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TheGrill 2021: Kevin Merida, Tom Staggs, Van Toffler and More at TheWrap’s Cocktail Reception (Photos)
Entertainment, media and technology leaders converged at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills
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Innovators List 2021: 15 Hollywood Disrupters, From Netflix’s Scott Stuber to Chloé Zhao
Dolly Parton, H.E.R and Clubhouse founders Rohan Seth and Paul Davison make the annual list of industry influencers
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TheGrill 2021 Speaker Portraits From Scott Stuber to Janina Gavankar (Photos)
TheGrill 2021: Carmen Carrera, Olivia Charmaine Morris and Kevin Merida were among the speakers
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5 Takeaways From TheGrill 2021: Change Is Permanent and ‘Great Is Everything’
I got a lot smarter last week: here’s what I learned about the future of media
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Driving Diversity in the Hollywood System: ‘This Isn’t a Game We Win by Playing Their Rules’ (Video)
TheGrill 2021: “We’re playing a different game, and we have the opportunity to expand the ecosystem and change the culture of the industry itself,” contends Marginal MediaWorks’ Sanjay Sharma
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How Tech Is Building the Next Generation of Content Creators (Video)
Hollywood is looking to Twitch, YouTube and TikTok for its future stars
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How New Marketing Tools Help Moviemakers ‘Fish Where the Fish Are’ (Video)
TheGrill 2021: “The intersection of art and science is getting more and more seamless,” says one Hollywood marketing exec
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Why M&A Experts Believe ‘This Is Only the Beginning’ of the Current Merger Frenzy (Video)
TheGrill 2021: Kevin Mayer says the direct-to-consumer shift creates a need for scale that only can only be met via acquisition
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Is Gaming’s COVID-Era Boom Sustainable? Take-Two and Microsoft Execs Weigh In (Video)
TheGrill 2021: Strauss Zelnick and Phil Spencer also get candid about the lack of diversity in the industry
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How 6 Hollywood Producers Got Filming Done During the Pandemic (Video)
TheGrill 2021: Every producer now has a COVID-19 war story, including reinventing Kevin Hart’s cancelled stand-up tour
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Gaming Industry’s Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Should Start With Kids, Experts Say (Video)
TheGrill 2021: “For young people coming into games, it is as much a form of expression as it is a form of shared experience of play,” says Gordon Bellamy of Gay Gaming Professionals
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Why ‘Spotify Is Not a Marketing Plan’ in Landing a Hit Song, Record Label Execs Explain (Video)
TheGrill 2021: “Most folks who are releasing songs on TikTok are not ready for what it takes to reach to the next level,” A&R exec says
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How Scott Stuber Plans to Make Netflix The ‘Best Film Studio in the World’
TheGrill 2021: “We were going to have to build a film studio and prove ourselves — I wasn’t inheriting a legacy studio,” Stuber tells TheWrap
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Kevin Merida’s Biggest Challenge? Getting LA Times Staff to ‘Feel Great’ About Their Work (Video)
TheGrill 2021: L.A. Olympic Organizing Committee head Casey Wasserman — a lifelong reader — shares his advice for the Times’ new executive editor
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Welcome to TheGrill 2021: How to Ride Hollywood’s Consolidation Wave
What you think you know about the content business is changing minute by minute. But we’ll keep you up to speed, join us!