Richard Rushfield
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Matt Stoller: Paramount Has a 60% Chance of Losing WBD
The monopoly expert who predicted the states’ challenge on why mounting legal and financing risks could kill the deal
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Writer, Jr. Agent, Indie Producer: The 10 Worst Jobs in Hollywood
Do you agree with my No. 1? I am sure the people in the seats do
Latest Richard Rushfield stories
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Paramount Is Losing the Room. What Happens Now
As states file to stop the merger, the Ellisons play defense and Oracle loses half its value, my read of where this goes next
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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
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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
A must-read for industry insiders, Richard Rushfield’s columns are unfiltered and unflinching analysis of the people and forces reshaping the business.