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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Paramount Preparing Bid to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery
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The Paley Center for Media’s 2025 fall gala will take place Nov. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Nielsen Strike Multiyear Measurement and Analytics Deal
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Lachlan Murdoch Says Family Trust Resolution Gives Fox Strategic Clarity: ‘Great News for Investors’
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David Zaslav Says There’s ‘Real Opportunity’ to Raise HBO Max Prices
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO argued consumers are paying “dramatically less” for the amount of content available than they were 10 years ago
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Meta’s Dane Glasgow Joins Paramount as Chief Product Officer
The executive will oversee product vision and strategy across digital platforms, immersive storytelling, advertising and AI-powered capabilities
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HHS and the FDA will close a 1997 loophole that allowed drug companies to limit the number of side effects disclosed in TV commercials, while stepping up violation enforcement efforts
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Amazon and Netflix Ink Advertising Partnership
Buyers will have direct access to the streamer’s inventory through the tech giant’s demand-side platform starting in the fourth quarter of 2025
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YouTube TV Triggers Carriage Dispute Over Proposal to Move Univision to Spanish-Only Add-On Package
TelevisaUnivision slammed the move as “discriminatory” and an “abuse of its market power”
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Lemonada Media Ratifies 3-Year WGA Contract Locking $70,000 Minimum Salary
Other highlights include annual pay increases and 12 weeks’ minimum severance
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Paramount Chief Communications Officer Justin Dini Exits
The executive joined the media giant in 2017, shortly after Bob Bakish’s appointment as Viacom CEO
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NBCUniversal Employees to Return to Office 4 Days a Week
The updated policy takes effect on Jan. 5, 2026
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Ex-CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon Joins Beehiiv as Advisor
The newsletter platform’s co-founder and CEO Tyler Denk says she will help it “continue to push the limits of what’s possible in this new age of independent journalism”
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Streaming Sports Boom Means More Confusion, More Frustration and More Bills
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