Dealmakers
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Michael Ellenberg’s Market Rule: ‘Frisky’ Viewers Will Punish ‘Safe’ Shows
Media Res’ CEO on the fundamentals that matter when the formulas stop working — and you still have to sell TV and film
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The 14 Private Equity Firms Ready to Pounce on Hollywood
Who has money to burn amid an appetite for sports and anything AI can’t touch
Latest Dealmakers stories
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‘Whack-a-Mole’: Agents and Lawyers Scramble to Fight AI Celeb Ad Scams
Deepfakes of the famous shilling junk are everywhere online, leaving, says one WME partner, a ‘terrible game’ to fight
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Cost-Plus Deals Are Dying. Now What?
Split rights, windows and co-prods — once unheard of in winner-takes-all streaming — are back, along with lessons from Taylor Swift and Glen Powell
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He Sold MGM to Amazon. Now, His Hard Truths About the Coming M&A
Veteran lawyer and strategist Chris Brearton’s honest insights on a changed landscape: Max and Par+’s future, sports rights and secrets of how the last big deal in Hollywood went down
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New Rules of Film Finance: What Private Money Wants Now
Dealmakers share how to get cash today as Wall Street, investors and the wealthy remain eager to invest — on their terms
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First-Look Deals: How Much, Who’s Getting Them and Why
Lawyers and execs on the new tricky replacement for overalls. Says one: ‘They’re the worst of all worlds’
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‘Final Straw’: Why YouTube Stars Broke Up with H’wood (But Kept Their Lawyers and Agents)
Says WME’s Ben Davis: ‘It’s all about direct-to-consumer businesses’
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Death of TV’s Overall Deals (As We Knew Them)
Apple visits agents and lawyers to remake deals, Amazon’s new ‘back-end’ and what dealmakers reveal to me about the new reality
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‘Is it Too Late?’: Talent Lawyers, CAA Reveal AI Behind-the-Scenes Rights Fight
They share plans for protecting clients, including CAA’s ‘AI vault,’ and the ‘Sophie’s Choice’ confronting Hollywood
Dealmakers from Ashley Cullins delves into the lawyers, agents and executives behind every handshake shaping Hollywood’s careers and future.