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Strictly Business — 68 episodes

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Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith

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Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

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Daily Variety -- Fear, Loathing and Endless Potential: AI4 Conference Takes Stock of Transformative Technologies

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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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Daily Variety -- National Comedy Center's Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History

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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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Daily Variety -- California Film Commissioner Colleen Bell Talks State Tax Incentive Battles, Hollywood’s Future and More

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Madison Wells Balances Art, Commerce and Audience Demands to Back Movies, TV Shows, Live Events

9

Daily Variety -- Cover Story: Travis Scott Ascends to Culture Moguldom Through Music, Movies, Retail, Business and More

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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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Daily Variety -- 'Scary Movie' Gets a Second Wind in PVOD With Extended Director's Cut

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Daily Variety – Box Office: Christopher Nolan Gets Moviegoers Out in Force for the Trojan Horse

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Jon Miller on Media Merger Mayhem: ‘Globalization is Winning’

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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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Daily Variety – How NBC’s ‘Must See TV’ Branding Campaign of the 1990s Changed America’s Viewing Habits

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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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Daily Variety -- Box Office: ‘Moana’ is Disney Misstep; ‘Young Washington’ Director Jon Erwin on Making Indies Work at the Multiplexes

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Politics Puts a Spotlight on the Production Exodus From California and Other U.S. Filming Hubs

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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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Daily Variety -- Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Fight in France Over Streaming Quotas and Theatrical Windowing Rules

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Daily Variety -- What’s Driving Microsoft’s Massive Overhaul of Xbox?

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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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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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Daily Variety -- How David Fincher and Zach Cregger Secretly Shaped Netflix’s Game-TV Hybrid 'Unhinged'

25

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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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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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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'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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Daily Variety -- 'Abbott Elementary' Exec Producer Justin Halpern Juggles TV Series and a New Novel

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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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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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Daily Variety –- ‘Toy Story 5’ Opens Big and So Does Cannes Lions

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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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Daily Variety -- Owen Gleiberman Unpacks Why We Love ‘Toy Story’: ‘Some of the Greatest Movies Ever Made About Childhood’

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Daily Variety -- Latino Donor Collaborative Makes the Business Case Why Hollywood Loses Money by Ignoring Latinos

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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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Daily Variety -- 'Disclosure Day' Adds to Summer Box Office Momentum; Why Fox is Buying Roku

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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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Daily Variety – David Harbour Finds a Port in the Storm in ‘DTF St. Louis’; ‘Toy Story 5’ Red Carpet Rundown

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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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Daily Variety -- 'GTA 6,' Xbox Exclusives, Paramount Revs Game Studio and More From Summer Game Fest

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Daily Variety -- 'Scary Movie' Tops Box Office as 'Masters of the Universe' Stumbles

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Credit Risks: Top S&P Global Ratings Analyst Breaks Down the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

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Daily Variety -- '60 Minutes’ Explodes With Firings, a Hiring and Questions About the Venerable News Program’s Future

45

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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Daily Variety -- 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' Rattle the Box Office as Gen Z Embraces its Own Horror Helmers

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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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Daily Variety -- Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and the Brawl in the L.A. Mayoral Race

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Daily Variety -- 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' and a Magnificent 'Obsession' Drive Holiday Box Office

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When Cultures Collide: What Big Brands Need to Reach Gen Z and Gen Alpha Consumers

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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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Did OpenAI Kill What Disney's 'Super App' Needs Most?

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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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Daily Variety -- ‘Survivor’ at 50: What Makes CBS’ Reality Franchise So Durable?

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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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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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Inside the Unprecedented Growth of Hasbro's Magic: The Gathering and Trading Card Game's High-Stakes Pro Competition

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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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Daily Variety – Cover Story: How Javier Bardem Tackles Cannes – and Hollywood -- on His Own Terms

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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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Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Steps Lively and Repeats

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Why Hollywood is Increasingly Leaning on Gaming Platforms to Promote Movies

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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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Daily Variety -- Cover Story: Kacey Musgraves Embraces Her Silly Side With 'Middle of Nowhere' Album and Tour

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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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CAA Insiders Talk Agency’s Leadership Evolution, Social Media ‘Game-Changers’ and Content Marketplace Expansion: ‘Our Job Description Has Expanded So Much’

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Nebula Builds Streaming Platform with A24 Vibes

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TikTok Execs Reveal How Films & TV Shows Go Viral