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Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg

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By Lucas Shaw

December 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM UTC

Good evening from Barcelona, and thanks to those of you who participated in the year-end poll. We got more than 700 responses to 20 questions about the future of media.

My holiday wish is for the bankers at Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix to give it a rest so that my peers can have a restful break. I don’t need to make calls after a couple glasses of wine and some gambas.