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
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Team Trump Spent $9,137 on a Calm App Subscription (and LOTS of News)
As the prez and Musk slash federal spending for news subscriptions, I find what his PAC and RNC paid for after the election — including ‘Business of Fashion’, Tucker Carlson Network and, yes, Peacock
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EXCLUSIVE: My Chat with Rep. Darrell Issa, New Hollywood Friend
The congressman’s anti-piracy fight, a ‘judicial blocking’ proposal, has Amazon, Disney and YouTube execs talking. Plus: his words on Trump & fire relief
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Our New Team Member, and Last Chance to Lock in 2024 Prices
Lesley Goldberg joins our TV reporting all-stars as The Ankler turns 3!
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🎧 A Dire Sundance, Indie Peril & the Creator Incursion
It was definitely a mood at the festival; plus: Peacock thwacked
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🎧 The New Showbiz: Hollywood, Creators & Brands
The ‘win-win’ as talent and brands reset the terms of engagement for the next phase of entertainment
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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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🎧 Tales From the ’90s: New Line’s Decade of Domination
Mike De Luca and Richard Brener on the indie studio’s bold bets from ‘Austin Powers’ to ‘Se7en’: ‘Sleeper hits by necessity’
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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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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni & the Journo: ‘This Proves How Nasty Hollywood Is’
The ‘New York Times’ insinuated Kjersti Flaa was part of a smear campaign. Trolls online told her to kill herself. Now she says the paper ‘owes her an apology’
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