Sundance 2024: Sue Bird on money in WNBA, her showbiz future
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Sundance CEO explains why film festivals need to ‘evolve’
PARK CITY, Utah — Welcome to a special Sundance Daily edition of the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of…
‘Succession,’ ‘Beef,’ ‘The Bear’ dominate a nostalgic Emmys
A quick heads-up to Wide Shot subscribers: The newsletter is going back to Sundance! I will be in Los Angeles…
Wide Shot: Golden Globes, ‘Oppenheimer’ and a ‘hot sushi’ awards season
Hollywood had its reasons to root for the revival of the Golden Globes this year. Its status as the looser…
2024 box office: Strike delays lower expectations by $1 billion
Bad news first: Thanks to the wreckage inflicted on Hollywood’s production apparatus during the six months of combined actors’ and…
Five big themes for Hollywood in 2024
The new year in Hollywood always brings certain traditions: resolutions, predictions, last-minute deals squeezed in before quarter-end. Naturally, media reporters…
How the streaming business learned to love licensing again
When Disney+, HBO Max (now just Max) and other streaming services were launched, the idea behind their strategies was simple…
Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Disney made ‘fun-flation’ a 2023 buzzword
Economic uncertainty, an unstable geopolitical climate and sticker shock at the local grocery store ($7 for a little pack of…
KCRW plans staff cuts to help close $3 million budget deficit
Facing a projected $3 million budget deficit, Santa Monica public radio station KCRW-FM (89.9) is preparing to reduce staff amid…
What follows Bob Iger’s ‘Mr. Fix It’ era at Disney?
After the year of negative headlines Walt Disney Co. has had, I suppose it’s not exactly a shock that Chief…