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Death Spiral of Hollywood Monopolies

Too big to fail? Not so fast. A showrunner's cautionary memo

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Aug 07, 2023
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Alena Smith is the creator and showrunner of Apple TV+’s Dickinson.

Hollywood is broken. More than half a trillion dollars has been wiped off the market value of the world’s biggest media companies this year, while, on the streets, hundreds of thousands of writers and actors are on strike, bringing the industry to a gri…

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