Elaine Low

Los Angeles

Writer at Series Business (fka Strikegeist)

Reporter @TheAnkler writing Series Business, a newsletter about the 📺 industry. Alum: Variety, Business Insider, Investor’s Business Daily [email protected]

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Articles

A Creative Exec Survival Guide

1 week ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low recently reported on how Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are impacting series production, and interviewed WME digital strategy head Chris Jacquemin and leading animators about Hollywood’s cautious embrace of AI. There’s a scene in the first minutes of the pilot of Apple TV+’s The Studio where Seth Rogen’s character, a high-level film exec, is summoned to the top boss’ office after the reigning studio head gets unceremoniously canned.
Tariff Terror: TV Production Braces for Trump-Induced Sticker Shock

2 weeks ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on TV from L.A. She recently interviewed WME digital strategy head Chris Jacquemin and leading animators about Hollywood’s cautious embrace of AI and wrote about the rise of executive coaching in the entertainment industry.
D'oh! TV Animation Meets AI With Unease, Opportunity

3 weeks ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on TV from L.A. She recently interviewed WME digital strategy head Chris Jacquemin about Hollywood’s cautious embrace of AI and wrote about the rise of executive coaching in the entertainment industry. It’s April 1.
WME's Top Digital Exec: AI's Here. Now Let's Cash In (Carefully)

1 month ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on TV from L.A. She recently wrote about the rise of executive coaching in Hollywood and scooped the first five shows (Bridgerton and more) whose writers earned streaming bonuses since the strike. Today I’ve got some insights for you on what might just be the thorniest issue facing the industry right now: the use of artificial intelligence in filmmaking and TV-making.
Exec Coach: The New Industry Must-Have (and Career Off-Ramp)

1 month ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on TV from L.A. She recently scooped the first five shows whose writers earned streaming bonuses since the strike and how Gen Z is learning Hollywood swagger. When you think about your career up until this point, are there key figures who loom large in your memory? Former bosses or well-placed friends who helped you onto that next stepping stone? Mentors you’d thank once you’re on the Emmy podium, holding a statuette?
SCOOP: The First Shows Where Writers Scored Streaming Bonuses

1 month ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on the TV business from L.A. She recently reported on how Gen Z is learning Hollywood swagger, wrote about the new art of the virtual pitch and reported on industry workers who’ve decided to leave L.A. after the wildfires. Hello, Series Business fam! If you’re still catching up from “springing forward” the clocks on Sunday, I’ve got some intel that’s as eye-opening as your favorite cold brew.
Gen Z on 'Fuck You-ness', 'Productive Rudeness', Learning Swagger (and More)

1 month ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on the TV business from L.A. She recently offered up a Gen Z exec’s salary confession and stark warning for Gen X bosses, wrote about the new art of the virtual pitch and reported on industry workers who’ve decided to leave L.A. after the wildfires. Every generation has its own early-career professional trauma. For my cohort of older millennials, who graduated from college in 2007 or 2008, the Great Recession felt like a death knell for our 20-something ambitions.
Salary Confessions: A Gen Z Creative Exec's Stark Warning for Gen X

1 month ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on the TV business from L.A. She recently wrote about the new art of the virtual pitch and entertainment industry workers who’ve decided to leave L.A. after the wildfires. Read all her industry Salary Confessions here. Happy Monday from Los Angeles, readers, where the near-80 degree weather threatens to puncture the facade of whatever we call “winter” out here.
Art of the Virtual Pitch: Buyer, Seller Secrets for Nailing It in the Zoom Room

2 months ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low reports on the TV business from L.A. She recently wrote about entertainment industry workers who’ve decided to leave L.A. in the wake of January’s wildfires, the #StayinLA campaign to keep production in SoCal, and the emerging indie TV model. Happy Presidents Day, Series Business fam.
‘Broke as a Joke’: Who’s Staying, Who's Fleeing Hollywood After Fires

2 months ago | theankler.com | Elaine Low

Elaine Low writes about the TV business from L.A. She recently wrote about the #StayinLA campaign to keep production in SoCal, broke down the indie TV model and reported on the unscripted TV market — who’s buying what from Amazon to Peacock — for 2025. Amid warm Miami breezes and slickly produced chatter about the future of TV, NATPE Global still had Los Angeles on its mind last week as the city recovers from disaster.