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WGA Strike Roundtable: TV’s Top Writers Talk 2007 vs. Now – ‘We’re Here for the Younger Writers’ | Video
Creators of hits like “Friends” and “One Tree Hill” are afraid that the next generation of showrunners are being smothered for short-term profit
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WGA Strike Roundtable: Showrunners Get Real About AI — ‘Execs Are on the Chopping Block Before Writers’ | Video
Three showrunners break down why streaming has to change immediately and what people get wrong about AI concerns
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WGA Strike Roundtable: ‘I Can’t Support My Family for the Rest of the Year’ – Writer Moms Talk Why They Strike | Video
Mothers and WGA members talk about how raising kids makes the drop in writers’ wages even more of a problem
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Wrap Roundtable: Franklin Leonard Says Making Indie Films Isn’t an ‘Altruistic Impulse’ – ‘It’s Exactly the Opposite’ (Video)
The Black List founder argues low-budget productions still “comes from a fundamental desire to increase and improve the economics of the industry”
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Ben Smith Talks Digital Media’s Death Dive: ‘You Could Feel That Moment Coming to an End’ | Video
The former New York Times media columnist speaks to WaxWord about his new book, “Traffic,” his new site, Semafor, and “the dumbest decision in the history of digital media” — not selling BuzzFeed to Disney for $600 million
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WGA Strike Roundtable: Writers Say TV Is ‘Broken, and We’re Reinventing It Poorly’ (Video)
Guild negotiating committee member Kay Cannon talks with fellow writers about the struggles that led them to swap laptops for picket signs
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‘Fair Contract or We Spoil ‘Succession”: Angry and United, Hollywood Writers Hit the Picket Lines | Video
WGA members were motivated and irritated as they began the first wave of strikes in Los Angeles and New York City
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Wrap Roundtable: Adam Brody Calls Out Onscreen Gun Violence as Big Part of the Problem – ‘American as Apple Pie’ (Video)
“You can’t see a breast, but if you want to see heads get blown off, no problem,” Brody told TheWrap alongside Piper Perabo during a discussion on Hollywood’s portrayal of gun violence
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Why Hollywood Is in a Mad Rush to Launch Ad-Supported Streaming Options | Video
Consolidation within the entertainment industry appears on the horizon and avenues streamers are embracing to survive is AVOD and FAST
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Are Fears Over Facebook and Other Big Tech Companies Overblown? | Video
Author Robby Soave explains why he’s “extremely skeptical” of both political parties’ push to curb Big Tech
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WrapPRO Roundtable: Inside the Fight for a Living Wage in Hollywood | Video
Members of IATSE Local 871 speak with TheWrap about the push for better wages for Hollywood’s lowest-paid workers
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Congress Targets Silicon Valley – Which Tech Giant Is Most Vulnerable?
Tech Talk With Sean Burch and Alex Kantrowitz: “For a long time, we kind of made fun of Congress,” Kantrowitz of Big Technology says
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WrapPRO Roundtable: Will the Sports Rights Bubble Ever Burst? | Video
“I don’t think it’s a dire future for sports at all. I think it’s a great opportunity to innovate,” Amazon’s Marie Donoghue says
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How Hollywood’s Groundlings Improvised Through the Pandemic – Without COVID Jokes | Video
WrapPRO Roundtable: “I don’t know if anyone wants to be reminded of what we are in right now,” troupe member Michael Churven says
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WrapPRO Roundtable: Inside the Shift Toward Multicultural Representation on Screen | Video
“The one thing I worry about is unless we band together, this is just one moment in time,” BET’s Rose Catherine Pinkney says
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