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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‘The Last of Us’ Star Bella Ramsey Says Ellie’s Revenge Quest Turns Her Into a ‘Shell of a Human’ by Season 2 Finale
The actor also tells TheWrap about filming the Episode 7 twist that was “almost worse” than Joel’s death
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‘The Last of Us’ Timeline: What Happened When in the TV Show?
Season 2 of the post-apocalyptic drama series picks up five years after the events of the Season 1 finale
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‘The Last of Us’ Creators on What’s Next After Deadly Finale Cliffhanger: ‘This Is Going to Be a Different Show Every Season’
Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann also break down Season 2’s biggest changes from the game and “moral trouble” ahead in Season 3
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‘The Last of Us’: All the Easter Eggs and Changes From the Game in Season 2
The HBO adaptation’s latest installment picks up with Joel and Ellie five years after the events of Season 1 and is based on 2020’s “The Last of Us: Part II”
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Disney Sues YouTube for Breach of Contract Over Justin Connolly Hiring
Connolly will serve as global head of media and sports for the Alphabet-owned video platform
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Robert Langdon Series From Dan Brown, Carlton Cuse Lands at Netflix
The project will be based in the world of “The Secret of Secrets,” the book series’ sixth installment publishing Sept. 9
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WBD Ad Execs Robert Latorre, Stephanie Jackson, Tina Messina and Larry Alecia Join Allen Media Group
The group’s hiring comes a week after the media giant’s upfront presentation to advertisers
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Executive Pay 2024: A 9% Drop in Compensation for Media’s Top Brass
Paramount’s former CEO Bob Bakish topped the list with a 178% increase to $87 million, largely from severance
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OpenAI Teams With iPhone Designer Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create AI Devices
The AI company is buying the startup io to craft hardware, with Ive taking “deep creative and design responsibilities”
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Barry Diller Says He Won’t Work With Law Firms Who ‘Essentially Folded’ to Donald Trump With Settlements
He also expressed sympathy for Shari Redstone as she fends off a $20 billion lawsuit from the president while trying to close the Skydance deal
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Sports, Rebrands and Marching Bands: 6 Biggest Takeaways From TV’s Ad Upfronts
Between the Trump administration’s tariffs and the continued decline of cable TV, the stakes were higher this upfronts season
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‘The Last of Us’ EP Neil Druckmann on Pedro Pascal’s ‘Homecoming’ in Episode 6: ‘It Felt Nostalgic for Everybody’
The director and co-writer Halley Gross also tell TheWrap about the key scene from the video game he was most nervous to adapt
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Does Hollywood Need to Worry About a Charter-Cox Merger?
Any time distributors consolidate it signals a shift in leverage, but the early betting is that the $34.5 billion deal combining cable operators won’t dramatically sway the balance
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FCC Approves $20 Billion Verizon-Frontier Communications Merger
Commission chair Brendan Carr says Verizon committed to end its DEI practices as part of the deal
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YouTube Shorts Revenue on Par With Regular Videos, CEO Neal Mohan Says
The TikTok-style short-form video platform saw a 20% increase in viewership in the first quarter of 2025
