Business Features
Money Ball: How College Athletes Are Raking in Big Bucks Without Going Pro
Thanks to a booming NIL rights market, even non-pros are making it as influencers.
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Trump May Usher In Massive TV Station Land Grab
Flush with political ad dollars and anticipating a deal-friendly environment, moguls are eyeing big moves to roll up lucrative local broadcasters.
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Hollywood Salaries Revealed: Who Makes How Much
From stylist to star and all the professions in between that make the industry work: here's a snapshot of paychecks now.
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Inside Disney’s Race to Replace Bob Iger
With James Gorman’s elevation to chairman and desperate to avoid another Chapek debacle, the company is pursuing new ways to find its next chief. THR games out six succession scenarios.
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Howard’s End? How SiriusXM Will Survive After Stern
After inking big deals for ‘SmartLess’ and ‘Call Her Daddy,’ the audio giant aims to keep bringing in new names to grow subscribers and battle rivals as it readies for the eventual retirement of its biggest cash cow.
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Why Los Angeles Is Becoming a Production Graveyard
As the number of movie and TV shoots approaches historic lows, insiders are lobbying for fewer restrictions to help bolster Hollywood’s place in the city it calls home.
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Deep Background: Behind the Scenes of the Succession Battles Roiling Hollywood
Call it executive Hunger Games: As Sony Pictures seamlessly hands over its CEO reins, Rupert Murdoch is locked into a high-stakes court battle for control of his media empire and all eyes are on the bake-off to take over for Bob Iger at Disney.
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Halloween Wars: Theme Parks Are Fighting for Bigger Share of Scream Economy
Disney, Universal and Six Flags are upping the ante with pricey new experiences to grab greater marketshare of a $12 billion seasonal industry.
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As Disney Plots $60B Parks Investment, Josh D’Amaro Wants to “Get This Right”
The Disney Experiences Chairman is expanding Disney’s theme parks with a slew of IP-driven attractions and making a multibillion-dollar bet on gaming: “This is the future for our company.”
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Who’s Really Going to Run Paramount?
David Ellison will soon take over as the entertainment giant’s CEO — but his mogul father, Larry, put in the $6 billion to buy it. So which Ellison will be boss?
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How Late Night TV Is Downsizing
As ‘The Tonight Show’ cuts to a four-day weekly schedule, the genre — perhaps more than any other entertainment format — is struggling to adapt to a streaming world.
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‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘Rings of Power’ Facing Epic Headaches
As ‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin rips HBO over changes to ‘Dragon’ and fans ding the second season of Prime Video’s pricey ‘LoTR’ adaptation, executives cautiously navigate a minefield.
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