Alex Weprin

media and business writer, The Hollywood Reporter

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Alex Weprin is Deputy Media Editor for Politico.

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Hollywood studios are rushing to hire AI professionals, despite ongoing strikes and layoffs. What could this mean for the industry’s future?

Netflix offers AI job paying up to $900K, as screenwriters and actors are out of work

Hollywood studios are rushing to hire AI professionals, despite ongoing strikes and layoffs. What could this mean for the industry’s future?

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Saudi Arabia faced pushback for its human rights record, but now that seems to be waning, as the country once again tries to make inroads into U.S. entertainment.

Why Hollywood is looking past Saudi Arabia’s record of human rights abuses

Saudi Arabia faced pushback for its human rights record, but now that seems to be waning, as the country once again tries to make inroads into U.S. entertainment.

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The first Amendment protects press freedom. It does not say there has to be a White House Press Corps.

Donald Trump and "the people's right to know"

The first Amendment protects press freedom. It does not say there has to be a White House Press Corps.

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