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.
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Are Netflix’s Layoffs Enough to Quiet Wall Street Concerns? | Analysis
The cuts help tighten up the streamer’s cost structure, but engagement and growth remain concerns for investors
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Over 30 Movies, a $30 Billion Content Spend and So Much Debt: What We Learned From Skydance’s Kickoff Event
Co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz share their plans for the new company housing Paramount and Warner Bros.’ numerous businesses
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RedBird Founder Says Majority of Paramount-WBD Merger Cost Savings Won’t Come From Jobs
“The notion that $6 billion of cost-related synergies means the firing of all these people is just completely antiquated,” says Gerry Cardinale
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Tapping AI to Make Sense of Gen Z’s Pop Culture Obsessions
TheGrill 2026: Yves Bergquist introduces Geist, an agent that companies are using to decode the zeitgeist
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Ben Affleck Walks Back Matt Damon’s ‘Claim’ Netflix Demanded Plot Repetition in Dialogue
The Oscar winner clarifies the streaming giant didn’t give him any notes for his latest film “Animals”
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Rob Bonta: We’re Looking Very Closely at OpenAI and Anthropic
TheGrill 2026: The California AG tells TheWrap he believes state enforcement and congressional legislature can provide more safeguards
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Creators: AI Is the Future. We Need to Be Transparent About Using It
AI Creator Day: One of the key themes of the event was the sense of the technology’s inevitability
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Stability AI CEO: In One Year, Our AI Tools Will Be Essential to Making All Music
AI Creator Day: Prem Akkaraju says his background in media gives his company a leg up when working with Hollywood and creators
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Breaking Down the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement | Analysis
Everything you need to know about what 12 state attorneys general led by California’s Rob Bonta got out of David Ellison
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How Ed Sheeran Turned a Firestorm Over Macklemore, Palestine and Free Expression Into a PR Debacle | Analysis
Crisis communications experts weighed in how the superstar musician should’ve handled the controversy
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Paramount’s Threat to Leave California Is a Page Out of Larry Ellison’s Playbook — and It Usually Works
Pressure mounts on California Attorney General Rob Bonta as Paramount indicates it’s ready to pack up
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Inside Anthropic and OpenAI’s Move to Slow AI: Is It Really a Turning Point? | Analysis
It’s a rare moment when competing AI labs agree on something so critical. But other forces are pushing for the acceleration of AI development
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‘Will AI Kill Us All?’ Is the Wrong Question to Ask | Analysis
Rather than focus on the existential crisis, more energy needs to be devoted to overseeing these companies as they race toward an uncertain endgame
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AI Studio Arcana Labs to Produce Family Animated Feature ‘The Furry Wild West’ | Exclusive
Unlike other AI productions where the technology has been used in the writing and storyboarding process, it will only be applied to the animation stage
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Who Has the Most Leverage, Paramount or Bonta? | Analysis
Breaking down what each side brings to the table as talks for a possible settlement loom
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