The Business
Paramount’s Chris Aronson on the future of movie-going; Trump, according to an ex-’Apprentice’ producer
Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the latest NBA news at Warner Bros. Discovery.
Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the latest NBA news at Warner Bros. Discovery. They also discuss activist investor Nelson Peltz’s decision to sell his entire stake in Disney, and why Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos thinks last summer’s biggest theatrical hits would have fared as well on the streamer.
Plus, Masters speaks to the head of domestic distribution at Paramount, Chris Aronson. The long-serving executive explains why he believes that movie theaters will survive despite industry-wide gloom over waning box office numbers, and he argues that the lack of consensus about the length of the theatrical window isn't helping consumers or studios.
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2 stories‘The Apprentice’ producer on Trump’s on-set behavior; Warner Bros. Discovery CEO on sports offerings
An ex-producer of “The Apprentice” speaks out about Donald Trump’s behavior on set, and David Zaslav may have alluded to dropping the pursuit of a NBA deal.
Read the story21 minParamount’s Chris Aronson is determined to save the theatrical experience from extinction
Amidst industry-wide gloom over a weak summer box office, Chris Aronson is still determined to save the theatrical experience from extinction.
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