Tom Lowry is the Senior Vice President for Editorial Strategy at TheWrap, overseeing growth strategy for the subscription business, including user engagement, business coverage and new products and events. He is a veteran digital newsroom leader, having worked at CNBC, BusinessWeek, Variety, the New York Daily News, USA Today and as editor-in-chief of the travel B2B publication Skift. He is a former Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economic Journalism at Columbia University.
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The Reset: A Teetering Debt Crisis?
The financial metric that doesn’t get talked about as much, but why it matters.
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$1.3 Trillion Projected to Flow Into Media, Entertainment, Tech Industry in Next 4 Years
“If you don’t have a superuser/superfan/ supergamer/supersubscriber strategy, then you don’t have a ‘strategy,’” says Activate founder Michael Wolf
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The Reset: The Zaslav Whisperer
Don ‘t count out the influence of John Malone in any deal for Warner Bros. Discovery. He’s spent two decades mentoring the company’s CEO
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AOL, Bari Weiss’ The Free Press Showcase Old and New Guard October M&A in Media
The Funding File also reports that ShopMy, a platform to help creators sell goods, raised $70 million last month while a gaming platform backed by TV giant Dick Wolf raised another $9 million
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Patrick Soon-Shiong Wants to Raise $500 Million for the LA Times, but Who Would Invest? | Analysis
As a precursor to a planned IPO, the Forbes-listed billionaire is circulating a private placement offering doc that is laden with the downsides that overshadow much happy talk
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The Reset: * M&A’s New Trumpian Footnote
The president’s endorsement of Paramount as a buyer for Warner Bros. Discovery signals a new paradigm for M&A in these times
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The M&A Curse of Warner Bros. Discovery | Analysis
WBD is officially in play. Can CEO David Zaslav do right by his shareholders after three-plus years of holding a declining stock?
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The Reset: What to Expect in the 4Q Homestretch
Five headaches and opportunities on the path to finish out 2025
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The Reset: Time for a Good Scream, Hollywood
The times we are living in seem overwhelming so be here to adapt, learn and grasp the moment
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EA, Vimeo Led the Leverage Buyouts That Drove September M&A in Entertainment
The Funding File also reports that among startup investments, the social media-focused The News Movement co-founded by Washington Post CEO Will Lewis received $10 million from Qatari investors
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The Reset: The Silver Lake Lining in the TikTok Deal
Keep eye on private equity firm Silver Lake, which in one week added TikTok and Electronics Arts to its growing Hollywoodsphere investment portfolio
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The Reset: A CEO Speaks Out After Charlie Kirk — Virtue Signaling or Damn Good Idea?
Gap CEO Richard Dickson gave corporate America something to think about when he encouraged his workers to speak up in respectful ways in the wake of the Turning Point USA co-founder’s murder
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The Reset: Media’s New Patriarchy Without All the Shakespeare
As Rupert settles the Murdochs’ succession question, welcome to Hollywood’s latest family affair: the Ellisons
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Startup Behind Unauthorized AI ‘South Park’ Episodes Raises $50 Million From Amazon to Top Latest Fundings
In addition to venture activity, The Funding File this month tracks August M&A deals in media and entertainment
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The Funding File: Media and Entertainment Ventures Raise $500 Million in July
Base Boy Entertainment led fundings with a $110 million infusion followed by Substack with a $100 million round
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