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    Christopher Grimes is the Los Angeles bureau chief for the Financial Times. He has previously worked as a reporter and editor for the FT in New York and London. He also spent four years in Tokyo, where he served as executive editor for Nikkei Asia, the flagship English language publication of the FT's parent company. Before joining the FT, he worked for Dow Jones and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
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      Bob Iger and Brian Roberts lock horns over ‘kingmaker’s asset’ Hulu

      Disney and Comcast prepare for battle over the price of full ownership of the streaming service

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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
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      Hollywood writers reach tentative deal with studios to end strike

      Breakthrough could pave way for agreement with striking actors’ union

      Placards by members of the Writers Guild of America outside Walt Disney Studios in May
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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      Lachlan Murdoch: now the leading man in a long-running family drama

      Elevation to the top will not stop the new boss of Fox and News Corp from looking over his shoulder

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      Creative Artists Agency LLC
      CAA’s top team eyes over $200mn payout in Pinault deal

      Senior managers and agents could sell shares, according to financial terms seen by the FT

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      Combination of World Wrestling Entertainment and UFC takes aim at growing global fans

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    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Media
      Disney and Charter settle dispute that blacked out TV programming

      Stand-off which left millions without premium live sports was seen as test for the future of cable business

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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
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      Pinault empire makes California return with A-list agency acquisition

      French billionaire François-Henri Pinault spearheads investment into talent manager CAA that represents his wife Salma Hayek

      François-Henri Pinault and his wife Salma Hayek
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
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      Disney vs Charter: a dispute that leaves future of cable TV in doubt

      The stand-off between the companies has left millions of US households unable to watch live sports

    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
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      Pinault’s Artémis to buy majority stake in Hollywood talent agency CAA

      Deal begins new chapter for family whose holdings have largely focused on luxury industry

      Artémis chief François-Henri Pinault with his wife Salma Hayek, who is a client of CAA
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Media
      Hollywood strikes take $5bn bite out of California economy

      After 124 days, the studios and unions remain at an impasse

      SAG-AFTRA members on the picket line in front of Paramount in Times Square on August 31, 2023 in New York City.
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
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      Mark Thompson faces ‘peak disruption’ as he takes CNN helm

      Former New York Times and BBC chief must navigate falling ratings and questions about the network’s political positioning

    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      FT Magazine
      An afternoon on the Hollywood picket line

      ‘Millionaires on strike’ is how some describe the standstill that has gripped Los Angeles. But the calls for action aren’t for the stars, they’re for jobbing writers and actors struggling to stay afloat

      Members of the Writers Guild of America carry picket signs at one of the gates to Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California
    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
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      Hollywood calls time on golden era of cheap streaming

      Top studios turn screws on customers with price rises that rival expensive cable TV bundles

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      Top Fox lawyer and Lachlan Murdoch confidant Viet Dinh to resign

      Departure comes months after $800mn settlement of Dominion Voting Systems claims

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      Disney weighs options for TV networks as cord-cutting accelerates

      Latest earnings report shows narrowing streaming losses but declining revenue in traditional television and film units

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      The ESPN logo
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
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      Iger’s Disney comeback hampered by TV woes and box office flops

      Streaming losses forecast to eat into profits when media group reports results this week

      A montage of Bob Iger and the Disney logo in the background
    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
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      Hollywood and hotel workers unite in LA’s long hot summer of discontent

      Picket lines have sprung up across the US city with no resolution in sight

      Strike captain and actor Demetri Belardinelli
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
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      Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘I’m not the sort of person who looks back’

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    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
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      Former Disney executives return as advisers to chief Bob Iger

      Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer to consult on legacy TV business

      Bob Iger
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      X Corp
      Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino courts Hollywood in push for star power

      Social media app’s new chief meets with agents at leading talent agencies amid controversy over rebranding to ‘X’

      Twitter chief executive Linda Yaccarino poses for a picture with influencer Paris Hilton this week
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
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      ‘Barbenheimer’ delivers year’s biggest opening weekend at N American box offices

      Movie pair boosts cinemas in lacklustre summer despite not fitting ‘blockbuster mode’

      Fans attend the ‘Barbie’ movie as it opens on July 21 in New York City.
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      Director Christopher Nolan: ‘Oppenheimer is absolutely a cautionary tale’

      The Hollywood director on streaming, strikes — and why his new atomic bomb biopic speaks to the age of AI

    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
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      Cinemas hope for ‘Barbenheimer’ box office boom

      Theatres selling themed cocktails and bottomless brunches to cash in on ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ buzz

      Movie-goers take a selfie in front of an ‘Oppenheimer’ movie poster before they attended an advance screening of ‘Barbie’ in Los Angeles on Thursday
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      News in-depthHollywood
      Lights, camera, industrial action: Hollywood’s biggest strike in 60 years

      Writers and actors join picket line to protest against reduced pay in streaming era and AI threat

      Members of SAG-AFTRA hold up signs during a strike at The Walt Disney Co. studios
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