Roger Cheng is Managing Editor for Pro and business coverage for The Wrap. In 2025, he made the switch to entertainment journalism after nearly a quarter century covering technology at CNET, where he served as the head of news of the world’s largest consumer tech site, and at The Wall Street Journal, where he chronicled the rise of the smartphone.
Experience:
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How Bob Iger Snatched the Lakers in a Shocking $12.5 Billion Deal
One of the crown jewels of professional sports is tied to a tale that cuts between the worlds of politics, business, entertainment and sports
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Can a Copyright Risk Detector for AI-Created Media Protect Artists and Studios? | Exclusive
Startup CopySight is pushing a credit score-like system that it wants to make an industry standard
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Tech
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Why Paramount Delayed Its Warner Bros. Takeover, What the Latest Legal Twist Means | Analysis
With a costly ticking fee looming, Paramount is banking on a speedy trial
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How ‘Star Trek’ Fell From Streaming Anchor to Stuck in Limbo
For the first time in nearly a decade, the future of “Star Trek” on television is unclear
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TV
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Paramount-Warner Bros. May Face Devastating Delay With State Antitrust Suit | Analysis
The state attorneys general’s effort lives and dies on whether it gets its request for a preliminary injunction to halt the merger granted
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Why Letterboxd Is a Hot Takeover Target | Analysis
The social network boasts a fiercely loyal and active community, but will a studio takeover upset that balance?
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Amazon MGM Dumps a Sam Altman Biopic as Big Tech Crosses a Line in Hollywood | Analysis
With a $50 billion OpenAI deal just closed, the exit from the movie represents the starkest example of Big Tech siding with business interests over creative freedom
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Business
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How the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Became Political Dynamite | Analysis
Between fear over the right’s consolidation of news to allegations of antisemitism, politics have taken center stage in this deal
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Deals & M&A
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Entertainment Veteran’s Venture Fund Unveils First AI Bets | Exclusive
Hallstone Ventures’ initial portfolio includes investments in cinema-grade robots and human authentication tech
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Bari Weiss Wanted to Modernize ‘60 Minutes.’ Instead, She May Have Killed It | Analysis
With the blow-up from Scott Pelley’s firing, Weiss continues to squander the storied news program’s biggest asset: public trust
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Business
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Hollywood’s AI Appetite Has Sped Up – Here’s What’s on the Menu | Analysis
At a recent AI conference, films and shows are pushing the boundaries of what the technology can do – and critically, are projects that you can see now
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Hollywood’s AI Aversion Could Have Consequences for the Next Generation
A panel discussion at the AI on the Lot conference looked at how other countries are getting their children up to speed on the technology
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Business
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5 Critical Takeaways From Earnings Season: Warnermount, AI and More | Analysis
From the ramifications of the pending Paramount-Warner Bros. merger to Big Tech going all-in on AI, here’s what you need to know
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Business
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$190 Billion Is a ‘Rational Investment’? Why AI Spending Is Skyrocketing | Analysis
While Hollywood frets about spending a few billion dollars on content, Big Tech is dropping jaw-dropping numbers on AI
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Tech
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iHeartMedia in Talks to Merge With SiriusXM
The combination, facilitated by Irving Azoff, would create a satellite and terrestrial radio giant with some of the biggest names in the podcast world
