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How The Messenger Was Killed — and What That Means for Media • The shuttered site The Messenger, run by Jimmy Finkelstein and Richard Beckman, spent $50 million in less than a year, leaving 300 employees out of work and a seven-figure bill owed to vendors

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Spotify’s Exclusive Show Era Ends • Amid a profits push, its new deals with stars Joe Rogan and Alex Cooper let their podcasts live on rival platforms

How Vince McMahon Got TKO’d • When a sex trafficking lawsuit aimed at the WWE founder was filed after the company inked a $5 billion deal with Netflix, executives went into damage control mode

Bye Bye, Tentpoles; Hello, Winter Chill in Theaters • Concerns that box office revenue would decline as major studio titles were delayed to 2025 weren’t unfounded — but January’s was the worst in 25 years

Why Apple Gets a Pass for Disappointing at the Box Office • Reporters often grade the tech giant’s theatrical films on a curve based on metrics — like how it boosts Apple TV+ — that it obscures

Instagram’s Influential Crew Whisperer Opens Up • The co-founder of the account that acted as a tip line and lit a match to reignite labor fervor reflects on IATSE Stories — and leaving the on-set grind behind

The Oscar Derby Rolls Into February • THR’s awards analyst on how the Grammys and other recent events are impacting the race

Brittany Howard Takes a Sound Bath • The five-time Grammy winner and former Alabama Shakes frontwoman talks about her new solo album and just-launched 34-city tour

High Art in the High Desert: What’s New in Palm Springs • With Modernism Week 2024 set to kick off Feb. 15, here’s the latest on what to discover in the eternally cool getaway

Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment

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Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news

How ‘Comfort Shows’ Conquered TV • In a year when a fractured, Netflix-led landscape trotted out hundreds of new original programs, audiences turned to ‘library series’ like Suits, Grey’s Anatomy and Gilmore Girls, which claimed all of the top 10 spots in Nielsen’s annual tally

An A-Listers’ Side Gig: FYC Host • More and more of Hollywood’s top actors are lending their star power to boost Oscar contenders’ campaigns by hosting screenings — and moderating panels themselves

How to Make a Frugal, Fantastic Monsterverse • Godzilla Minus One roars into the VFX Oscar race with a team, led by writer-director Takashi Yamazaki, packed with talent

Grammy Chic: Modern and Metallic • Women ruled the 66th annual awards in both trophies and red carpet attitude, from Taylor Swift’s draped elegance to Miley Cyrus’ warrior princess and Victoria Monét’s sleek bronze corset gown: ‘I feel expensive,’ said the best new artist winner

Green Day to Andra Day: the Clive Davis Bash • Commemorating the music mogul’s pre-Grammy event, performers and presenters took selfies and broke out into ‘We Are the World’

Doing It for the Gram: A Night to Remember • Up 34 percent in viewership from last year, the 2024 Grammys saw female acts take home all of the show’s televised awards on an evening that celebrated icons (Joni! Tracy! Celine!) as well as today’s biggest stars

A MARRIAGE STORY (WITH KALASHNIKOVS) • DONALD GLOVER AND MAYA ERSKINE — STARS OF AMAZON’S REIMAGINED REBOOT OF MR. & MRS. SMITH — OPEN UP ABOUT ONSCREEN CHEMISTRY, OFFSCREEN RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT REALLY WENT DOWN WITH ORIGINAL CO-STAR...