Two announcements today. We’re happy to tell you a new weekly newsletter dedicated to the TV industry, Series Business, will debut here next Monday, Jan. 22. Helmed by Elaine Low, Series Business will cover the entertainment TV marketplace for sellers and buyers with news, features and scoops, and arrive in inboxes every Monday. It will be available only to paid subscribers.
We also have a new London correspondent, Manori Ravindran, joining our ranks, who additionally will be contributing to Series Business, covering the international television market out of Europe and abroad.
Regular subscribers here know Elaine, but just to recap: She joined The Ankler in early 2023 after stints covering the TV and entertainment business for Business Insider, Variety and Investor’s Business Daily, and covered the historic WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes for The Ankler’s daily newsletter, Strikegeist, earning a huge following among SAG-AFTRA and WGA members, as well as executives.
She is a regular guest on TV and radio, appearing on CNBC, CBS News, LAist shows Morning Edition and AirTalk, and KCRW programs including Press Play.
(Housekeeping note: Paid Ankler subscribers will receive full access to the weekly Series Business newsletter right here and need to do nothing. If you’re only interested in receiving Series Business and aren’t a paid Ankler subscriber yet, there will be an opportunity to subscribe separately down the road.)
For a sense of what’s coming, some of Elaine’s previous stories about television for The Ankler have included:
You can reach Elaine at elaine@theankler.com.
Please welcome Manori Ravindran to The Ankler. Manori is a London-based reporter and editor, with more than 10 years of experience covering the film and television industries. For the last four years, Manori served as executive editor of international and senior writer at Variety, where she spearheaded international news coverage, reporting from all the major international film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Toronto, and wrote cover stories on Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett and Malala Yousafzai, and investigative stories on the BBC’s diversity crisis, the Ezra Miller scandal and Squid Game. Earlier, she was editor of Television Business International, and international editor at Broadcast magazine. She got her start at Realscreen, specializing in non-fiction and documentary. She has won numerous Los Angeles Press Club awards, as well as Folio’s Top Women in Media award, and is a regular commentator on the BBC and Sky News, and is also a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
You can reach Manori at manori@theankler.com.