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John Landgraf
Kim Masters January 13, 2026
The oracle of Peak TV is at an inflection point as Disney+ absorbs Hulu and the chase for prestige gives way to the tonnage model.
Ted Sarandos
Kim Masters December 17, 2025
As the streamer’s winning bid to secure WBD faces regulatory scrutiny and a hostile offer from Paramount, Ted Sarandos insists that Netflix is committed to a standard theatrical window for Warner Bros. movies. Is it enough to earn Hollywood’s loyalty?
Alan Horn and Rob Reiner
Kim Masters December 16, 2025
The longtime exec paid tribute to Reiner, his onetime partner in Castle Rock Entertainment, and explained why the director dedicated their first movie together to his father.
Donald Trump, Brett Ratner
Kim Masters December 2, 2025
The shock announcement of a fourth film in the Jackie Chan–Chris Tucker action franchise, willed to life with help from the president, has led to far more questions than answers. Chief among them: How did Brett Ratner pull this off?


UFC
Kim Masters November 19, 2025
The UFC’s two F.B.I. investigations caught its new partner, Paramount Skydance, off guard. With a $7.7 billion deal signed and the bloodsport soon to start streaming, is it worth fighting over?
Larry Ellison, David Ellison
Kim Masters November 3, 2025
The surest sign that the Ellisons are still frontrunners in the WBD sweepstakes? The chorus of industry critics is growing—and fantasizing about other options. Meanwhile, the PSKY team might be looking to take its bid over the top with help from abroad.
brian roberts donna langley Mike Cavanagh
Kim Masters October 21, 2025
The ostensibly orderly elevation of Mike Cavanagh to co-C.E.O. alongside Brian Roberts obscures a slightly more complex situation one level down on the org chart, at NBCUniversal, which has been without a clear leader since 2023.
Peter Friedlander
Kim Masters October 7, 2025
The former longtime Netflix executive was beloved for greenlighting blockbusters and passion projects, alike. At Prime Video, he’ll need to work within new constraints: financial discipline, less prestige, a company that covets scale more than Emmys. And he’s never been a guy who likes saying no.


Michael Eisner, Bob Iger
Kim Masters September 22, 2025
Amid the backlash to the Jimmy Kimmel debacle, Disney’s former chairman and C.E.O. Michael Eisner broke his long silence on X with a scathing rebuke of Bob Iger. Did the drive-by contribute to today’s abrupt resolution?
Tom Rothman
Kim Masters September 8, 2025
In the not so distant future, Sony Pictures will have to grapple with a messy succession, as chairman Tom Rothman’s right-hand man, president Sanford Panitch, has yet to close the deal.
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