Winston Cho

legal and business @thr. tell me stuff. [email protected]

[Gary Baum @garymbaum]

Paramount Global believed it had a framework for a $3 billion new 10-year agreement w/ @SouthPark creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone. Skydance, the studio’s likely new owner, balked at the terms. Reporting w/ @winstonscho and @alexweprin.

https://t.co/VNpWo7RLgR

[Katie Kilkenny @katiekilkenny7]

.@winstonscho and I somehow got to follow Jonathan Nolan, Patty Jenkins, Damon Lindelof and others around Sacramento for a day. They were there to talk about film and TV tax credits, but other things were going on. Our story: https://t.co/wjDqVTorrs

[Gary Baum @garymbaum]

Three months to the release of my debut novel — an exploration of aspiration, invention, illusion and delusion.

[Erik Hayden @Erik_Hayden]

What happens to film and TV production in Los Angeles after the wildfires?

New from @winstonscho, @katiekilkenny7 https://t.co/gLFIA7dwDi

[Rebecca Sun 孫洪美 @therebeccasun]

This is one of my favorite features I've ever written, and I'm really scared it will be my last.

A year ago, I flew to Korea as the only American print journalist invited to tour the set of SQUID GAME.

https://t.co/1qrsIpVGLD via @thr

[Erik Hayden @Erik_Hayden]

Memo to Newsom: "We also have a commercial industry that has been here in Los Angeles for many, many years," says Teamsters Local 399 principal officer Lindsay Dougherty. "That’s not included in the film and television tax credit."

https://t.co/FR00zAadGc

[Seth Abramovitch @SethAbramovitch]

Why Los Angeles Is Becoming a Production Graveyard by ⁦@winstonscho⁩ https://t.co/8iPU9LstlD

[Gary Baum @garymbaum]

Another twist in the "Rust" saga: The film's ammo provider Seth Kenney talks to @winstonscho and I about the new bullet evidence which derailed Alec Baldwin's trial. He contends the deadly bullet didn’t come from him and alleges foul play.
https://t.co/imTM1Cx46K

[Seth Abramovitch @SethAbramovitch]

It’s the epic estate war that’s entangled Scorsese, Geffen, DiCaprio and more: Robbie Robertson’s glamorous restaurateur widow vs. his three children. ⁦@winstonscho⁩ and I investigate in this week’s @THR. https://t.co/IAEoPseAp3

[Mia Galuppo @miagaluppo]

Everyone who worked on Sing Sing was paid the same wage and given equity. Now, the filmmakers are launching their own company to help others do the same with the hope of creating a sustainable independent film business that offers liveable wages.
https://t.co/8Xte94U9Fy

[Seth Abramovitch @SethAbramovitch]

I wrote a little tribute to Shelley Duval. https://t.co/g6c0mz9VpA

[Erik Hayden @Erik_Hayden]

"On paper, the Justice Department may have to squint to see the bona fides of what a legal challenge would look like ... That’s where the new merger guidelines come in."

New from @winstonscho on the Paramount-Skydance merger review - https://t.co/USU5nBnjmM

[Elizabeth Wagmeister @EWagmeister]

From this smart piece by @THR’s @ThatRebecca and @winstonscho, which details the media circus at Alec Baldwin’s trial: “41 news organizations are credentialed to cover the event, the first celebrity trial ever in New Mexico.” https://t.co/xsoFVql22P

[Erik Hayden @Erik_Hayden]

"As Netflix confronts a torrent of defamation lawsuits, a steadily growing body of case law is chipping away at legal protections once thought to provide sweeping cover for dramatizations."

New from @winstonscho:
https://t.co/Qi6jG6vUhd

[Gary Baum @garymbaum]

My profile of Bryan Freedman, the feared & controversial Hollywood attorney hired by the likes of Tucker Carlson, Gabrielle Union, Megyn Kelly, FKA Twigs, Bethenny Frankel & Don Lemon. The story examines his hardball tactics and troubled personal history. https://t.co/nd2RN8SJfD

[Kate Knibbs 🏄🏻‍♀️ @Knibbs]

This THR story on how this connects with other Hollywood battles is rlly interesting & provides more context—ScarJo wrote the letters sent to OpenAI herself, and they may have also spoken to potential trademark issues in addition to right of publicity: https://t.co/5ZUbf72VnQ

[Joshua Ritter @JoshuaRitterESQ]

Although #HarveyWeinstein's conviction was overturned in New York, his upcoming appeal in California will likely be more difficult. I gave @THR's @winstonscho my thoughts on why—read below: https://t.co/93evQtql7Y

[Alex Weprin @alexweprin]

Here's my take on Netflix's subscriber pivot. The biggest storytelling company in the world is getting ready to tell a new story, and to Wall Street the story is everything: https://t.co/8vyByjZ3DF

[Katie Kilkenny @katiekilkenny7]

New: I talked to some staffers who are currently in Condé Nast "purgatory," on a provisional layoffs list but doing "centralized" work spanning brands until their union and management eventually come to an agreement https://t.co/iemDy4lwRc

[Erik Hayden @Erik_Hayden]

"Control is difficult, which as creatives, I mean you want control. That was our general feedback to the researchers"

Three Beta testers for OpenAI's Sora speak with @winstonscho about how it actually works

https://t.co/cxbnYiPB5P