Janice Min Dishes on Hollywood Upheaval and Reinventing The Media Business

►Subscribe to Mediaite: https://bit.ly/3MjuECB Janice Min, media powerhouse who reinvented The Hollywood Reporter and Us Weekly before launching her new venture, The Ankler, joins Aidan McLaughlin and Diana Falzone on Mediaite's "The Interview" to discuss her career, her new media company and the future of Hollywood. Welcome to Mediaite, THE site for news and opinion on the intersection of media and politics. Join Mediaite+ https://www.mediaite.com/subscribe/ ► Website: https://www.mediaite.com/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediaite/ ► X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mediaite ► Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mediaite ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediaite Janice Min details her illustrious career in journalism, breathing new life into struggling publications, and transforming celebrity culture and coverage. Min provides insight into building her latest venture, The Ankler, from a one-man Substack newsletter into a profitable media company serving entertainment industry insiders. They discuss the future of Hollywood amid streaming wars, private equity takeovers, layoffs and strikes. Min gives her take on the decline of movie theaters, the next potential major studio sale, the diminishing power of celebrity, and more on the state of entertainment media. A rare interview with one of media's biggest power players. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Janice Min: A Legend in Journalism 00:01:58 - Deaths by a Thousand Cuts in the Entertainment Industry 00:04:15 - Taking on a New Blueprint for a Media Company 00:06:40 - Building a Company with Limited Resources 00:08:57 - Profitable Business Models in Media 00:11:22 - The Value of High Premium Audiences 00:13:51 - The Importance of Creative People in the Entertainment Industry 00:16:20 - Breathing new life into media outlets 00:18:50 - Entertainment Agenda in Publishing 00:21:00 - The Future of Trade Publications in the Entertainment Industry 00:23:45 - Transformation of Celebrity Culture 00:26:31 - Changing Dynamics in Hollywood and Media 00:28:53 - The Loss of Monoculture and Stuck Culture 00:30:36 - The Hollywood Strikes and Resentment towards CEOs 00:32:57 - The Brokenness of the Labor System 00:35:13 - The Decline of Linear TV Assets 00:37:19 - Subscribe and check out coverage on mediaite.com #janicemin #wgastrike #theankler