Strictly Business
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Industry leaders converse about business deals, strategy and the future of media and entertainment.
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Producer John Morayniss on Building His Latest Startup Venture With a ‘Surgical Approach’ to 'Owning the Relationship With an Audience’
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Oct 23, 2026 |
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Chronicle Media Takes Aim at Content's Biggest Problem: Discovery
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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How Netflix’s Messy Executive Transition Will Rock Hollywood
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Oct 17, 2026 |
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How Creators Make Money: Digital-First Content Leaders on What Drives Brands and Audiences in the Attention Economy
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Oct 16, 2026 |
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An NBC Special Presentation: Jen Neal on the Network’s Legacy of Delivering Big Entertainment Events and Beloved Holiday Traditions
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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Day 1 for Skydance: What You Didn’t See at David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz’s News Conference
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Oct 08, 2026 |
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Ben Affleck Tells All About Artists Equity, Fighting to Film in California and Reclaiming His Stature in Hollywood
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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Aaron Sorkin, Rachel Zegler, Krysta Rodriguez and Bradley Whitford on Bringing ‘A Few Good Men’ and ‘Evita’ to Life: Variety’s The Business of Broadway Breakfast
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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Fox News Channel Marks 30 Years On Air: ‘We Saw an Opportunity Nobody Else Saw’
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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'Grand Theft Auto' Veteran Dan Houser Builds Absurd Ventures to Create Expansive Transmedia Worlds
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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Variety's Business of Broadway: Producer Sue Frost on Birthing Original Musicals: 'Somebody's Got to Do It'
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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The Delicate Art of Releasing a Hit Streaming Series
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Who Won, Who Lost and What’s Next Now That Paramount Has Settled the Antitrust Lawsuit With 12 States
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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The Future of Media Buying: Turning Buzz into Business With WPP Media’s Nancy Hall and Audible’s Tom McKenna
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Lumiere Summit: Why Filmdom’s Top Players Gathered in France to Talk YouTube, AI and the Future of Art
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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How Maria Taylor Juggles NFL, NBA, WNBA and More for NBC Sports
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Who is Rob Bonta and Why is California's Attorney General Doggedly Pursuing Paramount?
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Holywater Tech Chief Bogdan Nesvit on the Explosive Growth of Microdramas: 'We Are Well Positioned to Win'
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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It's Time to Say Goodbye to 'Daily Variety' and Hello to 'Strictly Business Daily'
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- A Grand Celebration of 'Big Brother' With Julie Chen Moonves, Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- A New Chapter for Variety's ‘Daily Variety’ and ‘Strictly Business’ Podcasts
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Amazon Courts Creators to Build Businesses and Scale the Attention Economy for Brands
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Documentary Filmmaker Rory Kennedy Sounds the Alarm About Air Safety With 'Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing'
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- How ‘Dateline’ Became a Multiplatform Content Dynamo for NBC News
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Ryan Murphy Talks Norman Lear, Emmy-Nominated Showrunners Weigh in on TV’s Future
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- How Chris Carter Got His Second Shot at ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’ Film
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Leslie Iwerks Trains Her Lens on ‘Disney Worldbuilding’ With James Cameron, Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Peter Docter and More
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Retired Athletes Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil Return to Sports as Team Owners in YouTube Docuseries 'We Are Osos'
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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NBCUniversal Media Group Chief Matt Strauss on Growing Peacock, Testing Membership Rewards and Becoming a Daily Habit With Users
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Fear, Loathing and Endless Potential: AI4 Conference Takes Stock of Transformative Technologies
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – It’s Tick-Tock Time for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger as Judge Sets March Trial Date
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- National Comedy Center's Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – It’s a Brand New Day for the Box Office Thanks to ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘The Odyssey’
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Music Fans Shrug Off Ticket Price Hikes to Keep Summer Concert Business Humming
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- California Film Commissioner Colleen Bell Talks State Tax Incentive Battles, Hollywood’s Future and More
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Madison Wells Balances Art, Commerce and Audience Demands to Back Movies, TV Shows, Live Events
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Cover Story: Travis Scott Ascends to Culture Moguldom Through Music, Movies, Retail, Business and More
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Reba McEntire Revels in 50 Years of Making Music and Season 3 of NBC’s ‘Happy’s Place’
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'Scary Movie' Gets a Second Wind in PVOD With Extended Director's Cut
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Box Office: Christopher Nolan Gets Moviegoers Out in Force for the Trojan Horse
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Jon Miller on Media Merger Mayhem: ‘Globalization is Winning’
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Cover Story: What’s Fueling the Box Office Rebound and How Can Hollywood Keep it Going?
