Saturday, June 24th, 2023
Special Edition: Top TV Shows Delayed? Writers Strike Explained
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Today, we’re talking about the ongoing standoff between Hollywood’s writers and the studios that employ them. Los Angeles Times staff writer Anousha Sakoui is here to discuss how the strike impacts the shows and movies many of us watch, why technology is at the core of the negotiations, and much more.
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Guest: Anousha Sakoui
Anousha Sakoui is an entertainment industry writer for the Los Angeles Times, covering topics including labor and litigation in Hollywood. She was part of the team that was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news for work covering the tragic shooting on the “Rust” film set.
She has 20+ years reporting from the world’s leading news organizations, including leading mergers and acquisitions coverage at the Financial Times, breaking news and insights on the financial crisis for Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal in London and had award-winning scoops on the hack of Sony pictures at Bloomberg News in L.A.
Anousha got her start in business news at the BBC and has a master’s of arts in economics and mathematics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born in London and studied at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle.
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