Samantha Masunaga is an entertainment business reporter, with a focus on Hollywood studios. She also writes the weekly Wide Shot newsletter about the business of Hollywood. Since joining the Los Angeles Times in 2014, she has covered the aerospace industry, workplace culture and Southern California’s Japanese American community. Masunaga has previously worked for the Oregonian, the Orange County Register and the Rafu Shimpo, among other publications. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UCLA.
Latest From This Author
The former iPic theater at One Colorado in Pasadena will reopen in early December under the management of the Look dine-in theater chain.
Hollywood has gone all in on franchises. Authentic Studios, which includes Shaq’s production company, is betting that the value of its brands could make for compelling film and TV.
Skydance made the announcement Monday. Gunn and Safran will be replaced by Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham.
Disney is working with AI startup OpenArt to conceptualize lyric videos, starting with ‘Go the Distance’ from ‘Hercules.’
Elon Musk has already made his mark in space, tech and electric cars. Now, he may be entering Hollywood with a reported investment in Skydance and an AI-generated “Odyssey.”
The layoffs affect the experiences division, which includes Disney’s theme parks, cruise line and Aulani resort and spa in Hawaii.
As Hollywood searches for more franchises and reliable IP, Lionsgate is back in the news as a potential takeover target.
Skydance is offering a one-time voluntary buyout offer to certain employees, as Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merge operations.
Increasingly, tensions have flared between the L.A.-based executives dedicated to movies and TV shows and its engineers and technicians in Silicon Valley over how best to expand the business and promote content on Netflix.
Comcast plans layoffs in its broadband and wireless business ahead of spinning off NBCUniversal, after losing 144,000 broadband customers last quarter.