Richard Rushfield
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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…
Latest Richard Rushfield stories
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CinemaCon Confidential: The Good, The Bad & The Buttons
My week in Las Vegas, and the last word on ‘pin-gate’
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The WGA Had Three Years to Think About AI. They Didn’t
Plus: Jeff Shell’s second fall, Zendaya and a Netflix price revolt
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SF’s AI Billboards Should Terrify Us. Humans Are Already Gone
But fighting back with moral panic is a surefire road to ruin
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Two Scary Numbers Hollywood’s Pretending Not to See
A shrinking Oscars audience and a looming debt bomb
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Elephant at the Oscars: Great Movies, Terrible Moment
The good, the bad and my 32 photos from inside
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A Brutal David Ellison Billboard Is Coming to the Oscars
Scoop: I’ll give you the big reveal; plus Iranian drone panic and a rousing night at the DGA
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Grading the Tycoons’ Exits
Zaslav joins a long lineage that includes players from Bronfman to Bewkes
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14 Dangerous Ideas for a New New Hollywood
The blueprint for post-consolidation entertainment is here
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Matt Stoller to Hollywood: Time for a ‘Knife-Fight’ Over Paramount-WBD
‘Not fighting has consequences,’ the antitrust expert says — and the industry has weeks to prove it to state attorneys general
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State of the Showbiz Union: Hollywood Is Dead. Long Live Hollywood
The corporate era is over. What comes next depends on us
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The WGA Files & the $80,000 Business Card
I peek inside the disclosures; plus: the new new Colbert mess
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