Business
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Uri Berliner, NPR Editor Who Wrote Free Press Essay Criticizing NPR Bias, Joins The Free Press
Berliner, who joins as a senior editor, said the outlet “provides America with groundbreaking, fearless, and independent-minded journalism”
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Disney Tops Nielsen’s Media Distributor Gauge for 2nd Consecutive Month With 11.4% Share
The cross platform tool introduced in April also saw The Roku Channel break into the top 10
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Revry’s Damian Pelliccione Is Proud to Be the ‘Byron Allen of LGBTQ Media’: ‘Standing for My Community’
Office With a View: The cofounder and CEO gets candid about the gatekeepers of Hollywood and ad tech, as well as how their queer streaming service seeks to change things
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Paramount+ Joins Max, Peacock in Raising Prices
Paramount+ with Showtime increases to $12.99 per month, while its Essential plan jumps to $7.99 per month for new subscribers
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Cannes Lions Closer Tackles Why Sports Rights Are Leading the Streaming Wars: ‘A Ceiling Has Not Yet Been Reached’
“It is only in the last few years that we’ve seen the streamers coming here,” the fest’s managing director Simon Cook tells TheWrap
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Netflix Launches Ready-to-Eat Popcorn Line at Walmart Stores Nationwide
Now Popping comes in flavors including Cult Classic Cheddar Kettle Corn and Swoonworthy Cinnamon Kettle Corn
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LA Entertainment Business Becoming Less White but More ‘White Collar,’ New Study Says
Otis College’s latest report says tech jobs are driving a more diverse — and more college-educated — entertainment workforce.
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Hollywood & the Job Crisis
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Faith-Based Indie Studio the Wonder Project Adds Former Hulu, Crooked Media, Westbrook Media Execs
Tom McAlister, Neil Varghese and Rina Yano will lead the faith-focused studio’s marketing, finance and business and legal affairs teams
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Cannes Lions Rivals Michael Kassan, MediaLink, Mark Their Territory at the Hotel du Cap
The two firms went head to head at the Hotel du Cap, but the talk was that Lenny Kravitz is now celibate
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Movies
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Jim Henson Company Plans Sale of Historic Chaplin Studios Lot in Hollywood | Exclusive
The La Brea location famously features a Kermit the Frog statue dressed as The Tramp, complete with top hat and cane
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Disney Exec Tim McNeal Named Hollywood Radio and Television Society President
The Disney TV Studio VP of Talent Development and Inclusion succeeds Amazon Studio’s Odetta Watkins
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Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij Strike Multi-Year Partnership With Indie Production House Sister
The “Murder at the End of the World” creators will develop film and TV projects for the Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone-owned studio
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Introducing Showrunner, the AI Platform That Lets You Make Your Own TV Show
Fable Simulation has a slate of 10 original animated shows you can draw from
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Disney Employees Sue Media Giant for ‘Fraudulently’ Inducing Them to Move to Florida in Spiked Campus Initiative
In 2021, Disney asked 2,000 employees to move to the Sunshine State before changing its mind
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Paramount Top Lawyer Christa D’Alimonte to Step Down
The studio’s general counsel, who has worked with the company for 25 years, will exit at the end of June
