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Digital Media’s Next Pivot: ‘Last Resort’ Efforts to Go Public • As private funding sources run thin, BuzzFeed, Vice and Group Nine Media are finding a ‘surprising lifeline,’ albeit risky, in blank-check companies raising cash for IPOs and acquisitions
An Exit for Hollywood Investors? • As BuzzFeed, Vice and Group Nine explore public offerings, entertainment and legacy-media giants could see a way out
Apple, Spotify Are Listening to the Future: Paid Podcasts • The tech giants are offering new tools to build a monthly subscriber base to diversify revenue for companies that had been leaning on a booming market for advertising
Michael Strahan, Tom Brady Want to Build ‘Pixar of Sports’ • The duo, co-founders of production label Religion of Sports with filmmaker Gotham Chopra, have hired former E! chief Adam Stotsky as they enter a crowded film and TV space
Will Netflix’s Stock Become Less Driven by Subscriber Growth? • While net additions have been a huge focus, a Wells Fargo analyst makes the case that pricing and average revenue per user may be a better indicator going forward
The Report • Behind the Headlines
‘Patience Was a Virtue’ for Studios That Held Films • As F9 and A Quiet Place Part II become blockbusters in exclusive theatrical runs, the yearlong release-date shuffle may wind down as box office recovers: ‘It is a very positive sign’
ELECTRONIC ARTS SWINGS FOR THE FENCES WITH SPORTS SPENDING SPREE
James Murdoch Adds Another New Media Investment
Rights Available! • Hot new books with Hollywood appeal
7 Days of DEALS • Who’s inking on the dotted line this week
2,710 Big Number • Number of music pros “from wide-ranging backgrounds” invited to join the Recording Academy’s voting body on June 28.
Whitney Peak • Despite a false start in the biz thanks to a scam artist, the actress is about to star in the reboot of Gossip Girl
‘I’m Going to Miss Being Comfortable’ • As people start to return to office life, THR caught up with actor Alex Newell, show creator Gloria Calderón Kellett and others about their beloved work-from-home styles (which may not transition so easily)
Rambling Reporter
Back on the Red Carpet
Power Dining
Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news
Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment
Did I Really Say That?
‘Doing Good and Doing Well’ • A political staffer turned Hollywood agent is making a lane for himself and historically nontraditional clients through UTA’s new culture and leadership division
How Will #FreeBritney Deal With a ‘Ruthless’ Probate System? • As the pop star publicly states a desire ‘to end’ a conservatorship that’s been in place since 2008, law experts assess the path out of it: ‘This has the potential to make some precedent’
‘I’m Going to Break That Image’: Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing Reveals the Heartbreak Behind the Glitz in New Doc • As he preps for Cannes, the wunderkind — beloved by Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian West — explains the inspiration behind a Netflix film that follows his attempts to find his birth parents and explores how his African heritage serves as a fashion inspiration
High Jewelry (or Haute Joaillerie) Hitting the Croisette
Heading to the Beach • Dive into July with these fresh new takes on stylish items that make the most of summer before returning to the office
THE TITANS OF NICE • Chip and...