales rose 13% to $2.6 billion in the quarter but fell 10% for fiscal year 2023 due to strikes and lower licensing revenue
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With Disney+ Bundle, Max Is the First Streamer to Get Out of the ‘Everything for Everyone’ Game | Analysis
Analysts pressed Warner Bros. Discovery executives for more details on the new offering after WBD reported a $966 million Q1 loss
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Wall Street Turns Its Back on Disney’s Streaming Profit Milestone | Analysis
The company turned a corner but Iger may be settling into a more conservative growth strategy
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Apple Revenues Slip 4% to $90.75 Billion on Weaker Device Sales
Net income also fell 2% to $23.64 billion despite the device maker scoring a 14% jump in Services revenues to a quarterly record
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As a TikTok Ban Looms, What Happens to Entertainment Marketing?
President Biden signs a law forcing a sale of the Chinese-owned app, leaving Gen Z with a hole on their phones
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Could a Sony-Apollo Joint Bid Stop a Paramount Shareholder Revolt? | Analysis
But for now, Skydance Media still has until May 3 to turn exclusive talks with the studio into a deal.
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AMC CEO Says 2025 and 2026 Box Office Will Be ‘Roaring Hot’
“Finally we’re at a point where we can look forward,” Adam Aron tells TheWrap