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Covers creators and streaming. Bylines at thewrap.com. Desk record: 11 signals cited since August 2026, 8 published. Updated November 3, 2026.

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Fox CEO chalks up Fox News ratings slide to viewer fatigue, not defections

Fox CEO chalks up Fox News ratings slide to viewer fatigue, not defections

TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Fox Corp posted first-quarter revenue of $4.57 billion, up 22% year-over-year, as CEO Lachlan Murdoch attributed Fox News’s 27% total-day viewer drop to fatigue rather than audience loss to CNN or MS NOW.

Streaming

Skydance’s combined TV empire edges out YouTube in total viewing share

TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Skydance now owns nearly 190 shows, more than 70 cable channels and two major streamers after closing its Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery acquisitions.

Oct 10
Streaming

Skydance execs outline $30B content spend, slow streamer merger at kickoff event

TheWrap reports that Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz used their first press event since closing the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger to pledge over $30 billion in content spend, keep two separate film slates, and merge Paramount+ and HBO Max only gradually.

Oct 8
Streaming

Netflix’s ‘Unabomber’ tops weekly charts with 24.9 million views

TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Janus Metz Pedersen’s crime drama “Unabomber,” starring Jacob Tremblay and Shailene Woodley, led Netflix’s English-language movie chart with 24.9 million views for the week of September 28.

Oct 7
Creators

Why Netflix vs. YouTube isn’t the creator war it looks like

TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Netflix has signed more than 20 top YouTube creators in two years while YouTube quietly offers incentives to keep talent from leaving.

Sep 3
Streaming

Netflix’s GTA VI first look drove a 24% spike in app downloads

TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Sensor Tower found Netflix’s U.S. app downloads rose 24% the day it posted an extended GTA VI first look, with iOS downloads up 54% as the app jumped to 35th on the App Store’s free chart.

Sep 1
Creators

Unicorn expands creator-to-IP studio slate with four new originals

TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that creator management firm Unicorn is developing four new series with talent from its roster, including shows from the creators behind viral accounts madmax_fluffyroad and oldjewishmen. It’s the latest push to turn individual creators into owned, produced IP.

Aug 25
Creators

Alex Cooper exits UTA amid Unwell turmoil and $500M valuation

TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Alex Cooper left UTA in July, just before her Unwell Network hit a $500 million valuation via WTSL. The exit coincides with toxic workplace allegations at Unwell and a public feud with former talent Alix Earle.

Aug 20