Industry Trends
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Netflix Revenue, Advertising Slowdown Rattles Wall Street as Growth Concerns Persist
Shares of the streamer fell over 6% after its weaker-than-expected outlook for the rest of 2026 overshadowed its third-quarter earnings
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CAA, WME and UTA Team With Ron Howard and Jason Blum to Push for Indie Productions
The American Entertainment Alliance wants legislation to make U.S. entertainment companies put half of their content budgets towards independent projects
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Netflix Layoffs: TV Execs Lisa Lang McMullen, Andrew McQuinn and Carolina Garcia Among Cuts
The streaming giant cuts 1,000 jobs amid lagging engagement
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Spectrum Chief Commercial Officer Adam Ray, Chief Marketing Officer Sharon Peters to Exit
The restructuring comes after parent company Charter Communications closed a $34.5 billion merger with rival Cox in August
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Kent Belden’s The Only Agency to Acquire The Blogger Agent
The move comes as the two talent agencies look to capture a larger share of the creator economy
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Who Is Skydance’s New Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz?
The former Mattel CEO will oversee day-to-day operations and find the $6 billion in merger cost savings
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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s $110 Billion Merger Closes
The Skydance conclusion comes after months of twists and turns, including a bidding war with Netflix and a legal fight with 12 state attorneys general
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Hollywood Spends More Than Half of Its Film Budgets Outside the US, Union Study Shows
The report comes as the entertainment industry pushes hard on Congress to pass a federal production tax incentive
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NBCUniversal’s Mark Marshall Sidesteps Sale Question, Says Comcast Spinoff Is Focused on Growth
TheGrill 2026: The company’s chairman of global advertising and partnerships also tells TheWrap about partnering with YouTube to make more money off late night
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Range Managers Cora Olson and Michael Diamond on the New Rules for Hollywood Representation
Office With a View: The executives tell TheWrap about representing clients like Dan Levy and Kyra Sedgwick, staying the course through industry change and building their decade-long partnership
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim, California AG Rob Bonta Get Candid on Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
TheGrill 2026: The two appeared (separately) on stage on the same day the antitrust settlement was officially approved
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim Says Threat to Move Out of California ‘Was Not a Bluff’
TheGrill 2026: The media giant’s chief legal officer unpacks how the settlement with 12 state AGs came together and addresses concerns around politics and CNN’s independence
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Judge Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
The move clears the final hurdle for the $110 billion deal’s closing
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Rob Bonta ‘Vehemently and Respectfully Disagrees’ That He ‘Caved’ on Warner Bros.-Paramount Suit
TheGrill 2026: The California Attorney General says David Ellison’s threat to move out of the state, as well as calls to settle from Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass and Xavier Becerra, had “no influence” on his decision
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