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🎧 Paramount: Buy, Sell, Fight

Rob Long on the studio's contentious legacy of suitors

Rob Long

May 1

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Rob Long knows a quote . . . from which Chinese philosopher, he’s not sure. It goes, “If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.” Showbiz translation: If you stay in Hollywood long enough, you’ll see Paramount bought and sold many times over.

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ICYMI

The Wakeup WB's big new movie deals as stock hits record low
TV Writers' New Strategy, Struggle: 'Everyone is Looking for Work' One-third of an agent's roster is unemployed as the staffing ladder returns, studios want 'experience,' and those who've lived through downturns offer advice
Death of TV's Overall Deals (As We Knew Them) Apple visits agents and lawyers to remake deals, Amazon's new 'back-end' and what dealmakers reveal to me about the new reality
📸Todd on the Town 'Poolman' Premiere, Giffords' Gang
Paramount: A Slow-Motion Murder in Plain Sight Nepo babies, a $50M shove and muddled visions for the once-great, now cursed studio
Agents & Stars: Equity Stakes are the New 10%. While They Last With packaging gone, the race for the next Ryan Reynolds — not the 'Deadpool' star but the gin pitchman — is facing market burn-out
'Great for the Refugee Quota!' BBC Doc Accusation Rocks the U.K. 'They took my footage and never paid me. And won every award'
Jen Psaki, Dee Dee Myers & Janice Min: In Conversation You're invited to a talk about the presidential election year on May 14th in Beverly Hills
My 'Blair Witch' Star Q&A; Zaslav, Ari & CEO Paycheck Shock I speak with the original found footage star about being rebooted without consent
Prime Video and the Dad TV Myth Joke all you want, but it (and Mom TV) should be the future of streaming
🎧 How Dad TV Muscled Into Hollywood Prime Video, Par+ and the future of what gets watched (and what NFL has to do with it)