🎧 Wall Street's War on Hollywood

Investor appeasement drives Paramount sale drama, Disney woes and a nightmarish job climate

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Wall Street likes surefire bets — growth companies that deliver predictable returns for infinite quarters. But in Hollywood, “you’re in the failure game,” says Richard Rushfield. Yet when the alchemy works, hits power the industry. Still studio leaders are mired in machinations to appease investors, often with disastrous resul…