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What a wonderful week at LIONS | The Home of Creativity. Couldn’t think of a better place to celebrate @youtube’s 20th birthday and dive deeper into the future of creativity. Some highlights: 🥂Toasting to 20 years of @youtube with so many of our @youtubecreators 🤝Meeting with senior brand

If you missed our fun conversation with Neal Mohan at Cannes Lions, you can watch it on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/ehQNayV9LIk?fe…

“Your body doesn’t know it’s fake, you know what I mean?” Brian Tyree Henry wanted to take a break from the emotional toll of acting. He tells Katey Rich that all changed when he got the script for Dope Thief. Full conversation: theankler.com/p/brian-tyree-…

I really enjoyed our last episode of Organized Money, about Hollywood, the death of cable, & how streaming will change what entertainment looks like and how it continues as a business. Check it out at Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can…

ICE raids in L.A. are sending shockwaves through Hollywood’s immigrant workforce. Even workers with legal status are afraid to show up to set. Elaine Low reports on disrupted shoots, union silence, and a city on edge: theankler.com/p/afraid-ice-r…

As Emmy nominations voting closes, who nailed the message, who got weird with the gifts, and who quietly slipped off the radar? Katey Rich delivers her Emmy Phase 1 superlatives: theankler.com/p/emmy-phase-1…

.Christopher Rosen and kateyrich join Sean McNulty to break down why Elio bombed at the box office. Is Pixar losing its magic, or was it just bad marketing, tough timing, and the Disney+ effect? Full convo: theankler.com/p/mmqb-sean-ka…

TV’s biggest hits like Euphoria, Severance, and The Morning Show aren’t coming from the lots. Ashley Cullins examines how indie studios like A24, Fifth Season and Media Res are winning top creators with richer deals, better backend and fewer hurdles: theankler.com/p/indie-studio…

Kelly Butler is joining Ankler Media as Chief of Staff. She comes to us from a decade at Vanity Fair, where she led editorial operations across digital, print, and social. We're thrilled to have her deft hand as we grow and expand theankler.com/p/kelly-butler…

There’s been a murder in the land of family films. The victim: original animation. Pixar’s Elio is just the latest to fall, joining a growing pile of one-time sure bets that barely made a dent. Detective Ankler Rushfield gets out his magnifying glass: theankler.com/p/elio-pixar-w…

Six months after the Palisades and Eaton fires, 200,000 Angelenos are still displaced, caught in a surreal limbo of toxic air, denied claims, and donated clothes. Nicole LaPorte reports on the long tail of disaster recovery: theankler.com/p/after-la-fir…

Talking to people affected by the Palisades and Eaton Fires 6 months out it's incredible how everyone feels hauntingly the same: out of sorts, still in disbelief, facing endless battles with insurance. "People are not O.K." theankler.com/p/after-la-fir…

The new publicity circuit includes high-concept stops like Recess Therapy and Running Interview Show. Nicole LaPorte explains these stunt-y shows are designed to get celebs off script, giving the authenticity audiences crave. Full conversation: theankler.com/p/the-celebrit…

"I pitched him the project, and he immediately was like, I, yes, I've been waiting 35 years for this call." At Mediterrane Film Festival, Josh Gad told Alison Brower how he's collaborating with the legendary Mel Brooks to make Spaceballs 2

SCOOP: Natalie Jarvey acquired Spotify’s leaked internal deck that shows a full-on raid on YouTube. Learn how the platform is providing ad revenue, promotion, and even $5K in ad credits — and just how much creators are banking theankler.com/p/scoop-leaked…

We're live with the Evil Witch herself: open.substack.com/live-stream/37…

This week for The Ankler: A look inside the anxiety at cable networks as WBD and NBCU try to reinvent the wheel theankler.com/p/panic-fear-f…

Cable is splitting apart. Budgets slashed. Layoffs everywhere. But there is a path forward. Lesley Goldberg reports on the chaos inside Paramount, WBD & NBCU, and where the next jobs are theankler.com/p/panic-fear-f…

Creator Josh thinks Hollywood keeps underestimating Gen Z, and Gen Z can tell. At Cannes Lions, he told Natalie Jarvey how studios and brands lose younger viewers with fake vibes and forced content that they can sniff out "from three scrolls away" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…