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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Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. for $83 Billion
After a contentious bidding war, the streaming giant that was once seen as a Hollywood disruptor is joining forces with one of the industry’s most storied studios
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Jeffrey Katzenberg and Hall of Famer Joe Montana Bet on AI in November Venture Investing
The Funding File’s M&A report shows that a Belgian company sees value in U.S. theaters
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The Reset: M&A’s Failure Cycle
The latest wave of dealmaking underscores how the desire to merge these days is more about survival than hunger for growth
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Warner Bros. Discovery Looks for Sweetened Takeover Bids Today
The beleaguered media giant is hungry for higher bids after CEO and seasoned dealmaker David Zaslav set off an initial bidding war between Netflix, Comcast and Paramount
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The Reset: Your Hollywood Guide to an AI Bubble Burst
Who’s most exposed when the AI rally finally comes to an end?
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The Reset: Lessons From China’s Ticket Stub Economy
Hollywood is counting on a big November and December to save its year at the box office. China has exceeded its 2024 box office already. Here’s one reason why
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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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