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – How NBC’s ‘Must See TV’ Branding Campaign of the 1990s Changed America’s Viewing Habits
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- What’s Next for Paramount-Warner Bros. as State AGs Sue; Columbia University’s Eric Talley on Why the Case May Lead to Merger Concessions
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Box Office: ‘Moana’ is Disney Misstep; ‘Young Washington’ Director Jon Erwin on Making Indies Work at the Multiplexes
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Politics Puts a Spotlight on the Production Exodus From California and Other U.S. Filming Hubs
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Daily Variety –- James Corden Reunites 'The Late Late Show' Team for Fox's 'After Hours' World Cup Show
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Fight in France Over Streaming Quotas and Theatrical Windowing Rules
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- What’s Driving Microsoft’s Massive Overhaul of Xbox?
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘Minions and Monsters’ Delivers Tepid U.S. Debut in a Muted July 4th Weekend; Why Comcast’s Sky is Buying ITV
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Strictly Business From Cannes Lions: Leaders From NBCUniversal, IBM, State Farm, Autodesk and Coinbase on Consumer Trends, AI and Reaching Audiences Amid Fragmentation
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- How David Fincher and Zach Cregger Secretly Shaped Netflix’s Game-TV Hybrid 'Unhinged'
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- So Long, LeBron! What the Lakers Shakeup Means for the NBA and for L.A.'s Sports Star Power
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – CNBC Chief KC Sullivan on Transforming the Linear TV Business in a Global World: ‘We’re Very Much on Offense’
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Box Office: ‘Supergirl’ Stumbles, ‘Toy Story 5’ Flexes and ‘Michael’ Hits a Milestone; Why Comcast is Splitting NBCUniversal and Sky From Cable
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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'Strictly Business' Live From Cannes Lions: AWS, Deloitte and Sony Pictures Execs on Getting Your 'Hands Dirty' With Tech and Data to Solve Hard Problems
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'Abbott Elementary' Exec Producer Justin Halpern Juggles TV Series and a New Novel
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Strictly Business Cannes Lions Edition: Fox's Rob Wade and Billy Parks Hope to Bring Scale to the Creator Economy
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Eddy Cue and Jerry Bruckheimer talk ‘F1’ Sequel – Brad Pitt ‘Would Like to Get in That Car Again’ – and Apple’s Evolution in Movies and TV in Cannes Lions Sitdown With Variety
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Daily Variety –- ‘Toy Story 5’ Opens Big and So Does Cannes Lions
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Ken Ziffren Tackles a New Spin on Fin-Syn and Reflects on Six Decades of Hollywood Lawyering
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Owen Gleiberman Unpacks Why We Love ‘Toy Story’: ‘Some of the Greatest Movies Ever Made About Childhood’
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Latino Donor Collaborative Makes the Business Case Why Hollywood Loses Money by Ignoring Latinos
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Hollywood's Problems Intersect With California Politics Like Never Before as Showbiz Rallies Around a Federal Production Tax Incentive
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'Disclosure Day' Adds to Summer Box Office Momentum; Why Fox is Buying Roku
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Mike Hopkins on Prime Video’s Evolution, the Bundling Boom, How MGM Changed Amazon, the Future of Bond and No Regrets on 'Melania'
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – David Harbour Finds a Port in the Storm in ‘DTF St. Louis’; ‘Toy Story 5’ Red Carpet Rundown
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- How NBC Created the Broadcast Network Paradigm and Other Firsts; Andy Cohen Reflects on 20 Years of 'Real Housewives'
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'GTA 6,' Xbox Exclusives, Paramount Revs Game Studio and More From Summer Game Fest
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'Scary Movie' Tops Box Office as 'Masters of the Universe' Stumbles
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Credit Risks: Top S&P Global Ratings Analyst Breaks Down the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- '60 Minutes’ Explodes With Firings, a Hiring and Questions About the Venerable News Program’s Future
