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TheWrap’s 2018 Innovators Share Their Advice for Aspiring Creators and Entrepreneurs
TheGrill 2018: “There’s a lot of great ideas. Pick the one and chase after it”
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Casting in the 21st Century: Networks and Distributors Look for Social Media Impact
TheGrill 2018: “Over half the casting jobs, the question asked is ‘What’s their Instagram handle and what are their social numbers,’” Untitled Entertainment manager Jason Newman says
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How Artificial Intelligence Might Change the Way Hollywood Tells Stories
The Grill 2018: Netflix shows AI is already “”ubiquitous,” says Poppy Crum
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Latinx Producers Call on Hollywood to Invest in Diverse Talent, Stars: ‘We Are Part of the Mainstream’
TheGrill 2018: “We’re not a separate group, you don’t have to send us to a different division”
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New LA Times Owner Says He’s Spending $100 Million to Rebuild the Paper – and Wants It Back (Video)
TheGrill 2018: “In order for the paper to survive, it has to thrive. In order to thrive, it has to be self-sustaining,” Patrick Soon-Shiong says
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Why eSports Is ‘Growing Like Wildfire,’ From Activision Blizzard to Echo Fox
The Grill 2018: eSports “is not just a flash in the pan, it’s an industry that’s developing,” says Damon Lau, head of eSports at UTA
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MoviePass Owner Rules Out Bankruptcy, Announces $65 Million in New Funding (Video)
TheGrill 2018: “We’ve been the underdog since August 15 of last year… we’re still here, and we’re not going anywhere,” Helios & Matheson CEO Ted Farnsworth says
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How Data Drives Studio Decisions as Much as Gut Instinct in Netflix Era
TheGrill 2018: “You want to start knowing and having less guessing to keep the business healthy,” 20th Century Fox’s Julie Rieger says
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Showtime’s David Nevins Says TV Spending Could Reach $100 Billion: ‘No Question – It’s an Arms Race’
TheGrill 2018: “There’s a lot of shows that have gone on to one of the streaming services and kind of disappear without a trace,” says pay cable network boss
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Innovators List 2018: 12 Hollywood Disrupters, From Kenya Barris to Xumo
TheGrill 2018: We honor some of the industry’s most revolutionary new figures
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The Scene at TheGrill 2018: Will Packer, Patrick Soon-Shiong and More at TheWrap’s Media Leadership Conference (Photos)
Entertainment, media and technology converge at TheWrap’s 8th Annual Grill Conference at SLS Hotel Beverly Hills
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‘Night School’ Producer Will Packer on Hollywood Racism, ‘Advantage’ of Being ‘the Only Black Person in the Room’
TheGrill 2018: “For me it’s more microaggressions than someone saying ‘Get that black s–t out of here,’” Packer said of the racism he’s encountered
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Why Hollywood’s Merger Mania Will Leave a Host of Theater Chains and Entertainment Companies in the Dust (Video)
TheGrill 2018: “The theatrical distribution business is bound for failure,” says attorney Sky Moore
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Why the Dive in the Cryptocurrency Marketplace Is Good: ‘Gets Rid of a Lot of The Fat’
The Grill 2018: “This is going to allow the next wave of this revolution to actually start to become institutionalized,” says BANKEX’s Syed Hussain
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Welcome to TheGrill 2018: Now We’re Talking Disruption at Full Tilt
At our annual business conference, it’s hard not to notice that many of the changes that we saw as smoke over the horizon a decade ago are here and ablaze