The Ankler
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Ethan Smith Joins Ankler Media as News & Features Editor
He previously was at ‘The Wall Street Journal’ for two decades
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Tom Quinn to Diego Luna: The Ankler’s ‘Croisette Conversations’ Debuts at Cannes With Brand Innovators
Katey Rich leads our studio at the film festival with starry names including Ira Sachs and Academy CEO Bill Kramer
Latest The Ankler stories
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🎧 Swipe, Pay, Cry: A $5 Billion Boom in 60-Second Soaps
A Gold Rush frenzy over werewolves, cliffhangers, and coin-fueled payments
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🎧 Now Renting: 8 Million Sq Ft of Sadness
Bar mitzvahs? YouTubers? L.A.’s soundstages struggle to fill production’s void
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🎧 Netflix, Disney+ & YouTube: The Fight to Babysit Your Kids
‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Ms. Rachel’ are just the start. What’s next
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🎧 Upfronts: Less Glitz, Higher Stakes & a Fierce Fight
The team awards The Uppies fresh from the NYC ad confab
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Christopher Rosen Joins The Ankler
The EW, Vanity Fair, HuffPo and Gold Derby vet becomes deputy editor, and co-host of Katey Rich’s ‘Prestige Junkie’ podcast
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New Book IP: ‘Mean Girls’ with Murder; a Black ‘Thelma & Louise’ & More
Plus: A house swap gone awry, and the ‘James’ Pulitzer Prize controversy
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🎧 The Week Trump Terrified Hollywood
The president, Jon Voight and Gov. Newsom can’t save an industry
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The Ankler x Screen International Launch 2nd Annual Cannes Film Festival Newsletter
Gregg Kilday returns to helm a joint daily from both titles, with Claire Atkinson also covering culture and parties along the Croisette
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🔎 Frankenstein in the Old West & IP Picks of the Week
Plus: Two original takes on marriages gone bad and more available stories
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🎧 Hollywood Jobs 2025: Good, Bad & Who’s Hiring
Fight with 500 applications for every job or pivot to the industry next door
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🎧 Netflix’s Push for TV’s Final 80%
Creators, podcasts, more sports: A playbook to convert the remaining audience watching something — anything — on screens is about to unfold
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🎧 WWE’s Prez and Triple H on Global Ambition, the Netflix Deal & Bad Bunny
Nick Khan and Paul Levesque explain the inner workings of their sports phenom
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🎧 WWE to Webtoon: Hollywood’s New World Order
CEOs, creators & Triple H shared optimism & opportunity from a Vegas stage