“Awards Landscape Rocked as Netflix Poaches Leading Strategist,” the Hollywood Reporter headline read. Netflix had aided its own awards operation while dealing a blow to competitors by taking a top campaigner off the market. And now the costly Oscar push that Ms. Taback has orchestrated for “Roma” is starting to look historic. Ms. Taback declined to comment for this article. Strategists like Ms. Taback try to avoid the media spotlight, especially before the Oscars, contending that they don’t want to take attention away from the films.
Source: New York Times February 17, 2019 23:30 UTC