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Jessica Toonkel

ARTICLES BY JESSICA TOONKEL

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Six months, 9 offers and $81 billion. How Hollywood’s nasty takeover was won.

8 min read . 28 Feb 2026

Disney CEO Bob Iger. (File Photo: Reuters)

Behind Disney’s search for a lasting successor to Bob Iger

5 min read . 05 Feb 2026

An Amazon Go store stands in a Manhattan mall (Getty Images via AFP)

Amazon in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI

1 min read . 30 Jan 2026

The creator of the animated feature ‘Critterz’ has teamed up with production companies in London and Los Angeles.

OpenAI backs AI-made animated feature film

3 min read . 08 Sept 2025

The newly combined media company is exploring ways to revive MTV . (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) (Invision)

Can MTV be cool again? Paramount’s new owner plots cable revival

3 min read . 07 Sept 2025

For Disney, protecting its characters and stories while also embracing new AI technology is key. (AP)

Is it still Disney magic if it’s AI?

11 min read . 04 Aug 2025

Netflix is working to ensure that it has something for everyone, from scripted shows and movies to reality TV, comedy and live programming. (Image: Pixabay)

Netflix explores music shows and celebrity interviews as part of live TV push

2 min read . 02 Jul 2025

George Cheeks, co-CEO of Paramount Global. Photo: Leon Bennett/Getty Images

The executive in the middle of Paramount’s Trump storm

5 min read . 15 May 2025

Netflix eyes $1 trillion valuation, aims to double revenue and grow ads, subs by 2030. (Image: Pixabay)

Netflix aims to join the $1 trillion club

3 min read . 15 Apr 2025

Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI

Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI

3 min read . 11 Feb 2025

US President Donald Trump. (REUTERS)

Trump’s role in TikTok talks: Dealmaker in chief

6 min read . 09 Feb 2025

On a typical day, Netflix makes up about 11% of internet traffic in North America, according to Sandvine, a networking company that tracks web use. (HT_PRINT)

Can Netflix avoid glitches in its Christmas Day NFL broadcasts?

5 min read . 23 Dec 2024

Daniel Craig was a relative unknown when he got the part, starting with 2006’s Casino Royale.

James Bond outdueled Goldfinger and Dr. No. Can he win a battle with Amazon?

11 min read . 20 Dec 2024

The pullback on parental leave points to a central tension now roiling Netflix.

Netflix’s extraordinary parental leave was part of its culture. That’s over.

11 min read . 13 Dec 2024

Promise’s Jamie Byrne, George Strompolos and Dave Clark in Los Angeles. Photo: Jeff Lorch

New AI entertainment studio gets backing from Peter Chernin, Andreessen Horowitz

1 min read . 19 Nov 2024

Netflix has been pushing games with tie-ins to its shows and movies, including ‘Emily in Paris.’ (Netflix)

Netflix backs out of plan to develop blockbuster videogame

2 min read . 23 Oct 2024

Amazon’s ‘Buy It Now’ reality competition show is set to debut next month. (Photo: Michael Becker/Amazon Freevee)

Amazon’s new ‘Shark Tank’-style show gives winners top billing in its store

3 min read . 19 Sept 2024

Rupert Murdoch with his sons, Lachlan, left, and James, right. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo (REUTERS)

The family rift driving Rupert Murdoch to redo his ‘irrevocable’ trust

12 min read . 12 Sept 2024

Rupert Murdoch controls a trust that holds the family’s substantial stakes in News Corp, and Fox Corp. (AFP)

Rupert Murdoch plan to give control to son Lachlan triggers family legal battle

3 min read . 25 Jul 2024

Abdulaziz Almuzaini in 2023. DANIELE VENTURELLI/GETTY IMAGES FOR RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

He won a big Netflix deal. Then Saudi Arabia convicted him as a terrorist.

7 min read . 04 Jul 2024