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Sharon Waxman On the Business of Entertainment
The founder and editor of TheWrap’s take on life on the left coast, high culture, low culture and the business of entertainment and media. Waxman writes frequently on the inside doings of Hollywood, and is is also the author of two books, Rebels on the Back Lot and Loot
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Inside the Challenge to Media Leadership and the Debate Over Journalism’s Values
A wave of editorial resignations and pushback on a Wrap op-ed reflect a division over the shared norms of journalism
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Jay Penske Has Something to Say to TheWrap About Claudia Eller
He writes: “You wanted to kick someone hard when they were down”
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After George Floyd, the Nation Says: Enough of Black Persecution Already
The protests are a cry of anguish: Why can’t we get this right? Why can’t we fix this?
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California’s Coronavirus Reopening Sparks Confusion, Anxiety and Defiance
To experience the reopening is to experience, ultimately, a realization that we don’t have any idea what we’re doing.
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It’s May and California’s COVID-19 Fight Remains Muddy
How much more do we know now over what we knew in April?
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Disney Faces ‘Acute’ Challenges Post-Pandemic: How Soon Can Parks and Movies Recover?
Part II of “Hollywood Post-Pandemic”: How does the Walt Disney Co. that emerges from this crisis look different than the behemoth that ruled just months ago?
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Hollywood Post-Pandemic: Digital Players Win, Cord-Cutting Spikes, Movie Theaters on the Bubble
The entertainment economy will bounce back in favor of the digital players
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TV
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Dear Governor Newsom: Where Is Our Coronavirus Testing?
A letter to the much-lauded California governor — because we know very little, and it’s frustrating
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‘Bloodbath’: The Hollywood Reporter Ends a 10-Year, Heady Run at Reinvention
The vision of reinventing the venerable Hollywood trade as a business-to-consumer glossy publication attracting brand advertising was never going to work
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Paradigm Revolt: CEO Sam Gores Backs Down After Music Agents Object to 50% Pay Cut
“It’s a f—ing war zone,” one insider tells TheWrap
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Join Us for a Virtual Meet-Up: A Survival Guide for Social Media & Digital Start-Ups
Social media star “King Bach,” Fullscreen’s Maureen Polo and Omnia Media’s Greg Kampanis will discuss digital opportunities during the pandemic
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Hollywood Reporter, Billboard Set for Deep Staffing Cuts by Owner Valence Media (Exclusive)
Up to $10 million in cuts are slated for next week on the heels of the firing of THR editorial director Matthew Belloni
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Hollywood Reporter Editor Matt Belloni Steps Down Amid Debate Over Editorial Independence
After 14 years with THR, Belloni clashed with the CEOs over editorial matters
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California Can Tackle the COVID-19 Testing Problem With Technology and Entrepreneurship
What keeps troubling me in all this is the lack of coordination with the most obvious actors who can drive positive change: technologists
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