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Izad is candid about navigating an ecosystem that has been reeling from one challenge to the next, from the brand safety issues that left marketers skittish to the disappearance of long-form content buyers from the marketplace. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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Strictly Business

Industry leaders converse about business deals, strategy and the future of media and entertainment on Variety's weekly interview series.

Industry leaders converse about business deals, strategy and the future of media and entertainment on Variety's weekly interview series.

Variety's Strictly Business

Izad is candid about navigating an ecosystem that has been reeling from one challenge to the next, from the brand safety issues that left marketers skittish to the disappearance of long-form content buyers from the marketplace.

Studio71's Reza Izad Gets Real About Digital Video's Challenges

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Today's episode includes highlights from Variety’s two-day summit at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Actors Simon Helberg and Billy Magnussen preview AMC Network’s Silicon Valley-set dramedy “The Audacity,” and a rare one-on-one conversation with Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood.

Today's episode includes highlights from Variety&rsquo;s two-day summit at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Actors Simon Helberg and Billy Magnussen preview AMC Network&rsquo;s Silicon Valley-set dramedy &ldquo;The Audacity,&rdquo; and a rare one-on-one conversation with Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood.

CES 2026 Highlights: Simon Helberg and Billy Magnussen Talk AMC Network's 'The Audacity'; Roku Chief Anthony Wood

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On today’s episode, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Daniel D’Addario discusses his revelatory profile of Jodie Foster. And Marc Malkin has a Red Carpet Rundown from the Golden Globes' Golden Eve celebration of Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Mirren.

On today&rsquo;s episode, in our Cover Story segment, Variety&rsquo;s Daniel D&rsquo;Addario discusses <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/features/jodie-foster-studio-movies-female-directors-clarice-1236622804/">his revelatory profile of Jodie Foster.</a> And Marc Malkin has a Red Carpet Rundown from the <a href="https://variety.com/2026/scene/columns/sarah-jessica-parker-sex-and-the-city-hocus-pocus-3-family-stone-sequel-diane-keaton-1236624876/">Golden Globes' Golden Eve celebration of Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Mirren.</a>

Daily Variety -- COVER STORY: Jodie Foster on Fame, Family and Pursuing Her Artistic Passions

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On today’s episode, as Los Angeles marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff details the cathartic process of writing his new book, “Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster.”

On today&rsquo;s episode, as Los Angeles marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff details the cathartic process of writing his <a href="https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/la-fires-recovery-misinformation-jacob-soboroff-book-1236624909/">new book, &ldquo;Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America&rsquo;s New Age of Disaster.&rdquo;</a>

Daily Variety -- How Misinformation Has Complicated L.A.'s Recovery From 2025's Firestorm

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Studio71's Reza Izad Gets Real About Digital Video's Challenges

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