5 Takeaways From TheGrill 2018: The Netflix Arms Race, MoviePass’ Future and More
My thoughts on our annual conference on convergence
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TheGrill 2018 Speaker Portraits From Will Packer to Josh Sapan (Photos)
L.A. Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, Showtime boss David Nevins and more stop by TheWrap’s annual conference
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TheWrap’s 2018 Innovators Share Their Advice for Aspiring Creators and Entrepreneurs
TheGrill 2018: “There’s a lot of great ideas. Pick the one and chase after it”
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Casting in the 21st Century: Networks and Distributors Look for Social Media Impact
TheGrill 2018: “Over half the casting jobs, the question asked is ‘What’s their Instagram handle and what are their social numbers,'” Untitled Entertainment manager Jason Newman says
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How Artificial Intelligence Might Change the Way Hollywood Tells Stories
The Grill 2018: Netflix shows AI is already “”ubiquitous,” says Poppy Crum
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Latinx Producers Call on Hollywood to Invest in Diverse Talent, Stars: ‘We Are Part of the Mainstream’
TheGrill 2018: “We’re not a separate group, you don’t have to send us to a different division”
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New LA Times Owner Says He’s Spending $100 Million to Rebuild the Paper – and Wants It Back (Video)
TheGrill 2018: “In order for the paper to survive, it has to thrive. In order to thrive, it has to be self-sustaining,” Patrick Soon-Shiong says
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Why eSports Is ‘Growing Like Wildfire,’ From Activision Blizzard to Echo Fox
The Grill 2018: eSports “is not just a flash in the pan, it’s an industry that’s developing,” says Damon Lau, head of eSports at UTA
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MoviePass Owner Rules Out Bankruptcy, Announces $65 Million in New Funding (Video)
TheGrill 2018: “We’ve been the underdog since August 15 of last year… we’re still here, and we’re not going anywhere,” Helios & Matheson CEO Ted Farnsworth says
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How Data Drives Studio Decisions as Much as Gut Instinct in Netflix Era
TheGrill 2018: “You want to start knowing and having less guessing to keep the business healthy,” 20th Century Fox’s Julie Rieger says
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Showtime’s David Nevins Says TV Spending Could Reach $100 Billion: ‘No Question – It’s an Arms Race’
TheGrill 2018: “There’s a lot of shows that have gone on to one of the streaming services and kind of disappear without a trace,” says pay cable network boss
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Innovators List 2018: 12 Hollywood Disrupters, From Kenya Barris to Xumo
TheGrill 2018: We honor some of the industry’s most revolutionary new figures
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The Scene at TheGrill 2018: Will Packer, Patrick Soon-Shiong and More at TheWrap’s Media Leadership Conference (Photos)
Entertainment, media and technology converge at TheWrap’s 8th Annual Grill Conference at SLS Hotel Beverly Hills
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‘Night School’ Producer Will Packer on Hollywood Racism, ‘Advantage’ of Being ‘the Only Black Person in the Room’
TheGrill 2018: “For me it’s more microaggressions than someone saying ‘Get that black s–t out of here,'” Packer said of the racism he’s encountered
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Why Hollywood’s Merger Mania Will Leave a Host of Theater Chains and Entertainment Companies in the Dust (Video)
TheGrill 2018: “The theatrical distribution business is bound for failure,” says attorney Sky Moore
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Why the Dive in the Cryptocurrency Marketplace Is Good: ‘Gets Rid of a Lot of The Fat’
The Grill 2018: “This is going to allow the next wave of this revolution to actually start to become institutionalized,” says BANKEX’s Syed Hussain
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Welcome to TheGrill 2018: Now We’re Talking Disruption at Full Tilt
At our annual business conference, it’s hard not to notice that many of the changes that we saw as smoke over the horizon a decade ago are here and ablaze
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At TheGrill 2018: How Do You Bring Casting into the Digital Age?
TheGrill speakers Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin discuss disrupting the casting process
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AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan, Dolby Chief Scientist Poppy Crum, Helios & Matheson CEO Ted Farnsworth Join TheGrill 2018
Artificial Intelligence, movie subscriptions and the future of media are hot topics at TheWrap’s annual gathering of thought leaders
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Short-Form Video May Be the Future of Content, Media Execs Say (Video)
TheGrill Special Event: Creating mobile-friendly content is a must in 2018, says New Form CEO Kathleen Grace
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CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, ‘Girls Trip’ Producer Will Packer to Keynote at TheGrill 2018
TheWrap’s annual conference about the convergence of entertainment and technology returns October 1-2, 2018, for two full days of hard-hitting conversation
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TheGrill 2017: Weather Channel Crews Prepare Like It’s War When Covering Storms, CEO Says
“It’s not just for TV, it’s meant to convey to people that it’s really, really serious,” Dave Shull says
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TheGrill 2017: Exclusive Speaker Portraits From John Singleton to Lena Waithe (Photos)
Gary Newman, Dana Walden and Catherine Zhang are among featured speakers at TheWrap’s annual media leadership conference
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TheGrill 2017: Hollywood Diversity Departments ‘Have No Power,’ Mitu Founder Beatriz Acevedo Says
“It’s like winning that card in [Monopoly] where they send you directly to jail,” Acevedo says of working with network and studio multicultural departments
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Paramount Marketing Chief Defends ‘Mother!’ Wide Release: ‘We Wanted It to Go Off Like a Bomb’
TheGrill 2017: Megan Colligan says Darren Aronofsky’s art film was “punk rock”
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TheGrill 2017: Weather Channel CEO Says Being ‘Preachy’ Won’t Sell Climate Change to Viewers
“What we find is that if it’s not good TV, people don’t listen,” Dave Shull tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman
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Innovators List 2017: 10 Hollywood Disrupters From MoviePass CEO to James Corden (Videos)
TheGrill 2017: We honor some of the industry’s most revolutionary new figures
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Fox Boss Dana Walden Addresses Sexual Misconduct Scandals: ‘Our Organization Is Changing’
TheGrill 2017: “You’d find the same problems in any legacy company,” exec says
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Fox TV Bosses Diss Netflix Shows for Short-Lived Buzz: ‘In and Out of the Conversation Very Quickly’
TheGrill 2017: “It’s a content dump,” Dana Walden says about Netflix
