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shari redstone
Matthew Belloni August 16, 2024
Edgar Bronfman Jr. may be publicly kicking the tires, but the special committee of the board has so far delivered what Shari Redstone wants. There’s little reason to think the committee won’t deliver again.
billie eilish
Matthew Belloni August 16, 2024
The tabloid drama preceding Billie and Finneas ditching the Wasserman talent agency for WME has exacerbated an only-in-Hollywood frenemy feud between two of the industry’s biggest egos, with potentially major business repercussions.
david zaslav tom cruise
Matthew Belloni August 9, 2024
The entire media sector is entering a new, more sinister stage of the linear TV meltdown, with massive write-offs at Warner Discovery and Paramount… and yet, the situation confronting WBD C.E.O. David Zaslav is perhaps the most concerning.
Jimmy Kimmel 96th Annual Oscars
Matthew Belloni July 30, 2024
Alas, after four hosting gigs, Jimmy Kimmel has informed the Academy that he won’t return for the 2025 show. And Mulaney passed, too.


david zaslav
Matthew Belloni July 30, 2024
A Studio J-style expert roundtable on how Warner Discovery’s David Zaslav bungled the negotiation, why he sued, what it really means for WBD’s debt and revenue, and what the company might be able to win in a subsequent negotiation or eventual arbitration.
david zaslav
Matthew Belloni July 26, 2024
Zaz is going all-out for the Olympics, which WBD is carrying overseas. But as with the infamous Cannes party, he seems to be tone-deaf to the optics of such largesse during a time of painful cuts at his company.
naomi osaka Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Matthew Belloni July 26, 2024
NBCU Media Group chairman Mark Lazarus offers a candid assessment of his goals for the Olympics, how the Games’ value proposition has changed over the years, and A.I. Al Michaels.
dana walden matt walden
Matthew Belloni July 23, 2024
Disney TV chief Dana Walden and her husband go back years with Kamala Harris, and the relationship between the potential POTUS and the ascendant Hollywood executive could be meaningful for both of them.


david zaslav
Matthew Belloni July 19, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery’s well-compensated C.E.O. faces the reality of new pressure from Wall Street analysts, box office bombs, a fresh round of layoffs, and no answer for the worsening economics of television, as he contemplates the inevitable: Something big needs to change.
prince
Matthew Belloni July 16, 2024
The Oscar winner Ezra Edelman’s exhaustive 9-hour documentary is stranded over a surprising objection from the late music icon’s dueling estates: It’s too long.
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