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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Barer also weighs in on the character’s potential return in Season 3 after that Abby time jump
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AMC Networks Promotes Olivia Dupuis to EVP of Publicity
She will lead consumer publicity and talent relations for the company’s five cable networks, six streaming services and two film distributors
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CBS, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Reach New Tentative Agreement
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The Latest on How Streamers Stack Up in Profits and Losses, Subscribers and Revenue
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YouTube Climbs to Record 12.4% Share of TV Viewing in April
Disney held onto the second place spot with a share of 10.7%, boosted by sports and the month’s most-watched streaming title, “Grey’s Anatomy”
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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’ Creators on What’s Next After Deadly Finale Cliffhanger: ‘This Is Going to Be a Different Show Every Season’
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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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‘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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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
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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
