Longtime CBS News Producer Cites Claims of Aiming Reporting Towards “Particular Part of the Political Spectrum” in Exit Memo

Longtime CBS News Producer Cites Claims of Aiming Reporting Towards “Particular Part of the Political Spectrum” in Exit Memo

Mary Walsh, a veteran CBS News producer of over four decades, is exiting the company, claiming in an exit memo to staffers that instructions to “aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum” are partly why she’s departing. “We’ve been reading a lot of goodbyes lately and here I am headed out…

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Why did Netflix back down from its deal to acquire Warner Bros.?

Making sense of the risky Netflix-Warner Bros. deal

Whether or not Netflix’s $82.6 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. goes through, the deal encapsulates a fraught moment for Hollywood, as the entertainment business is increasingly overshadowed by tech giants. On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec and I discussed the deal’s implications, both for Netflix and the larger Hollywood ecosystem. Kirsten…

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Kobe Bryant Film in the Works at Warner Bros.

Kobe Bryant Film in the Works at Warner Bros.

A film project centered around NBA superstar Kobe Bryant‘s journey to the Los Angeles Lakers has landed at Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen penned the spec screenplay for With the 8th Pick, which tracks the high-stakes process that led to Bryant getting drafted into the NBA in 1996….

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