11+ hour, 7+ min ago  (455+ words) WIF CEO Kirsten Schaffer tells me the "numbers are going backward" In 2023, there were 20 women or nonbinary filmmakers who directed movies on IMDb Pro's top 100 list. In 2024, the number dipped to 14. In 2025, it dropped to 11. "We're seeing the numbers go…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (755+ words) The former FTC chair & former FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya joined us to tell unions, writers & creatives how to use their power to get their way Richard Rushfield, Matt Stoller Two weeks ago, as news broke that Paramount Skydance had its…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (553+ words) Plus: Who could replace Jeff Shell? And Chernin execs on their creator strategy Happy Easter and Passover " and it looks like there's one more thing to celebrate this weekend as the WGA and AMPTP reach a tentative four-year agreement. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (639+ words) Stalled projects, a "carefully constructed" industry at risk " and even the biggest merger in entertainment industry history under threat With production at a standstill across the Gulf, cinemas shuttered or operating at reduced capacity, and high-profile films relocating for safety,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (456+ words) A once-niche genre is now a vertically integrated IP machine, and saturation is looming Who will you be seeing Wuthering Heights with this weekend? In the spirit of Valentine's Day and that film, today I'm writing about the accelerating business…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (851+ words) Mornin! This is Sean Mc Nulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya like or email me at seanmcnultynyc@gmail. com), and here's the Hollywood + Media news to know on Friday, April 24, 2026. Where, yes, Bob Iger is going back…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (366+ words) Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates rarely agree on anything. Now their sovereign wealth funds are jointly pouring almost $24 billion into Paramount Skydance's $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, joining Larry Ellison in backing son David Ellison's…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (410+ words) I was at an Oscar party thrown by one of the agencies last month, and I happened to notice a personality there. He's someone in the business who would wear the moniker "bro" happily and proudly, and for whom there…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (269+ words) Everyone talks about taking big swings again, but few Hollywood execs actually feel safe enough to do it. Former Showtime president Jana Winograde and ex-Warner Bros. Television chief Susan Rovner didn't wait. "You gotta accept the fact that the business…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (328+ words) Hollywood's future is being decided by a domestic bidding war " and it's only getting fiercer. Several states have been fine-tuning their programs to stem the overseas exodus; new players are popping up as New York and Georgia lose some of…...