Hollywood CEOs Made More Than $1 Billion While Firing Thousands

Striking screenwriters say media companies are raking in the cash from streaming. They aren’t. But their executives are.

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Three things you need to know

Imagine you are a TV producer with a series at Disney+. Over the last few months, every single person who worked on that show, from the executive on the project up to the head of the division, has been fired.