podcasts
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Inside the ‘Giggly Squad’ Podcast Bidding War — $150M Offers, 3 Suitors
My scoop on Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo’s SiriusXM pact, who was in the hunt and why the price soared
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Disney’s Podcast Offensive: 2 New Deals — and the 4 Genres It Wants Next
Move over, Netflix: I reveal the Mouse House’s strategy, who signed and what talent likes about the deals. Plus, more scoop: Avail’s new platform lets brands use creators’ AI likeness
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Spotify’s New Weapon Against YouTube: Twitch
The Ringer’s ‘Wise Guys’ gets a new live home as the podcast wars spread
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Podcast Rivals Went on a Luxury Retreat to Fix Their $1B Metrics Problem
Plus: Creators crash Hollywood awards, I scoop Henry Smith’s CAA signing, and reps scramble for ‘Love Island’ stars
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Netflix Podcast Sellers’ Guide: What They Want — and How Much They’re Paying
The inside track to the streamer’s ambitions, who can greenlight a deal there, and the unique terms — including one that sends some talent back to YouTube
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Spotify’s Podcast Boss on the Pivot That Paid Off — and the Video, AI & Memberships Bet
Roman Wasenmüller breaks down how audio went from a money-losing drag into a profitable growth engine; SCOOP: YouTube’s Spy Ninjas is spending big to grow
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🎧 Hollywood’s New Trick to Screw Writers
Studios are asking scribes to develop without pay — and are getting away with it
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🎧 L.A. Production Spiral. Trump to the Rescue?
The 47th President enlists a team of ’80s action heroes
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🎧 Lively vs. Baldoni: Lawsuits! Exposés! Rumors!
Both sides lodged 80-page legal filings in a holiday greeting from hell
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🎧 Tales From the ’90s: Ain’t It Cool News’ ‘Titanic’ Impact on Hollywood
Drew McWeeny recalls his adventures with the upstart website that confounded studios, enraged execs and changed the fortunes of blockbusters
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🎧 Tales From the ’90s: Ron Meyer’s ‘Miracle’ Hollywood Career
The CAA founder and longtime Universal exec tells Richard Rushfield about his wild showbiz ride: ‘I wanted to be the guy in that fast car with beautiful women’
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☀️ ‘Sonic 3’ Crushes ‘Mufasa’ to Kick Off Christmas Box Office
A24 makes horror pickup / Lively-Baldoni scandal rocks weekend / PAR makes 2024 slate adjustments
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🎧 A New Spec Script Boom Catches Fire
Writers are raking in millions again on original ideas. Why now?
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Transcript: Tales from the ’90s: ‘Last Action Hero’ Screenwriters Tell All
Richard Rushfield speaks with Adam Leff and Zak Penn about how their spec script dream curdled into a crushing nightmare of Hollywood excess
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Transcript: HBO & the Harry Potter Gamble
Casey Bloys talks a big game as questions abound for the prestige network