Despite not being in the actors’ union, many content creators are passing up deals to promote films or TV shows because they don’t want to be barred from the guild or face online vitriol.
Category: Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming
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Hollywood Strikes Mean Steady Diet of Reruns, Game Shows and Reality TV
TV viewers across the U.S. will see fewer new scripted shows, a trend that could continue well into next year if the walkouts continue.
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ESPN Is Said to Talk With Leagues About Taking Stake in Network
The Disney-controlled channel is trying to find a way forward in the streaming age and has had discussions with the N.F.L., the N.B.A. and Major League Baseball.
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The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed ‘Try That in a Small Town’
Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black man, was hanged outside the Maury County Courthouse in Tennessee in 1927 after he was falsely accused of attacking a white girl.
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Searching for Someone to Deliver a Hollywood Ending
Thanks to a changing culture and differing business models, the entertainment industry lacks power brokers with the stature to bring on labor peace.
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Striking Actors Picket Across Country in Quest for New Contract
In Los Angeles and New York, actors and screenwriters braved the heat to admonish the major studios and demand a new deal.
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How Netflix Plans Total Global Domination, One Korean Drama at a Time
As “Squid Game” showed, success with audiences around the world can come from a laser focus on local taste.