Lucia Moses

I shared my top takeaways of an industry 'master class' to help Hollywood vets pivot to the creator economy as traditional film and TV decline.

Credit card giant Visa is deepening its relationship with creators by launching a new set of tools in partnership with the startup Karat Financial.

Disney has painted itself as the underdog, but some polling suggests YouTube may have the upper hand.

Netflix's ads head said the platform has made "great progress" in addressing concerns it has faced about its business.

AI startups aim to shake up Hollywood. Read the pitch decks explaining how their tech is tackling production, special effects, distribution, and more.

Here's a rundown of the AI companies that are transforming Hollywood and the pitch decks some of them used to raise funding.

Hollywood giants are pushing back on AIs encroachment

Wonder Studios raised $12M to expand in the US and bring AI tools to Hollywood. Its pitch deck lays out its case to investors.

Warner Bros. Discovery is open to a sale of the entire company amid unsolicited interest and cable spinoff plans, with a potential bid from Paramount Skydance.

Top YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is eyeing an expansion into financial services, per a trademark filing and investor deck.

Employers like Microsoft and Delta are taking action against workers who post comments about Charlie Kirk that they say violate company values.

Paramount is preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, The Wall Street Journal reported. It would create a new Hollywood superpower.

MrBeast has ambitions for a phone service in the mold of Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile

35-year-old Minta Carlson used her art and technical background to gain a new type of role in Hollywood.

Ad insiders break down how the FTC's order on Omnicom and Interpublic Group's merger could hurt some in the news industry.

Warner Bros. Discovery's Max serves fewer ads per hour compared to other streaming platforms.

Amazon's Wondery wants to give podcasts the Hollywood treatment, starting with a "Wow in the World" toy line.

Amazon is spending big on content and new hires as it takes on Netflix, Disney+, and others in streaming.It recently listed 255 job openings at Prime Video, 100 of them in the US.While most of Hollywood has trimmed its entertainment budget, Amazon shelled out $18.9 billion on music and video in 2023, a 14% increase, according to its annual report.Despite laying off hundreds in entertainment in January, the company is still hiring to build out Prime Video, home to mainstream fare like The Boys an…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Josh Campo, the CEO of the ad agency Razorfish. The following has been edited for length and clarity.We’re a services business, so obviously we work on number of [billable] hours. But that’s not a very useful metric for productivity. We look at how we’re driving success and the relevance of the ideas that we come up with. We’re essentially an idea company — we come up with plans to solve a client’s business challenge. The relevance of those i…

Warner Bros. Discovery’s gaming division is on a winning streak with two of the biggest console games in 2023: “Hogwarts Legacy,” the year’s No. 1 title with more than 23 million units sold, and “Mortal Kombat 1.“Wins like that have made games a bright spot at WBD, which has been slashing costs and trying to grow revenue to justify its 2022 formation from WarnerMedia and Discovery. Along with streaming video, where the company posted $111 million in profit for the third quarter of 2023, execs ha…