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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Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble’s 2024 Pay Rises 11.6% to $9.82 Million
Shares of the movie theater chain have climbed 34.5% in the past year, but are down 19.9% year to date and 9.4% in the past six months
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‘Landman’ Season 2 Production Begins in Texas With Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore
The series from Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace broke viewership records for Paramount+ in Season 1
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Disney to Leave Fox Studio Lot by End of 2025, Moving Teams to Burbank
The company plans to form a creative hub to bring its production teams together
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Television Critics Association Cancels Summer Press Tour After Networks Bow Out
“The systems that once supported tour, in Hollywood and journalism, have changed,” the organization shares in an email to members
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News Corp. Closes $2.1 Billion Foxtel Sale to DAZN Group
The Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal owner will take a 6% stake in the U.K.-based sports streamer as part of the deal
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Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ Boss Says Scrapped Season 4 Was ‘Quite Different’ From ‘Born Again’
Erik Oleson also tells TheWrap the shuttering of Marvel Television was “very bizarre”
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Series ‘The Testaments’ Greenlit at Hulu
Production will begin in April with Elisabeth Moss onboard as an EP and Ann Dowd reprising her role
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge Re-Ups With Amazon, Shifts to First-Look Deal
The “Fleabag” creator previously signed an overall deal with Prime Video in 2019, which was extended in 2023
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Warner Bros. Discovery Adds Anton Levy to Board of Directors
The General Atlantic advisory director is the latest to join the media giant, following Anthony Noto and Joey Levin in January
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‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’ Conjures Up Season 2 at Disney
Selena Gomez executive produces the continuation of the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel series with production set to begin in Los Angeles next month
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YouTube Could Be Worth $550 Billion as Analyst Crowns Platform ‘New King of All Media’
MoffettNathanson says the Alphabet owned-video platform has “substantial runway” for improving its monetization strategy
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Ted Sarandos Says Netflix Is in the ‘Spending Time Business’ vs. YouTube’s ‘Killing Time’ Business
The streamer’s co-CEO calls the Alphabet-owned video platform good to “cut your teeth on,” but argued creators make content at their own financial risk
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FCC Opens Investigation Into Disney for Going ‘All In’ on DEI
Chairman Brendan Carr says he is concerned the media giant’s policies may violate the agency’s “prohibitions on invidious forms of discrimination”
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ESPN Ending LA-Based ‘SportsCenter,’ Asks Employees to Relocate to Connecticut
The move will impact 35, or 13%, of the 229 employees in the sports network’s West Coast production center
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Patrick Whitesell’s New Media Company Takes Minority Stake in Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions
The Silver Lake-backed venture’s first investment comes after the private equity firm closed its deal to take Endeavor Group Holdings private
