Hollywood Buzz: December 2024 / early January 2025

By Natalie Lifson, Agent Trainee at Buchwald and your co-Editor-in-Chief at THA

For information about the LA Wildfires and entertainment industry-specific resources, see HERE.

End of Year Analysis

• The Streaming Scene: As An Even-Murkier Era Of Scant Subscriber Numbers Nears, Another Volatile Year Winds Down -Deadline, 12/25

• Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2024’s Winners and Losers -Variety, 12/26

News

• TikTok Ban: Supreme Court Appears to Lean Toward Upholding Law That Would Force Sale or Shutdown, Despite First Amendment Issues -Variety, 1/10

• What Just Happened? Winners & Losers In The Venu Sports Meltdown -Deadline, 1/11

  • "Divergent priorities, an evolving media landscape, ongoing legal threats and the march of time just crushed a joint venture called Venu Sports," a joint venture between Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

AI

• YouTube Teams With CAA to Let Talent Identify — and Pull Down — AI Deepfakes of Themselves -Variety, 12/17

• Universal Music, Amazon Expand Partnership, Vow to “Address Unlawful AI-Generated Content” -THR, 12/26

Unions

• Animation Guild Ratifies Contract Despite AI Fears -Variety, 12/23

Awards

• Winners: Golden Globes

• Nominations: Art Directors Guild, SAG Awards, DGA Awards, BAFTA Awards

• Nominations postponed due to wildfires: Producers Guild Awards, Oscars, WGA Awards

• Ceremonies postponed due to wildfires: Critics Choice Awards