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        <title><![CDATA[Paul Hardart - Bloomberg Opinion Guest Columnist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Paul Hardart is director of the entertainment, media & technology program at NYU's Stern School of Business and founding director of the Graduate Program in Media Management at The New School. He was previously an executive at Universal and Warner Brothers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Ted Turner I Knew Bet on What Others Missed]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A disruptor.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Warner Bros. Sale Makes Sense on Paper. But at What Cost?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-30/a-warner-bros-sale-might-make-sense-but-the-cost-to-hollywood-is-high</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:30:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A creative and cultural cost.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Comcast Spinning Off MSNBC Was Inevitable]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Between cord-cutters and Donald Trump constantly criticizing news outlets, the cable business has become less attractive in the traditional sense.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-26/comcast-msnbc-spinoff-was-inevitable-after-trump-and-cord-cutters</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Changing the channel on cable is inevitable.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paramount's Best Hope for Survival Is Larry Ellison's Son]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Out of all the suitors auditioning to take over the legendary studio, David Ellison is the right person for long-term success.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-24/paramount-s-best-hope-for-surival-is-skydance-s-david-ellison</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Netflix Hammers the Last Nail Into Linear TV’s Coffin]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, it’s doing exactly what worked in the pre-streaming era by offering dramas, sitcoms, reality TV and live performances.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-26/netflix-offers-subscribers-a-whole-cable-bundle</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:01:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What the Actors’ Union Victory Means for Your Wallet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[SAG-AFTRA deserves this win, but to pay for the billion-dollar deal, studios are going to ramp up their strategy of asking customers to spend more for less content.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-11/what-sag-aftra-victory-means-for-your-wallet</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A necessary cost.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drew Barrymore's Good Intentions Fell Flat]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The host meant well with her daytime talk show's return, but her revered Hollywood family history made it odd and off-brand.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-16/drew-barrymore-s-last-name-put-a-crack-in-strikers-unity</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>What was Drew Barrymore thinking?</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[CNN Max Avoids the Mistakes of CNN+]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[There are still a lot of unanswered questions about the company's new streaming wager, but it seems to have the least amount of risk.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-30/cnn-max-avoids-the-mistakes-of-cnn</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:26:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CNN Max is innovative. </media:description>
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