Alexei Barrionuevo is the Business Editor at TheWrap. He previously served as an editor at Billboard, and before that as a staff writer at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He has worked as a correspondent based in Brazil, Belgium and Venezuela.
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Edgar Bronfman Jr. Drops Out of Paramount Bidding Process, Leaving Skydance as Winner of Hollywood Studio
High-net worth investors were “spooked” by having to submit financial documents so quickly, one Bronfman insider told TheWrap.
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Inside the Bronfman Bid for Paramount: No ‘Operational Distractions’ of Skydance Merger, Better for ‘B’ Shareholders | Exclusive
The $4.3 billion bid calls for a structure where the board would have more independent control over Paramount than under Skydance, according to Bronfman’s offer letter
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Edgar Bronfman Jr. Makes Last-Minute $4.3 Billion Bid for Paramount
The media investor and former Warner Music CEO vies for Shari Redstone’s stake in National Amusements ahead of Skydance’s go-shop window deadline
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A Hollywood Hairdresser Styled ‘Star Wars’ Actors Before the Slowdown Led Her to Open the ‘Shack in the Back’
Holding on in Hollywood, a Wrap Series: Sallie Ciganovich, Emmy-nominated hairdresser
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A Sitcom Writer-Turned-Psychologist Counsels Hollywood Workers on the ‘Industry Apocalypse’
Holding on in Hollywood: Phil Stark, a writer on “That ’70s Show” pivoted to counseling industry brethren
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Disney vs. Warner Bros. Discovery: A Tale of 2 Earnings | Analysis
WBD’s $10 billion net loss shocked Wall Street while Disney turned a corner on streaming profitability ahead of schedule
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AMC Suffers $32 Million Loss Amid Q2 Box Office Slump
Revenue falls 23% year-over-year to $1.03 billion, but “Inside Out 2” provides late-quarter surge for theater chain
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A Development Executive Wrestles With How TV’s New Normal Is Crushing the Job Market
Holding on in Hollywood, a Wrap Series: Erin Copen Howard, svp for development, unscripted TV
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Hollywood Workers Grapple for a Foothold in an Industry at a Crossroads
A Wrap series: Entertainment jobs are becoming tougher to hang on to, leaving veterans to ponder new career paths as their personal struggles deepen
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Hollywood’s Pivot to Streaming 5 Years On: Fatal Error – or Key to Survival?
TheWrap investigates the effect of Hollywood’s race against Netflix and how it left theatrical behind
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Skydance-Paramount Deal Drags Hollywood Further Into a Tech Future | Analysis
With an $8 billion agreement to buy the legacy studio, CEO David Ellison is promising to leverage technology to turn Paramount from a struggling legacy studio into a tech-content powerhouse
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Over 3 Decades Later, Barry Diller Takes Another Swing at Paramount | Analysis
The billionaire behind IAC , who lost a bid to acquire the studio in the early 1990s, has signed an NDA with National Amusements
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A Presidential Debate Sets Off Democratic Panic | Analysis
Neither candidate performed well, but President Biden — who asked for the debate — may have lost the room
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The New ‘Cheap Fakes’ and the Coming Presidential Debates | Commentary
Prolific deceptive media may be coming soon to a screen near you
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Chaos at Paramount: An Uncertain Future Looms After Shari Redstone Pulls the Plug on Skydance | Analysis
Skydance is furious, executives are confused and Wall Street is exhausted as Redstone has made a mess of the Paramount sale
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