Lucas Manfredi is a TV Business reporter at TheWrap, writing about the programming, executives and trends in the television and streaming industries. Prior to joining the TheWrap in November 2022, he spent four years at Fox Business as a production assistant and a reporter on its digital team. He has a Bachelor of Science in Television-Radio production from Ithaca College and can be reached at lucas.manfredi@thewrap.com.
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‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Season 2 Set as First Production to Film at Manhattan’s Sunset Pier 94 Studios
Paramount Television Studios has signed a lease for 70,000 square feet, with the Showtime series set to occupy two sound stages, production support and office spaces
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Kansas City Chiefs Media Programming Director on Getting Into the Original Content Game With Foolish Club Studios
Office With a View: Gelsomina Picariello breaks down Foolish’s plan to expand its programming beyond the NFL team
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Delaware Judge Dismisses Motion to Expedite Paramount Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison, who will extend the deadline of his $108.4 billion tender offer, is seeking more information about how WBD determined Netflix’s $83 billion deal is superior
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Paramount and Netflix Bidding War: How Much Is Warner’s Cable Business Really Worth?
David Ellison believes that the cable network spinoff has no equity value, but the Warner Bros. Discovery board begs to differ
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‘Fallout’ Team Breaks Down ‘Very Jarring’ Episode 5 Betrayal
Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins and showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet also tease what’s coming in Season 2 after Lucy’s big reunion
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Warner Bros. Discovery Slams Paramount Motion to Expedite Lawsuit for Hostile Takeover: ‘Exercise in Urgency Theatre’
The media giant compared the move to “ringing a fire alarm in the absence of any flames or even smoke”
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Congressman Calls on Paramount to Voluntarily Submit Warner Bros. Discovery Bid for CFIUS Review Over Middle Eastern Investment
“No American wants foreign governments lurking behind the screen — quietly accessing personal data or influencing what families watch every night,” California Rep. Sam Liccardo says
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Larry Ellison’s SailGP Reaches 2-Year Media Rights Extension With CBS Sports
The deal comes as the Oracle co-founder is backing his son and Paramount CEO David Ellison’s $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
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Lionsgate Sells Its Play Streaming Service to Asia President Rohit Jain
The executive, who has scaled the platform for the past eight years, will exit the studio as part of the deal
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Netflix Considers Amending Warner Bros. Deal to All-Cash Offer
The move comes as Paramount is looking to thwart the $83 billion deal with a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid
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JustWatch Taps Quentin Carbonell as Global Content Acquisitions and Strategy SVP
The former MUBI and HBO Max executive will build the foundations for the streaming guide and entertainment marketing firm’s future content initiatives and partnerships
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Banijay, All3Media Owner RedBird IMI in Advanced Talks to Merge TV Production Businesses
The move would form one of the world’s biggest production groups, bringing IP such as “Big Brother,” “Peaky Blinders” and “The Traitors” under one roof
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Mario Gabelli Urges Netflix to ‘Step Up and Clarify’ $83 Billion Warner Bros. Deal as Paramount Takes Battle to Court
The GAMCO Investors chairman told TheWrap he still plans to tender the majority of his clients’ shares in favor of “superior” Paramount bid
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Paramount Goes Nuclear on Warner Bros. Discovery — and Everyone Will Feel the Pain | Analysis
David Ellison’s lawsuit and proxy battle faces difficult odds of success, experts say, but could complicate and drag out the approval process for Netflix’s $83 billion deal
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Pluto TV to Host Free ‘Survivor’ Marathon Ahead of Season 50 Premiere
All 49 seasons of the CBS competition series will stream 24/7 in chronological order, from Borneo to the most recent finale
