The Wakeup Netflix’s hard sell: Gross tonnage + ad tech
Cannes Daily Day 2: ‘Prices are Crazy’; Cruise ❤️
Creator War: Netflix is Coming for YouTube. And Vice Versa (Sorry, H’wood) Like & Subscribe’s Natalie Jarvey reveals the coming showdown between the #1 and #2 streamers, what Netflix is looking to buy NOW, and how Amazon, Peacock and Hulu are joining the action
TV Producers’ Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn’s Return, One Step Closer Many are rallying for Jon Voight’s call to revive 1970s rules on show ownership, reports Lesley Goldberg, a chance finally for indie studios to compete
The HBO Brandicide Failure Plus: A new book names names in Hollywood's Biden coverup, writes Richard Rushfield
Penske Scoops: SXSW Leak; Golden Globes-Attorney General Mess Builds Richard has 11 mins of leaked audio from an internal meeting, and dish on the nepo baby-of-media’s legal entanglement over his awards show
Favourite Producer Ken Kao’s Hit Indie Model: No More Films ‘Seven People See’ The Waypoint CEO, partners with Neon, talks to Ashley Cullins about the sweet spot of budgets today, how he picks what to finance, horror’s future, and when to bring a studio on board
Before You Fly, Read This. It Could Change Your Journey Home From social media ‘likes’ to shopping receipts to detainment: USC professor Jean Reisz on what to know before facing U.S. border control
Break ’Em Up: Google’s Reckoning Day is Hollywood’s Big Chance Amid historic antitrust rulings, Entertainment Strategy Guy outlines a shift that could revive studios, boost creators and reshape the ad market
Disney’s Rita Ferro Rethinks Upfronts: ‘You Buy Cars All Year.’ Why Not Ads? The ad chief, along with WBD’s ad team, talks to Elaine Low about Hollywood’s annual ad blitz, banged up by tariffs, crashed by streamers
Bloody-Good TV Worlds: Inside Vampire and St. Denis Medical From Anne Rice’s dark mythos to a mock-doc in a chaotic ER, showrunners and stars talk to Elaine about making distinctive series in a shifting landscape
Andor: My Awe Over a (Pricey) TV Galaxy Far, Far Away Katey Rich previews her Tony Gilroy interview and pays homage to his expensive, audacious Star Wars epic — the last gasp of streaming's go-for-broke era
Cannibal Queens to Cancer Sex: Creators on Risk & Ambition in the Algo Age Teams behind Yellowjackets, American Primeval and Dying for Sex tell Katey the wild stories behind their buzzy shows — and what gives them hope
🎧 My ER Trip to Grey’s Anatomy: Gen Z What Rob Long’s hot stroke doctors taught him about TV
🎧 Étoile Star Luke Kirby on His Second Dance with Maisel Creators Lenny Bruce to Lincoln Center, the actor tells Katey why he goes where the Palladinos lead him
🎧 The Week Trump Terrified Hollywood The president, Jon Voight and Gov. Newsom can't save an industry
