The Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI)
The Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) at the UCLA Institute for Research and Labor and Employment (IRLE) explores equity and access issues affecting entertainment industry workers and tracks the viewing habits of increasingly diverse audiences.
The Hollywood Diversity Report series is a project of the Entertainment and Media Research Initiative. The reports primarily examine the relationship between racial, ethnic and gender diversity and the bottom line in the entertainment industry.
For media inquiries, please contact Barbra Ramos at bramos@stratcomm.ucla.edu and Willa Needham at willaneedham@ucla.edu. For general information about the report, please contact Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón, Director of the Entertainment and Media Research Initiative, at acramon@ss.ucla.edu.
Recent press coverage
- Streaming Titles Are Following the Theatrical Trend of Less Diversity, Finds UCLA Hollywood Report, Variety, June 17, 2026
- Streaming Movies Are Becoming Less Diverse, Study Finds, Bloomberg, June 17, 2026
- ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ was a ‘bright spot’ in a year of declining diversity among streaming films, study finds, Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2026
- Audiences want diversity, but Hollywood is backsliding. What gives?, Marketplace, June 17, 2026
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Hollywood Diversity Report: Streaming Films Have Abandoned Women and People of Color, The Hollywood Reporter, June 17, 2026
- Not so golden: Diversity losing its shine for streaming studios – but not audiences, UCLA Newsroom, June 17, 2026
