The Ankler

๐ŸŽง Pain in the New Year: Amazon Layoffs, Paramount Peril

But the team swears โ€” there could be a long-term silver lining in this playbook

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Toast the New Year with RC Cola? Itโ€™s the kind of subpar beverage apropos to the first days of 2024, where a dreary Golden Globes (the RC Cola of Awards Shows) was celebrated for not being the lowest-rated in history; one of the most valuable companies in the world (Amazon) laid off hundreds in Hollywood, and one of the most storied studios (Paramount) has perched a semi-permanent โ€œFor Saleโ€ sign out front. โ€œItโ€™s not a great way to start off the year,โ€ saysย Elaine Low, who joinsย Sean McNultyย andย Richard Rushfieldย to survey the worsening landscape that โ€” surprise! โ€” may yet deliver some silver linings.

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