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Jul 6, 2023
2022-2023 Mentorship Pairs
Catalyst is proud to announce our 2022-2023 Mentorship Pairs! Our mentorship program, through a partnership with the National Academy of...

May 22, 2023
2022-23 Mentorship Pairs
Catalyst is proud to announce our 2022-2023 Mentorship Pairs! Our mentorship program, through a partnership with the National Academy of...

May 5, 2023
2022-23 Catalyst Mentorship Pairs
Catalyst is proud to announce our 2022-23 Mentorship Pairs! Our mentorship program, through a partnership with the National Academy of...

Aug 12, 2022
Announcing our 2021-2022 Mentorship Pairs
As the 2022 festival approaches, the Catalyst Story Institute is proud to announce fourteen new successful mentorship pairs forged...


Jul 22, 2022
Catalyst teams with Sundance Co-Founder, Cirina Catania, to launch the High School Media Collective
Catalyst is proud to announce The High School Media Collective, a new non-profit online community that brings together high school...

Jul 21, 2022
ESPN Chief Says Traditional Cable Network Will Remain Despite Direct-to-Consumer Trend
July 21, 2022 | Per Variety: Your ESPN cable network isn’t going anywhere, even if its audience is. The top executive overseeing the...

Jul 21, 2022
Los Angeles Film Production Finally Stabilizes Above Pre-Pandemic Levels
July 20, 2022 | Per Variety: FilmLA announced today that it expects to see production return to pre-pandemic levels within the next 12...

Jul 14, 2022
Gendered awards have ‘no real rationale,’ experts say. Why won’t Hollywood ditch them?
July 11, 2022 | Per LA Times: When it comes to major awards such as the Oscars and the Emmys, only the acting categories are gendered;...

Jul 14, 2022
The 2022 Emmy nominations have been announced. Here’s the full list
July 12, 2022 | Per LA Times: The nominations for the 2022 Emmys are out! JB Smoove (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) and Melissa Fumero...

Jul 7, 2022
How Hulu showed up Netflix 5 years ago
July 6, 2022 | Per LA Times: It wasn’t Netflix’s moody “House of Cards,” which premiered four years prior, that took home the first drama...

Jun 30, 2022
U.K. Crew Shortage Will Reach a Breaking Point Unless 1% of Production Budgets Go Toward Training
June 28, 2022 | Per Variety: Critical crew shortages caused by the ongoing U.K. production boom can be alleviated by an industry-led...

Jun 30, 2022
Daytime Emmys 2022 (Full List)
June 24, 2022 | Per Variety: “General Hospital” was the big winner on Friday night at the 49th annual Daytime Emmys, winning five awards...

Jun 30, 2022
Amazon’s Freevee Launches Two Free Streaming Channels From Fuse Media
June 27, 2022 | Per Variety: Fuse Media has secured distribution for two of its free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels —...

Jun 23, 2022
Netflix Begins Second Round of Layoffs, 300 Positions Cut
June 23, 2022 | Per Variety: Layoffs have hit Netflix again, with the streamer letting go of roughly 300 staffers on Thursday, Variety...

Jun 23, 2022
How reality TV became a safe space for LGBTQ participants and viewers
June 20, 2022 | Per LA Times: Before Ellen DeGeneres made history coming out on her sitcom “Ellen,” reality television was already...
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