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Matthew Belloni May 28, 2024
My answers to burning reader questions on the most important topics of the day: Zaz’s latest sports rights auction, ‘Yellowstone’ drama, ‘Challengers’ questions, the top producers under 40, and much more.
Scarlett Johansson
Matthew Belloni & Eriq Gardner May 24, 2024
A grab bag of the latest Hollywood chatter: David Zaslav’s NBA imbroglio, the D.O.J.’s Live Nation legal hammer, Chris Winfrey’s eye-popping windfall, the best Cannes sighting, and so much more.
ted sarandos
Matthew Belloni May 22, 2024
Tools like automatic video trailers might be annoying but they have proven that the difference between popular and unpopular has way more to do with technology than name-brand showrunners or third-act twists.
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Matthew Belloni May 17, 2024
The Apatow Era has been effectively over for years now. But the plight of the man himself says a lot about the state of comedy, in particular, and Hollywood in general.


Matthew Belloni May 10, 2024
The leading streamer is about to once again try to upend the way Hollywood talent is paid. Will the industry let it this time around?
killers of the flower moon
Matthew Belloni May 7, 2024
The tech powerhouse’s film efforts aren’t profitable in theaters, nor are they finding much of an audience on streaming. But Tim Cook and Eddy Cue aren’t pulling the plug on theaters yet—at least, that’s what Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht are telling people.
shari redstone
Matthew Belloni May 3, 2024
Barring a last-minute reversal, the special committee of the troubled media company is planning to explore Apollo’s finally-revealed bid as Skydance mulls walking away.
bob bakish
Matthew Belloni April 30, 2024
A corporate eulogy for a Redstone yes-man as Shari finally turns on the guy she plucked from obscurity and empowered through Paramount’s troubled foray into the streaming wars, until he quietly sought to sabotage her planned sale to Skydance.


shari redstone
Matthew Belloni April 25, 2024
A feisty dealmaking debate over which suitor will win over Shari Redstone, which offer is better for shareholders, and how the future of Paramount Global could unfold.
jeff skoll
Matthew Belloni April 19, 2024
Jeff Skoll, the eBay billionaire behind Participant Media, was happy to take risks and lose money on “important” projects like Oscar winners ‘Spotlight’ and ‘Green Book.’ But after a year of trying to sell, including a potential lifeline from Eric and Wendy Schmidt that went south, he shut the company down. Why?
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