As you may have guessed, those in charge of Disney, Netflix, NBC and WarnerMedia are some of the most powerful people in the entertainment industry.
The Hollywood Reporter unveiled its annual list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Entertainment on Thursday and Disney CEO Bob Iger tops the list.
The Hollywood Reporter 100: The most powerful people in entertainment 2018 https://t.co/6BwyxTK4O7 pic.twitter.com/uFcTzZqAn9
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 20, 2018
There is a good mix of actors, producers, musicians and even a couple of journalists on the list, but the top is dominated by executives.
Iger is in top spot for a number of reasons, but one of the big ones is June’s $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
Can you guess which @IthacaCollege @ICParkSchool grad was just named the most powerful person in Hollywood for the 3rd year in a row? Hint: he's a TV-R grad and, no, it's not @JackWBryant. That's right, it's none other than @BobIgerCEO! #IthacaProud https://t.co/pQCWexv488
— Jack Powers (@TVRjack) September 20, 2018
It’s the 68-year-old’s third straight year in the number one spot of The Hollywood Reporter’s list, leaving no doubt that he holds the power in Hollywood.
Coming in behind Iger is the pair of Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, who are the CEO and CCO of Netflix.
.@THR 100: Ranking no. 2 are @Netflix's CEO Reed Hastings and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. The streamer scored a symbolic coup when it topped the Emmy nominations with 112, besting HBO — and tying the cable network with 23 wins each https://t.co/8C7LhqmhGI pic.twitter.com/W6F1pGChp9
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 21, 2018
Rounding out the top three is another pair, Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke.
The top non-executives on the list are Oprah Winfrey at 18, even though she is the CEO of the Oprah Winfrey Network, writer/producer Ryan Murphy at 19 and producer Jason Blum at 27.
Hollywood's king of horror @jason_blum, who ranks no. 27 on @THR 100, shares what he is still intimidated by: "I had to send an email to Steven Spielberg asking for permission on something, and I rewrote the email five times. He declined” https://t.co/i0J395vGe2 pic.twitter.com/fhYaxj5DJs
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 20, 2018
J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg are back to back at 32 and 33 on the list, Lorne Michaels is nipping at their heels at 35 and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is the top actor at 38.
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