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At the Upfronts, It’s Sports Here, Sports There, Sports Just About Everywhere
Hanging by a thread, linear TV uses sports as a lifeline, while streaming keeps muscling in on the action
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‘Mission: Impossible’ Is the Perfect Symbol for Paramount’s Impossible Mission
Shari Redstone faces the seemingly no-win choice of saving the Skydance merger or standing behind “60 Minutes.” But she’s not the villain in this story
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With Film Tariff Threat, Trump Takes Hollywood for a Ride on the ‘Tweet Now, Think Later’ Train
The frenzy caused by the president’s social media posts gave studios a crash course in his carousel of news-cycle craziness
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The Upfronts: How TV’s Big Week Evolved From Chess Match to WWE Free For All
Networks still talk about things like “audience flow,” but linear TV priorities have faded from the day when scheduling moves could elicit gasps and buzz
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Facing a ‘Cinematic Extinction Event,’ Hollywood Must Stage a Comeback | Guest Column
A pandemic, production exodus, wildfires and now Trump tariffs? It’s time for this town to stand strong
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‘Lilly’ Is a Movie for Our Mothers: Complicated, Devoted, Fearless | Guest Column
Writer and director Rachel Feldman reflects on her heroine Lilly Ledbetter and all the mothers that helped bring her biopic to life
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CNN’s Noisy ‘NewsNight’ Shows Why Staking Out the Middle Is So Hard for Media
The squabbling panel show lives most robustly in social media, but its “Crossfire”-like partisan talk often feels more like verbal wrestling than enlightened debate
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Does ‘Sinners’ Box Office Coverage Make the Case for Media Diversity?
News outlets that appeared to downplay the film were channeling their sources, but they may have revealed blind spots when it comes to Black-centered movies
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Muzzling Big Bird: Trump Tries to Silence the ‘Liberal Media’ of PBS and NPR
The executive order defunding these publicly funded outlets may not pass legal muster, but it reflects Trump’s habit of pivoting to culture-war issues when under pressure
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ABC’s Terry Moran and the Trump Interview: 5 Do’s and Don’ts for Battling Lies and Deflections
Marking 100 days, ABC’s Terry Moran ran into the brick wall that has flummoxed TV interviewers since Trump entered the political arena
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‘60 Minutes’ vs. a Corporate Merger? You’ve Seen This Movie Before – in ‘The Insider’
In key ways, the resignation of EP Bill Owens mirrors the 30-year-old scenario portrayed in the 1999 Michael Mann thriller
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For Media CEOs in the News Business, Trump Turns M&A Dreams Into a Quid Pro Quo
Pressure on Paramount over “60 Minutes” could preview deal-making challenges for other studios like WBD and Comcast
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How George Lucas’ ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Unexpectedly Saw the Future
As “Revenge of the Sith” hits 20, its much-derided emphasis on trade wars and the mechanics of a crumbling republic might deserve an apology today
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Bunim/Murray CEO Says Hollywood’s Contraction Changed the Pitch for Reality TV
Office With a View: Julie Pizzi also tells TheWrap about keeping franchises like “The Challenge” going, inheriting “Below Deck” and “Vanderpump Villa” Season 2
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With His ’60 Minutes’ Coup, Trump Sends a Not-So-Subtle Message to the Press
The resignation of producer Bill Owens could send a chill through other news outlets, even if CBS was uniquely vulnerable
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