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Ankler Agenda

Hosted by TheAnkler.com · business · EN · 294 episodes

Audience: 16~5.1k on YouTube
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About this Podcast:

"Ankler Agenda" breaks down the headlines, trends and creativity shaping the evolution of Hollywood, the creator economy and entertainment. The show is hosted by Elaine Low, author of Ankler Media’s popular “ Series Business ” Substack newsletter, who is joined weekly by her colleagues Sean McNulty (“ The Wakeup ”) and Natalie Jarvey (“ Like & Subscribe ”) -- in addition to Richard Rushfield , the Ankler himself. Episodes will also be available every Thursday on YouTube .

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What is Ankler Agenda about?

"Ankler Agenda" breaks down the headlines, trends and creativity shaping the evolution of Hollywood, the creator economy and entertainment.

Who hosts Ankler Agenda?

Ankler Agenda is hosted by TheAnkler.com. The show has published 294 episodes to date.

What has Ankler Agenda covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Netflix Hits Every Panic Button. Now What?" (22 October 2026, 35 minutes), "Steve Hilton on Hollywood’s Future: ‘We Cannot Let It Collapse’" (15 October 2026, 54 minutes), and "Kreiz In, Bloys Wins: Paramount’s Head-Spinning New Order" (1 October 2026, 31 minutes).

How often does Ankler Agenda publish?

Ankler Agenda publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 294 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Ankler Agenda?

Booking probability for Ankler Agenda is 45%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ankler Agenda requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ankler Agenda's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Ankler Agenda?

The strongest fits for Ankler Agenda are Film & Video. Ankler Agenda has a business audience and around 5,100 subscribers on YouTube.

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TheAnkler.com hosts Ankler Agenda, a business show with 294 episodes published.

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    Netflix Hits Every Panic Button. Now What?

    Oct 22, 202635 min

    To hear Ted Sarandos tell it, things are going great at Netflix. “Our business and our business flywheel are working,” the co-CEO said on this week’s earnings call — a week after laying off a thousand...

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    Steve Hilton on Hollywood’s Future: ‘We Cannot Let It Collapse’

    Oct 15, 202654 min

    Steve Hilton has been talking with David Ellison, Ted Sarandos and Trump Hollywood ambassador Jon Voight about how to bring production back to California. And the Republican...

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    Kreiz In, Bloys Wins: Paramount’s Head-Spinning New Order

    Oct 1, 202631 min

    The new Paramount is taking shape fast. On the eve of the Warner Bros. deal concluding, David Ellison is bringing in fresh blood — and bloodletting. Former Mattel chief Ynon Kreiz boards as...

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    Mike Schur: Paramount-WBD Is a ‘Nightmare Scenario’

    Sep 24, 202638 min

    Mike Schur calls Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. a “nightmare scenario” for Hollywood — and now that David Ellison has cleared the biggest obstacle to getting the deal done, he’s even more alarmed...

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    Emergency Pod! Paramount-WBD Chaos: The Settlement, the Layoffs, the Superstreamer

    Sep 22, 202641 min

    So after months of big talk about only settling for structural remedies, i.e., selling off assets, what did California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the 11 other state AGs suing Paramount Skydance...

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    1,000 Sony Hacks at Once? Hollywood’s AI Doomsday

    Sep 17, 202637 min

    A dire warning from Anthropic and OpenAI that increasingly autonomous AI agents could launch cyberattacks – or worse – has an especially chilling implication for Hollywood, where studios and streamers are rapidly...

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    Who’ll Save the Film Industry? France Is Trying

    Sep 10, 202637 min

    Inside President Macron’s summit, where Ted Sarandos, Dana Walden and Hollywood power players attended — very quietly French President Emmanuel Macron summoned some of the biggest names in global entertainment to the...

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    Studios Ghost the Film Festivals; Trump's Hollywood Rescue Plan

    Sep 3, 202634 min

    It wasn’t long ago when studios took the biggest jewels of their fall slates — the Gravitys and Jokers and First Mans — to the Venice Film Festival to kick off awards season and put...

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    YouTube’s Netflix Death Match Levels Up

    Aug 27, 202632 min

    Hollywood’s newest talent war isn’t over movie stars. For years, YouTube was treated as a “farm league,” in Ted Sarandos‘ words — a place where talent dreamt of graduating to Hollywood. Now smaller player...

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    BONUS EP: ‘Sleep in the Bed They Made’: Bonta Fires Back as Paramount Talks Collapse

    Aug 24, 202613 min

    So much for détente. California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled Monday’s planned meeting with Paramount after accusing the company of leaking — and misrepresenting — confidential settlement discussions to the press...

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    Hayden Panettiere’s Child-Star Tragedy; Bonta on Paramount ‘Playing Cute’

    Aug 20, 202634 min

    Hayden Panettiere worked in Hollywood since she was 11 months old, and by the time Heroes made her a household name at 16, she was already navigating the darker side of child stardom. The Wall Street...

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    Private Equity Has Billions Ready for Hollywood. Who Gets It?

    Aug 13, 202634 min

    “Everyone has dry powder for sports,” Ashley Cullins heard while reporting her recent look at the private equity firms circling Hollywood. It’s a truism Bob Iger and Josh...

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    How Zendaya & Tom Holland Won Summer; Ellison on the Defensive

    Aug 6, 202637 min

    It’s been a while since Hollywood has seen a power couple quite like Zendaya and Tom Holland. With Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey, the newlyweds helped drive more...

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    The Waiting Game at WBD; SpaceX’s L.A. Mansion Rush

    Jul 30, 202633 min

    What a difference a month makes. With Paramount’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery now in limbo, 35,000 Warners staffers have plenty of time to reconsider their options. Could HBO chief Casey...

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    BONUS EP: California AG Rob Bonta on the Coming Paramount Trial: 'We're Not Talking Settlement'

    Jul 28, 202614 min

    What could Paramount Skydance do to make a dozen attorneys general drop their lawsuit against the Warner Bros. Discovery merger? Sell off CNN? Paramount Pictures? According to California Attorney General Rob Bonta: not...

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    BONUS EP: Paramount’s Looming Debt Bomb — With Analyst Robert Fishman

    Jul 27, 202645 min

    David Ellison may be calling Paramount’s agreement to delay its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition a “significant win.” Wall Street appears less convinced. Paramount Skydance shares sank to a new low...

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    Why A24 Wants Letterboxd — and the Impossible ‘Odyssey’ Ticket

    Jul 23, 202628 min

    Who’s buying Letterboxd? The social media platform, prized for its Gen Z audience and movie fan bona fides, is on the market for a rumored $250 million — with multiple studios circling. Dealmakers...

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    BONUS EP: Rob Bonta: How We Plan to Kill the Paramount-WBD Deal

    Jul 21, 202636 min

    States, 1. Paramount, 0. The $111 billion Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger has hit its first real wall after a coalition of 12 states won a temporary restraining order blocking the deal. And California...

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    The Case Against Paramount-Warner — From the People Fighting It

    Jul 16, 202633 min

    It’s a bad week for David Ellison, with Paramount Skydance facing two concurrent lawsuits seeking to block its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — plus a shareholder case accusing...

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    BONUS EP: Netflix’s Next Deal? Spotify Is Hiding in Plain Sight

    Jul 13, 202641 min

    Welcome to Netflix’s hard pivot. Faced with lagging engagement from its users and signs of audience disinterest in some of its top shows between seasons, Netflix’s next big thing might be… cable...

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