A lot of the traditional media companies say they aren't big enough. Franklin government would have to stop these merger guide, but they just put new merger guidelines. They can allow more consolidation. The failure to do that has less to do with class warfare or anything else. It's the same incompetence that leads people to not make enough movies made by women.
Hollywood is still shut down by its historic dual strike, but this weekend the industry saw its most explosive box office numbers of the year. So far, Barbie has made over 200 million domestically and Oppenheimer has surpassed 100 million. So are the movies back in business? Or is BarbenHeimer a cultural phenomenon that will be impossible to replicate?
Kara discusses this question with a panel that includes entertainment reporter Matthew Belloni, producer Franklin Leonard and communications expert Brooke Hammerling.
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