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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🎧 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
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🎧 YouTube’s Neal Mohan on Netflix Jabs, Sports Rights & the Creator Coup
At Cannes Lions, the CEO hits back at Sarandos comments, unpacks the platform’s pod surge and AI opportunity, and what marketers must know about Gen Z