Tariffs
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Lawrence O’Donnell Toasts Trump’s ‘Worldwide Humiliation’ Over Tariffs: ‘Those Proposals Were Constitutionally Insane’ | Video
“It’s over. The Trump tariff madness ends now,” the MSNBC host says
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5 Big Trends From Earnings Season: Linear and Box Office Decline, Fox News’ Trump Bump and AI Surges
The latest round of media and tech earnings saw Hollywood take a hit
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Trump Threatens Apple With Tariff on iPhones if They’re Not Made in the US
The president says Apple will be hit with a tariff “of at least 25%” on iPhones that are made in India and shipped to the States
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Strategy for Upfronts and Beyond: Stay Flexible for Buyers, Ad Chiefs Say
Ryan Gould and Robert Voltaggio tell TheWrap they remain bullish despite economic uncertainty ahead of Wednesday’s presentation
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With Film Tariff Threat, Trump Takes Hollywood for a Ride on the ‘Tweet Now, Think Later’ Train
The frenzy caused by the president’s social media posts gave studios a crash course in his carousel of news-cycle craziness
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US and China Scale Back Tariffs in 90-Day Truce
America’s 145% tariff on Chinese goods will drop to 30%, while China’s tariff on American-made products will fall from 125% to 10%
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Facing a ‘Cinematic Extinction Event,’ Hollywood Must Stage a Comeback | Guest Column
A pandemic, production exodus, wildfires and now Trump tariffs? It’s time for this town to stand strong
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Warner Bros. Discovery Sees ‘No Impact’ From Tariffs: ‘So Far, So Good’
“We do obviously look at sort of external projections and we have a much more diversified portfolio now than we used to have,” CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels says
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Paramount Ad Chief on Trump’s Tariffs Hitting Upfronts: ‘Everything Continues to Be Redefined and Fluctuating’
John Halley tells TheWrap the media giant is seeing “strong demand” from advertisers across its portfolio
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Read the Top Policy Plans in Jon Voight’s Proposal to Trump to ‘Make Hollywood Great Again’
The plan suggests a carrot-and-stick approach, mixing tax incentives, tariffs and co-production treaties to encourage U.S. film production
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Lawrence O’Donnell Insists Trump’s Foreign Movies Tariff Will Never Happen: ‘Nothing to See Here’ | Video
“It’s just more Trumpian nonsense,” the MSNBC anchor says
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A Confused and Frustrated Hollywood Ponders if Trump’s Movie Tariffs Are Even Real | Analysis
While some insiders vent about the president’s lack of a plan, others see an opportunity to steer Washington toward a federal production tax incentive
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Gavin Newsom Asks Trump to Create $7.5 Billion Federal Tax Credit for Hollywood Instead of Tariffs
“Building on our successful state program, we’re eager to partner with the Trump administration,” the California governor says
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‘Transformers’ Producer Says Trump Tariffs Aren’t ‘the Best Way Forward’ for Hollywood: ‘We Are Not a Car Business’ | Video
Mark Vahradian also tells CNN’s Jake Tapper “it’s encouraging” that Hollywood’s “real economic struggles” are being recognized
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Could Trump’s Movie Tariffs Plan Be Illegal Under This 1988 Hollywood-Inspired Law?
The Berman Amendment protects the free flow of information across borders, but it’s only been applied to sanctions and embargoes