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Ari Emanuel spent years building a media empire the market never understood. Now he's trying something else.
Ari Emanuel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., during the Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/BloombergGood afternoon from Los Angeles; I’m back home after an eventful week in London. I saw the ABBA avatar show -- it is remarkable — as well as the play Lyonesse and an old Powell/Pressburger movie at the British Film Institute. Thanks to my friend at the BBC for the heads up.
It sounds like we could have a deal between the studios and the actors pretty soon. If you know anything about the state of talks, you can drop me a line at lshaw31@bloomberg.net or on Signal. On this Monday’s The Town Matt Belloni and I broke down why Netflix is currently the only winner of the streaming wars.