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- All3Media’s Jane Turton Talks Banijay Merger and What She’s Learned From David Zaslav, John Malone and Jeff Zucker
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' Rattle the Box Office as Gen Z Embraces its Own Horror Helmers
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'The U.S. Against the World' Director-Producer Rand Getlin Documents the Road to the World Cup
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May 28, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and the Brawl in the L.A. Mayoral Race
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May 27, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' and a Magnificent 'Obsession' Drive Holiday Box Office
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May 26, 2026 |
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When Cultures Collide: What Big Brands Need to Reach Gen Z and Gen Alpha Consumers
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May 22, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘Michael’ Returns to No. 1 as Exhibitors Brace for ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and the Start of Summer Blockbuster Season
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May 18, 2026 |
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Did OpenAI Kill What Disney's 'Super App' Needs Most?
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May 15, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Upfronts 2026: What We Learned From TV's Biggest Platforms; Crafting the Music of ‘Heated Rivalry’
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May 14, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- ‘Survivor’ at 50: What Makes CBS’ Reality Franchise So Durable?
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May 13, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Tech Talk, Streaming, Sports and Reboots Dominate Upfronts; NBCUniversal’s Liz Jenkins on Risk-Taking Amid Disruption
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May 12, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Upfronts 2026: Disney’s Rita Ferro Details the Mouse House’s Cross-Platform Push, Embracing Live and Connecting Grammys, Super Bowl and the Oscars for the Biggest Brands
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May 11, 2026 |
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Inside the Unprecedented Growth of Hasbro's Magic: The Gathering and Trading Card Game's High-Stakes Pro Competition
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May 09, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Kate del Castillo Brings 'La Reina del Sur' Back to Telemundo for Season 4: 'Teresa Mendoza Will be Touching Hell,' She Promises
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May 07, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Cover Story: How Javier Bardem Tackles Cannes – and Hollywood -- on His Own Terms
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May 06, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- How Gen Z and Gen Alpha are Saving Moviegoing; 10 Questions With Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds
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May 05, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Steps Lively and Repeats
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May 04, 2026 |
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Why Hollywood is Increasingly Leaning on Gaming Platforms to Promote Movies
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May 01, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Happy Anniversary, Television! Looking Ahead to Variety’s TV Week Events and Looking Back at the Medium's Launch at the 1939 New York World’s Fair
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Daily Variety -- Cover Story: Kacey Musgraves Embraces Her Silly Side With 'Middle of Nowhere' Album and Tour
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Aaron Tracy Explores the Life of the Author Who Excited Children’s Imaginations in ‘The Secret World of Roald Dahl’
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Box Office: Record Opening for ‘Michael’ Thrills Exhibitors and Fans; Surprise Madonna Appearance Lights Up West Hollywood
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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NBCUniversal's Pearlena Igbokwe on the Return of Pilots, the Value of Co-Viewing and Threading Shows Through Broadcast and Streaming Platforms
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Daily Variety – Tina Knowles on Dressing Destiny’s Child in the Early Days; Ashley Graham on Fighting for Plus Size Women and Starring in ‘Chicago’
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Apr 23, 2026 |