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The Ankler The industry, unspun. On issue after issue, The Ankler's perspective has set the terms of the debate that has followed.

The Ankler is the flagship brand within Ankler Media, a new company formed in December 2021 helmed by Janice Min, CEO and editor in chief, and Richard Rushfield, editorial director and The Ankler’s Chief Columnist. One of Fast Company’s “10 Newsletters That Make You Smarter,” The Ankler newsletter launched in 2017 and quickly became the most buzzed-about voice in coverage of the entertainment industry. Created by veteran reporter Richard Rushfield as a sharp-edged alternative to traditional trade reporting, The Ankler quickly became a much-passed-around open secret in the industry, greeted with relief by those who wanted to see someone asking the questions that were being swept under the rug – and doing it with wit and elan. Since its launch, Hollywood has been roiled by a series of crises – the Harvey Weinstein revelations and the reckoning that followed, the upheaval and dislocations of the streaming war, dramatic struggles about representation of people of color in the executive ranks and the COVID shutdown to name just a few. At each of these, The Ankler has proven an indispensable voice – speaking plainly about injustice and foolishness on all sides of the debate.

09/29/2026

SCOOP: Netflix wants a podcast boss. After spending the past year snapping up podcast rights and launching original video shows, the streamer is searching for an executive to lead the business, Natalie Jarvey reports: https://mrf.lu/2dyJY

Indie film has a strange new problem: Buyers are hungry, and audiences are showing up. There just aren’t enough movies t...
09/29/2026

Indie film has a strange new problem: Buyers are hungry, and audiences are showing up. There just aren’t enough movies to buy. Ashley Cullins talks to top dealmakers about what’s driving the shortage and what could fix it: https://mrf.lu/2dyqt

09/29/2026

For Olivia Wilde, ‘The Invite’ captures something distinctly millennial: the strange mix of anxiety, optimism and arriving at adulthood only to feel like you don’t quite belong there. Full conversation with Katey Rich: https://mrf.lu/2d--c

Harlan Coben has made 13 shows with Netflix, including some of its biggest hits. His rule for getting there? Ignore the ...
09/28/2026

Harlan Coben has made 13 shows with Netflix, including some of its biggest hits. His rule for getting there? Ignore the data. Manori Ravindran talks to Coben about modest budgets, prestige TV and adapting his books: https://mrf.lu/2drl4

The best actor race could have its starriest lineup yet. Katey Rich maps how Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson, R...
09/28/2026

The best actor race could have its starriest lineup yet. Katey Rich maps how Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt are following very different paths through a modern Oscar race https://mrf.lu/2ddP9

09/25/2026

Mike Schur calls the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger “gasoline on a fire,” warning that Hollywood’s shrinking ecosystem could drive writers, actors, directors and executives out of the business. Full Ankler Agenda episode: https://mrf.lu/2mXm7

Disney staffers are bracing for cuts as Josh D’Amaro pushes to streamline the company. A leaked memo says its legal divi...
09/25/2026

Disney staffers are bracing for cuts as Josh D’Amaro pushes to streamline the company. A leaked memo says its legal division will become a “much smaller organization,” while insiders say there’s a sense “something big” is coming: https://mrf.lu/2mv__

John Wilson turned the unmistakable style of HBO’s ‘How To’ into his first feature, ‘The History of Concrete,’ even as H...
09/24/2026

John Wilson turned the unmistakable style of HBO’s ‘How To’ into his first feature, ‘The History of Concrete,’ even as Hollywood had ideas of what his follow-up should be. Katey Rich talks to Wilson about making the movie his way: https://mrf.lu/2mD1-

09/24/2026

A bipartisan federal tax credit aimed at bringing film and TV production back to the U.S. has officially been introduced in Congress. It still needs to pass, but it has support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Elaine Low breaks down what’s in it

“People in this town love art, but what they truly worship is math.” Ari Emanuel’s gospel of scale has helped define mod...
09/24/2026

“People in this town love art, but what they truly worship is math.” Ari Emanuel’s gospel of scale has helped define modern Hollywood. Richard Rushfield considers where that philosophy has led the industry: https://mrf.lu/2mCpx

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