Dade Hayes has specialized in entertainment business coverage for the better part of two decades as a writer and editor at Deadline,

Variety and Entertainment Weekly. At Deadline, he writes about a range of financial and corporate news along with streaming, film, television, technology and advertising. Hayes has written two previous books and contributed original scripts to top-rated podcast series Business Wars.

His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and the Globe & Mail. He has also appeared regularly on media outlets like Marketplace, the BBC and CNN.