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Michael Calderone On Media and Politics
Michael Calderone is Media Editor at TheWrap, overseeing coverage of the industry, and with an emphasis on the intersection of media and politics. He was most recently an editor at Vanity Fair and has reported on the media for Politico, HuffPost, and The New York Observer. He has also taught journalism courses at Princeton University and New York University.
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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Bash Paramount, Serving Notice They Won’t Be Silenced
The two late-night hosts used their platforms to skewer Paramount’s “60 Minutes” settlement with Trump, sending a message to their bosses, old and new
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DC and Marvel Built Hollywood’s Superhero Boom. Can ‘Superman,’ ‘Fantastic Four’ Reverse the Slump?
Comic-book movies have come a long way over the last 50 years, but Marvel and DC’s big guns are out just as these films have hit a slump
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For Superman, It’s Truth, Justice and a Whole Lot of Political Baggage
The Man of Steel became an American symbol during World War II and later a political lightning rod, making adapting the character a heavier lift than Batman
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The ‘60 Minutes’ Settlement Means the Trump Circus Goes On for Paramount’s Next Owner | Analysis
Paramount’s settlement deal might clear the way for the Skydance merger, but it won’t be the last Trump-related headache the studio will likely face
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‘Squid Game’ Misses Its Shot by Turning VIP Oligarchs Into Cartoon Billionaires
The show’s jaundiced view of capitalism and class struggle again stumbles as the latest season’s caricatures of those rich, masked patrons are too over-the-top to be taken seriously
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Zohran Mamdani Offers Fox News Its Nightmare Vision of Big Cities — Live From the Heart of New York
The network’s distorted view of the L.A. protests plays on fear, just as Mamdani’s mayoral primary win fuels its separation of media centers from “real America”
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As Bombs Fall, Trump’s ‘Cosplay Cabinet’ Reveals the Gap Between Reality and Reality TV
The Iran strikes put renewed focus on the president placing looks and loyalty over credentials in his inner circle
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The Big Picture: Streaming and Social Media Climb Amid Traditional Media’s Slow-Motion Breakdown
The headlines all point toward the decline of linear and traditional models, with the nagging question of whether new means of distribution can pick up the slack
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Sold! The Lakers Remain Hollywood’s Team as Sale Sheds a Tie to a Storied Past
Jerry Buss turned the “Showtime” Lakers into the biggest party in L.A. – now new owner Mark Walter faces a high bar to continue that legacy
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HBO’s ‘Surviving Ohio State’ Documentary Doesn’t Play Politics in Exploring the Abuse Scandal
Review: Rep. Jim Jordan comes off badly in the George Clooney-produced docu about abused college wrestlers, but he’s not alone
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The Assault on Good-for-You TV: C-SPAN and PBS Teeter as Trump Attacks
Programming spared from commercial pressure to serve viewers is suffering as politics and changing distribution weighs in
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Congrats, Conservative Media: Even Your Fans Don’t Always Trust You
A Pew Research study found Democrats and Republicans split on their choice of news sources, but another rift on who they trust, and don’t, also stands out
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Amid Cable Spinoffs, Trump’s CNN and MSNBC Hostility Could Raise M&A Hurdles
News operations threaten to complicate dealmaking for Versant and now WBD’s cable group, as Paramount has discovered with “60 Minutes”
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Trump’s ‘California in Chaos’ Dystopia? Not if You Live Here
The administration and its media allies paint a distorted, politically motivated picture that’s untethered from L.A.’s reality but made for social media
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Barry Diller’s Road to Success: 8 Tips You Can Follow, and a Few You Probably Can’t
The billionaire mogul’s autobiography “Who Knew” details his business philosophy, overshadowed in part by personal revelations that helped forge it
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