David Lidsky
Executive Editor at The Ankler
Author at Series Business (fka Strikegeist)
Ginger's dad. Deputy editor, Fast Company. Ice-cream maker. The pic is of my dog Moxie with a candy cigarette, not my daughter.
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1 week ago |
theankler.com | David Lidsky
What happened in Vegas this week. . . was a series of amazing conversations curated by The Ankler in partnership with NAB Show for the conference’s first-ever Business of Entertainment track. Our programming kicked off last Sunday with Reel AI columnist Erik Barmack and producer David S.
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2 weeks ago |
theankler.com | David Lidsky
Our team crushed itthis week, from Lesley Goldberg’s spicy and substantive report on Jen Salke’s removal at Amazon and the Prime Video mess left behind to Erik Barmack’s clarion call to Hollywood about OpenAI’s brazen IP theft now producing knockoff versions of everything from The Simpsons to Studio Ghibli. And it was cool to see several top studio execs hop onto Richard Rushfield and Sean McNulty’s fun and smart Substack Live after CinemaCon’s final presentation.
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3 weeks ago |
theankler.com | David Lidsky
No story has ever evoked the kind of emotional reaction we received than our recent piece, extraordinarily written, from former Baywatch star Alexandra Paul, who came to us to share for the first time the harrowing and terrifying account of being stalked for 13 years by a mentally disturbed fan. More on that down below but first . . . The Ankler is coming to you live in big ways to kick off April and we hope to see you there.
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1 month ago |
theankler.com | David Lidsky
Happy Sunday. In the wake of Anora’s Oscar triumph, Ashley Cullins interviewed Neon CEO Tom Quinn (paid subscribers only) for one of our most popular reads this week. Quinn’s company has scored two best picture Oscars and five Palme d’Ors in its short life (Katey Rich dubbed Quinn the Palme d’Oracle). He articulates to Ashley an inspiring, clear vision for building a distinctive, profitable business that showcases and empowers great original filmmakers.
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1 month ago |
theankler.com | David Lidsky
We had another banner week at The Ankler, starting with the announcement of two new team members joining us tomorrow: Kelsey Stefanson of The Hollywood Reporter is coming onboard as our design director; she and Janice had worked together back when the visuals of THR first dazzled the industry, so expect things to start looking spiffier around here almost immediately.
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