Richard Rushfield
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Netflix’s Season Two Problem Is All of Ours
The internet’s novelty trap comes for the biggest streamer
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Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce: Let Them Eat Cake
A plea to Hollywood’s celeb class to knock it off with the Marie Antoinette routine
Latest Richard Rushfield stories
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Vive L’NBCU!
Hollywood works best when entertainment is the main event — not a side hustle for a corporation selling something else
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Tom Rothman, Hollywood & the YouTube Epiphany
Movie execs are finally ready to tap into the world’s biggest platform, 21 years too late. We’ve seen this story before
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The Nithya Raman Interview: ‘Let’s Celebrate Making Things in L.A. Again’
The mayoral challenger says City Hall ‘let the industry walk away’ — and lays out her plan to bring production back
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‘We’re in a Battle’: Chris Meledandri Makes the Case for Moviegoing’s Future
Illumination’s CEO names names — in a good way — on the eve of his next Minions installment
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6 CEOs Will Soon Control the Media’s Fate. What Could Go Wrong?
If you like having a half-dozen Trump-adjacent leaders running every major information source with democracy in the balance, have I got a country for you…
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TV’s Mount Rushmore, According to 50 Hollywood Insiders
I polled the industry for the four most influential figures in the history of the industry — and the runner-up legends
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Scripted TV’s Hazy Future: 3 Burning Questions
Consolidation, storytelling and AI — where does television go from here?
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TV Won the Prestige War. Movies Are In Their Revenge Era
Hollywood’s oldest status fight is suddenly up for grabs
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YouTube Horror Kids vs. Nolan: Beware of Summer’s Wrong Lessons
Against all odds, it’s a great time for theatrical — now just don’t get cocky
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How to: Survive TV Development Hell in Hollywood
Secrets for enduring notes, free work and the heartbreak of a process built to kill great ideas
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How to: Win the Secret Game of Hollywood Meetings
Before anyone buys your pitch, they have to decide they can survive you
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Bari Weiss and the Trojan Horse Plan for Hollywood
Outrage over the teardown at CBS News is hiding the far uglier truth
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Bass, Raman, Pratt: Three Pitches to Fix Hollywood’s Mess
We’re in crisis — and L.A. needs a strong mayor (finally) to save the industry. My read of the race
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The Original Movie Rebellion Is Here. The Pope Saw It Coming
The box office is telling a story too loud to ignore
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How ‘Survivor’ Outplayed Hollywood for 50 Seasons
Lessons from reality’s big kahuna, and my backstage chat with Mark Burnett
A must-read for industry insiders, Richard Rushfield’s columns are unfiltered and unflinching analysis of the people and forces reshaping the business.