Disney teams up with OpenAI for copyrighted character usage much to the dismay of the Writer's Guild of America and Screen Actor's Guild.

• The delayed November jobs report has mixed data

• SAG-AFTRA and WGA will closely view the Disney/OpenAI deal

• WGA is very mad about Disney's billion dollar OpenAI deal

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Chad gets a job.

• Paramount Skydance mounts a hostile takeover of Warner Bros.

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Chad leaves LinkedIn. It's you, LinkedIn. It's definitely you.

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David Zaslav's pay; Paramount Skydance's return to office mandate was a ploy to save money; and the creator economy needs to be held accountable.

• David Zaslav’s new pay package

• Big companies prepare bids for Warner Bros

• Paramount employees took severance instead of returning to the office

• Paramount is paying millions for the severance

• More job cuts coming to Paramount

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Bob Iger wants to make sure his successor remembers what Disney does best.

• Hollywood’s safety net is faltering

• The Journal’s explanation of the Hollywood job market

• Private data shows the job market cools but is still pretty decent

• Bob Iger’s advice to his successor

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Let's take a look at what went down between Paramount Skydance and prolific producer Taylor Sheridan.

• Tulsa King season 4 replaces a ton of crew members
• Taylor Sheridan leaving Paramount isn't a big loss
• What happened between TV’s modern cowboy and the newly merged company

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Georgia still wants to be the place where movies and shows are made.

• Meta cuts AI jobs after separate AI hires: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/meta-plans-to-cut-600-jobs-at-ai-superintelligence-labs.html
• Amazon cutting thousands of jobs for AI benefits: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/amazon-lay-off-about-14000-roles-2025-10-28/
• Paramount’s plans if it buys Warner Bros.: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/paramount-plans-keep-warner-bros-largely-intact-after-merger-bloomberg-news-2025-10-28/
• Filming in Georgia is low but workers are optimistic: https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/georgias-film-industry-is-facing-a-slowdown-but-creatives-remain-hopeful-for-the-next-big-wave/

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Extras need work too.

• NBC News’s diversity teams are essentially no more
• Washington DC’s book vending machine is for amateur authors
• LinkedIn and Sportscenter hybrid for people who like that type of thing
• What are TV and movie extras doing for work now?

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