The Oscar nominee and Japanese Breakfast musician tell me how they made a moving, modern-day love song. Plus: exclusive video of an unplugged performance| The Ankler.
The actress makes an excellent feature directorial debut with ‘The Chronology of Water’ and sounds off on fake ‘brownie points’ & more| The Ankler.
NLC setting more ‘Conjuring’ / HULU enlists Danes, McGregor / ROKU finds profit!| The Ankler.
Plus: What to read into the Gotham Awards noms| The Ankler.
Breaking down four factors — revenue, profit, ROI and hit rate — the data reveals why the industry’s favorite ‘cheap win’ often doesn’t| The Ankler.
Breaking down four factors — revenue, profit, ROI and hit rate — the data reveals why the industry’s favorite ‘cheap win’ often doesn’t| The Ankler.
The industry ‘right-sizes’ its way into the 'future'; thanks, John Malone!| The Ankler.
YOUTUBE offers exec exit packages / PAR TV sets execs, who's in and out / Travis Kelce MIA in ads| theankler.com
Layoffs, layoffs and more layoffs put the industry on high alert. What will it mean for 2026?| The Ankler.
It's déjà vu — only now, studio veterans can see which jobs survive before the next axe even swings. Plus: my scoop on a new Netflix series| The Ankler.
It's déjà vu — only now, studio veterans can see which jobs survive before the next axe even swings. Plus: my scoop on a new Netflix series| The Ankler.
Listen up! Big changes are coming in Ankler audio| The Ankler.
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Richard chats live with the actress and filmmaker. Be there!| The Ankler.
DISNEY — FUBO deal complete / REDBIRD backs former DIS 🎥 head / VERIZON #cordcutting continues| The Ankler.
Tracy Letts has become one of the industry’s most in-demand character actors: ‘I pretend with authority’| The Ankler.
I talk to Aaron Parnas, V Spehar and the CNN team attempting to grab Gen Z as news gets remade (and tell you who’s cashing in)| The Ankler.
I talk to Blumhouse’s Abhijay Prakash and more pros about why advertisers are finding the genre’s loyal young fans — and modest budgets — a killer deal| The Ankler.
I talk to Blumhouse's Abhijay Prakash and more pros about why advertisers are finding the genre’s loyal young fans — and modest budgets — a killer deal| The Ankler.
We’re in our own manosphere and it’s time to get mad| theankler.com
As all growth plateaus, the big opportunity left is viewers still watching linear — if you can figure out how to reach them| theankler.com
Netflix isn’t doing this. Disney+ used to. HBO Max forgot how. Here’s what each platform should pursue now to grow| theankler.com
Amid ‘way too much’ programming, producers, agents & execs tell me how they’re rewriting the playbook to keep audiences in the game| theankler.com
NBA sports gambling ad spends / NBCU propels 'DWTS' to new ABC heights / NETFLIX swaps YA showrunners| theankler.com
Plus: Reality TV’s new brand dollar deals; the AI CEO standing up for IP| theankler.com
Who are we even rooting for right now? Let’s discuss| theankler.com
The business of entertainment. Click to read "The Ankler.", by Richard Rushfield, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.| theankler.com
IATSE negotiations are about to start, followed by the U.K.'s own actors' Equity guild| theankler.com
Netflix’s 'Tick, Tick...Boom!' with Lin-Manuel Miranda was NOT another 'Hamilton' — and the problems kept mounting| theankler.com
This is an emergency, and Hollywood’s sad-sack shtick needs to end| theankler.com
Some huge premieres as major talent hits the final day in our studio| theankler.com
For audiences, it’s breathtaking; for the workforce, it’s a test| theankler.com
SEARCHLIGHT, 'Troopers' reunite / NETFLIX adds more Jake Paul / WWE hits ESPN early| theankler.com
YT, NFLX’s new NIELSEN records / NEXSTAR’s $6.2B TV deal / AMAZON sets Costner, Gyllenhaal pic| theankler.com
As Big Tech faces historic antitrust rulings, a new power shift could revive studios, boost creators and reshape the digital ad economy| theankler.com
Plus: ‘The Studio’ exec on how to pitch a comedy; USA Network’s big scripted return| theankler.com
‘We, as a generation, kind of have the reins now,’ the first-time Emmy nominee for ‘Nobody Wants This’ tells me| theankler.com
Alexandra Fehrman, CAS moderates a conversation with Emmy nominees Eliot Connors, MPSE (‘Arcane’) and Brad North, MPSE (‘Love Death + Robots Vol 4’)| theankler.com
Emmy nominees Rob Tokarz and Ruth Ammon in conversation with moderator and set director Claire Kaufman, nominated for ‘The Studio’| theankler.com
Emmy nominees Eric Kissack, ACE (‘The Studio’), Jamie Martin, ACE (‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’) and Peggy Tachdjian, ACE (‘Monsters’) tell all| theankler.com
Financial gains are coming for Netflix, Disney, WBD, Peacock & Paramount (but not Apple TV+) in the first of my two looks at Trump's Big Tech breakups| theankler.com
The top 10% now account for half of U.S. spending as entertainment must redefine 'mass' media in an era of upsells and price increases| theankler.com
I evaluate performance of the contenders that could bring new life — and audiences — to the big screen| theankler.com
Who'll stop strike three? Of the 'evil empire' AMPTP, 'none of them like each other, so it's hard to get anything done.' Plus: International TV upfront preview| theankler.com
Hollywood fell for the 'Drive to Survive' myth as the genre crashes and burns| theankler.com
What EOne's discount sale to Lionsgate warns about the inflated talent-driven bubble| theankler.com
