The Ankler
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Paramount-WBD Deal on Pause: States Land the First Blow
A federal judge found the attorneys general’s antitrust case strong enough to indicate the mega-merger could break the law
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Ethan Smith Joins Ankler Media as News & Features Editor
He previously was at ‘The Wall Street Journal’ for two decades
Latest The Ankler stories
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🎧 Summer Duds, Fest Buzz: What the Hell is Happening to Movies
As box office bombs, prestige takes the stage
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🎧 Love, Loss & Drama: Swift, Netflix, Paramount
Summer news ends on a bang, plus the 5 biggest stories of the season
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🎧 How TV Became a 24/7 Sports Bar
Yes, scripted is getting TKO’d. Plus: Inside whispers about Q2’s big deals and what’s coming
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Prestige Junkie Studio + a Private Party: Find Us at the Toronto Film Festival!
Katey Rich leads The Ankler’s first-ever festival interview studio; Janice Min & Letterboxd CEO Matthew Buchanan to host an invite-only soiree
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🎧 ‘And Just Like That’… Streamers Want Rom-Coms, Agents Want Creators
Rep call sheets reveal a shift in Hollywood priorities
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🎧 Apple’s ‘F1’ Brand Slam & Disney+’s Streaming Shakeups
Yes, Brad Pitt will wear your logo to finance his film
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🎧 WBD Divorce, Netflix ‘KPop’ Frenzy: Film’s Split Screen Summer
Hollywood’s breaking up and blowing up
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🎧 Gen X Career Crisis & Colbert Collapse
Peak TV is over. Now what happens to everyone who built it?
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🎧 The Epic Cable TV Swap Meet Begins
Inside the grim arbitrage about to begin; plus: Emmy nom winners and losers
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🎧 Meet the ‘New Paramount’: Cindy, Crumbling Cable & Chaos
What to expect as the Ellison era brings both excitement and dread
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🎧 Druckmann Ditches HBO: ‘The Last of Us’ Faces a Creative Apocalypse
Plus: Film schools’ heated AI divide with surprising battle lines
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🎧 Now It’s Spotify vs. YouTube — Plus Personal Struggles Post-L.A. Fire
The new front in the video wars; plus: Cali tax incentive & ‘Elio’ bombs
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Kelly Butler Joins Ankler Media as Chief of Staff from ‘Vanity Fair’
She joins during a moment of propulsive growth and expansion into events and new editorial areas
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🎧 YouTube vs. Netflix: Rumble on the Riviera
A war of words between two CEOs reveal a new streaming war front amid a generational shift in money and audience