Alex Weprin

media and business writer, The Hollywood Reporter

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Alex Weprin is Deputy Media Editor for Politico.

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With the rising popularity of medical content on streamers like HBO and Netflix, New York’s Northwell Health has launched its own film and TV production studio.

Hospitals making films and shows: Consent is complex

With the rising popularity of medical content on streamers like HBO and Netflix, New York’s Northwell Health has launched its own film and TV production studio.

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Seagram’s heir Edgar Bronfman Jr. made an unexpected bid for Paramount Studios, challenging the Skydance Media agreement and shaking up the industry.

Bronfman makes multibillion-dollar bid for Paramount Studios

Seagram’s heir Edgar Bronfman Jr. made an unexpected bid for Paramount Studios, challenging the Skydance Media agreement and shaking up the industry.

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Hollywood studios are rushing to hire AI professionals, despite ongoing strikes and layoffs. What could this mean for the industry’s future?

Netflix offers AI job paying up to $900K, as screenwriters and actors are out of work

Hollywood studios are rushing to hire AI professionals, despite ongoing strikes and layoffs. What could this mean for the industry’s future?

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