
Why We Can't Look Away: The Psychology of Entertainment News
Parasocial bonds and gossip's old job as social currency explain a lot about the celebrity beat.
Licensing deals, subscriber counts, carriage disputes, production spend and studio results, reported as the ledger deciding which shows continue.

Parasocial bonds and gossip's old job as social currency explain a lot about the celebrity beat.

After more than two decades working with comedy and storytelling, Oleksandr Gorbatyi is applying the same understanding of narrative to creative production across film, media and fashion projects in the United States.

The framing that starts on a tabloid front page rarely stays there. It travels — and mainstream entertainment reporting often carries it the rest of the way.



HBO Max, Peacock, Netflix, Hulu and YouTube have all raised U.S. prices since October — the industry's steadiest recurring series.