Happy holidays! Now through midnight on New Year’s Eve, new annual Ankler subscriptions and gift subscriptions are 25 percent off, our best offer of the year.
Huge swaths of the industry rely on us for smart, indispensable guidance, insight, analysis and news — the kind you can’t get anywhere else. Our Ankler subscribers grew 77 percent (and counting) this year, and Janice was just named alongside Taylor Swift, Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Greta Gerwig as one of the 11 Most Consequential Media and Technology Figures of 2023.
We are proud The Ankler has become a home for serious information, and serious people.
Richard Pleper was quoted earlier this year as saying, “I read [The Ankler] the second I see it pop up. They have a little bite, but their bite is always within the bounds of fair play. People read it, people respect it, people send it around.”
Reminder: Our special offer also extends to gift subscriptions, just in time for under-the-tree tomorrow morning.
As a paid subscriber, you’ll never be blocked by a paywall (or beg for a forward from your colleague again). Even better, The Ankler will ensure you have access to the same information as the town’s CEOs and top colleagues in the New Year. (Vanity Fair identified that our paid subscribers include David Zaslav, Patrick Whitesell, Kathleen Kennedy, Donna Langley and Brian Grazer).
Need more convincing? Just take a look at the last week of information and stories that only paid subscribers to The Ankler could access:
Warnermount Pt. 1: ‘Thanks, I Hate It’
Elaine Low and Claire Atkinson reported on the town and the Street’s reactions to the potential WBD-Paramount merger, with creatives and analysts alike rolling their eyes at a combo:
Warnermount Pt. 2: A Likely Fed Stink Eye
Antitrust guru Matt Stoller breaks down why the FTC and DoJ won’t lay the welcome mat for David Zaslav and Bob Bakish:
Studio CEOs: Out of Options
Claire Atkinson hands out grades to each of the studios with a surprising streamer earning the lone A, as she reports on the choices (many grim) awaiting our CEOs next year:
Ankler 100: Dead Reckoning
Like many of our town’s franchises, Richard’s annual Ankler 100 was so big it took two columns to count up a year of screw-ups:
Prestige Junkie
Gregg Kilday analyzes the new playing field after the shortlist dashed some Oscar hopes and advanced others; and after four noms and no trophy, Annette Bening has a shot at an Oscar with Nyad. But are ‘overdue’ Oscars as bygone as Kate Mantilini’s meatloaf?
Company Culture 911!
In the first part of a new series about how to rescue company culture (remember that?), star leadership and talent coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin lays out five types of problematic boss tendencies, and how to fix them:
☀️THE WAKEUP
If you’re not starting your day with Sean McNulty’s top-notch newsletter, you’re already one step behind on the industry’s agenda:
🎧 PODCASTS
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THE ANKLER
Revisiting 2023’s top snubs, flubs, flops and embarrassing moments:
MARTINI SHOT
Rob Long wants money 364 days a year. Today he asks you to support a charity in LA:
👓 THE OPTIONIST
IP Picks🔎: An Olympic Athlete’s Inspirational Tale Plus, a backlist YA sci-fi gem and a ‘Squid Game’-like thriller
FINAL HOUSEKEEPING!
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