Ankler Agenda
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🎧 The Fight For Wasserman Intensifies
From private equity to Patrick Whitesell, it’s down to the wire
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🎧 L.A.’s Mayoral Race Becomes a Fight for Hollywood Jobs
Finally, runaway production is a campaign issue — and the industry’s workers are the prize
Latest Ankler Agenda stories
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🎧 Hollywood’s New Gamble: Interactive TV Goes All In
Polymarket’s Golden Globes tacky-fest was just the beginning
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🎧 Is Everyone Leaving L.A. (Or Is That Just Your Group Chat)?
The hard numbers behind the vibes; plus: Hollywood prediction markets heat up
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🎧 YEAR-END HOLIDAY MAILBAG: Your Burning Questions, Answered
In case you ever wondered how Sean picks GIFs for The Wakeup… and more!
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🎧 SUPER-SIZED HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Hollywood’s 2025 Winners & Losers
Congrats, ‘Heated Rivalry’ fans. Everyone else: We have the receipts
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🎧 He’s Just Not That Into You: How Zaslav and Ellison Fell Apart
Plus: Richard Rushfield on the tragedy of Rob Reiner
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🎧 Tick, Tick: The 10-Day Siege of Warner Bros. Begins
The hostile bid from the Saudis, Kushner & Ellison has a deadline on it. But it likely won’t end there. Plus: Katey Rich on awards season
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WGA Prez’ Dire Warning on Netflix-WB: ‘We Know How This Movie Ends’
In an emergency convo, Michele Mulroney tells Elaine Low about the inevitable ‘self-dealing,’ the ‘distressing’ time for guild members and what writers can do now
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🎬 Netflix-WBD Panic & Chaos in a Hollywood ‘Looking for Some Answers’
The dominant streamer’s $83B acquisition of Warner Bros. studio and streaming assets — including crown jewel HBO — would heap new burdens on entertainment workers
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🎧 Enter The Warner Bros. Thunderdome
Netflix, Paramount and Comcast step into the ring. But who needs it most?
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🎧 The Clock Strikes Midnight for Warner Bros.
Bids for the studio are due. Will anyone outflank Trump buddy David Ellison?
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🎧 AI Warning Signs — How Hollywood Invited the Enemy Inside
Tilly Norwood is the headline. The real story is the jobs collapse already underway
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🎧 Bari Weiss, MS Now & the Sad Battle for TV News’ Last Viewer (Age: 70)
As Gen Z gravitates to online newsfluencers, New York legacy media is being roiled
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🎧 Hollywood’s Recession Alarm Just Went Off
Layoffs, layoffs and more layoffs put the industry on high alert. What will it mean for 2026?
The Ankler Agenda podcast is a conversation on what’s driving Hollywood — explained each week by host Elaine Low, alongside Natalie Jarvey, Sean McNulty and special guests.