Lucas Manfredi is a TV Business reporter at TheWrap, writing about the programming, executives and trends in the television and streaming industries. Prior to joining the TheWrap in November 2022, he spent four years at Fox Business as a production assistant and a reporter on its digital team. He has a Bachelor of Science in Television-Radio production from Ithaca College and can be reached at lucas.manfredi@thewrap.com.
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‘SNL’ Sets January Premiere for 50th Anniversary Music Doc From Questlove at NBC
“Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music,” with appearances from Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, Bad Bunny, Kacey Musgraves and more, premieres Jan. 27
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Entertainment and Media Suffers Another Major Blow in 2024 With 15,000 Job Cuts
The good news: Losses declined in 2024. The bad news: There’s no sign things will turn around soon
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Warner Bros. Discovery Sets US Networks Leadership Team
The division will be led by Channing Dungey as CEO, Brett Paul as COO, Howard Lee as CCO, Susan Kolar as chief financial and strategy officer and Karen Bronzo as global CMO
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Sells $30 Million in Stock
The sale was part of “year-end income tax and gift/estate planning activities,” according to an SEC filing
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Roku, X Games Strike Streaming Deal
The platform will be home to X Games Aspen and a summer X Games event next year as it continues to expand its sports portfolio
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‘Secret Level’ Creator Says Video Game Developers Needed ‘Convincing’ to Sign On: ‘These Guys Are All Competitors’
Tim Miller tells TheWrap that Prime Video’s animated anthology series is “inextricably intertwined” with his Netflix show “Love, Death & Robots”
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Center for American Rights Files FCC Petition Challenging Paramount-Skydance Merger
The firm said Tencent Holdings’ investment in Skydance raises “troubling questions about undue foreign influence” and that CBS News has “exhibited improper ideological bias”
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‘Secret Level’ Scores Season 2 Renewal at Prime Video
The video game anthology became the streamer’s largest animated series debut within its first week
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Netflix to Spotlight Mike Tyson in New Docuseries After Record-Breaking Jake Paul Fight
The project will follow the boxing icon’s meteoric rise, personal struggles and eventual redemption
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Disney Bests YouTube With 11.1% Share of Total TV Viewing in November
YouTube, which set a new platform best of 10.8%, trails the entertainment giant by just 0.3 share points
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Universal Television Casting Head Beth Klein to Retire After 13 Years
The executive will exit the studio at the end of the year
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Nexstar to Cut About 2% of Staff, Layoffs Expected in Broadcasting and Sales Divisions
The downsizing comes after The CW let go of over two dozen employees last month
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Lionsgate Activist Investor Asks Studio to Consider Sale After Starz Separation
Anson Funds, which has become a Top 5 shareholder in the Hollywood studio, also says the company could consider divestitures of its unscripted TV and 3 Arts businesses
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J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Inks 2-Year First-Look Deal With Warner Bros. TV
The latest pact is non-exclusive and less expensive than the previous, five-year deal
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CNBC Forms Strategic Verticals & Audience Development Unit
Led by Max Meyers, the division will create and commercialize verticals in sports, wealth and women’s leadership
