Just weeks after the $8.4B Paramount-Skydance merger, over 2,000 employees were laid off across CBS, Nickelodeon, Pluto TV, and Paramount Pictures.
In this episode, we reveal:
Why the Hollywood system is collapsing from within
How AI, streaming failures, and mega-mergers are erasing jobs
What these mass layoffs mean for YOUR future in the film & TV industry
Whether you're a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, or editor, you NEED to hear this.
This isn’t just about layoffs — it’s about a broken system, the rise of AI in entertainment, and what creatives must do to survive.
🔍 What’s Covered in This Video:
Paramount-Skydance layoffs breakdown
How the streaming model failed studios
The role of AI in future film production
Industry trends post-WGA/SAG strike
Survival advice for creatives in 2025
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Do you think Hollywood can survive this wave?
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Hollywood isn’t dying — the math stopped working
00:32 – Paramount–Skydance merger: progress or pink-slip apocalypse?
01:30 – Billions in deals, but thousands lose jobs
02:05 – The broader collapse: 30% industry job loss since 2023
03:11 – The streaming revolution that failed
04:04 – The human toll: creative freedom turned to precarity
05:13 – Mergers and mega-studios consolidate control
05:50 – The next threat: AI automation and creative replacement
06:39 – The middle class of Hollywood is disappearing
07:11 – Layoffs expose the end of an era
07:53 – Reflection: Hollywood’s fall could spark rebirth
08:29 – The dream factory is gone — what rises next is up to us
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