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Bob Chapek’s Sun Valley Challenge: Define His Vision for Disney
This week Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek, joined by dozens of others representing the business and political elite, is in Sun Valley, Idaho, for the annual Sun Valley Conference, hosted by the boutique investment bank Allen & Co. Instead of conducting business next to the wood-paneled walls of the bank’s New York office (many […]
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Production Backlogs to Box Office Recovery Signals: A Q&A With Media Expert John Harrison
From the streaming revolution and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on movie going and distribution windows to Hollywood mega-deals, the entertainment industry has gone through major changes. John Harrison, Americas media & entertainment leader at accounting and consulting firm EY, has a close eye on all the challenges and opportunities convergence and disruption create […]
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It’s Official: AT&T and Discovery Detail Merger Plans
AT&T and Discovery Inc. have made it official, unveiling their plan to merge their media and entertainment assets in a deal that will bring together TV channels like CNN, TBS, TNT, HGTV, Food Network and Discovery Channel, the Warner Bros. film studio, and streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+. They said the merger would create […]
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