🎧 Hollywood’s WFH Wars Worsen
Workers revolt over RTO mandates at Amazon and Lionsgate as industry vets warn about the eventual costs of a career on Zoom
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Hollywood is a relationship business. So can you learn from your bosses, network and get promoted if you’re working from home? Nicole LaPorte talks to Sean McNulty, Elaine Low and Richard Rushfield about the divide over remote work as Lionsgate and Amazon mandate five days in office, and agents and execs warn that young Hollywood’s work-life balance may come at a professional cost. Plus: What Disney’s buying for Hulu, FX and ABC while the company’s Iger succession drama takes another turn.
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Is the New School way of doing things (working from home, meeting through Zoom, sending emails rather than placing calls, conversing on Discord) better than the Old School way of doing business (schmoozing, lunching, talking on the phone, meeting face-to-face)?
Does Hollywood have it backwards? My analysis here…
https://thealgorithm.substack.com/p/hollywood-has-it-backwards