- WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey’s job title got even longer. He’s now AT&T President and COO. This seems to be a sign that he’ll be focused on the business side of things and leaving creative decisions to Bob Greenblatt at WarnerMedia and Ann Sarnoff at Warner Bros.
- A new study suggests things are improving for women in entertainment both on and off the screen, but there’s still lots of progress to be made.
- ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ was a box office hit, but when co-screenwriter Adele Lim learned she’d be paid $110,000 to work on the sequel, while her white male co-writer would be paid more than 8 times that amount, Lim left the project.
Hollywood news banter: A big new job title for the man who runs WarnerMedia
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Guest:
- Matthew Belloni - founding partner of Puck News - @MattBelloni