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Hollywood Faces a Reboot of the Trump Show
From merger prospects to the fortunes of cable news, here are the 5 key questions facing the industry under the next administration.
And speaking on the WBD earnings call today, Zaslav made it clear he thinks Trump’s return will be good for his bottom line, saying the new administration “may offer a pace of change and an opportunity for consolidation that may be quite different, that would provide a real positive and accelerated impact on this industry that’s needed. But what I’ll be watching for is whether the liberal resistance that contributed to massive Nielsen gains for MSNBC between 2017 and 2020, and which helped CNN’s audience jump on really big news days, shows up for Trump 2: Dictator Boogaloo. I don’t think major streamers are about to go full MAGA, but I’m worried about how far platforms will go now to avoid criticism from Trump, whose campaign leaned into making diversity, equity, and inclusion programs a boogeyman.
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