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Episode 62
The Streaming Microdramas Threat: Hollywood's Next Competitor Is Your Phone
Microdramas—two-minute episodes on mobile apps—are outpacing traditional s…
6 months, 1 week ago
Bad Robot's New York Exodus
Episode 61
Bad Robot's New York Exodus: Why J.J. Abrams Is Leaving Los Angeles
J.J. Abrams is moving Bad Robot from Los Angeles to New York. When one of Hollywoo…
6 months, 1 week ago
Sony's Quiet Restructuring
Episode 60
Sony's Quiet Restructuring: The Studio That Skipped Streaming Pivots to What's Next
Sony Pictures is laying off hundreds of employees while pivoting t…
6 months, 1 week ago
Paramount-Skydance's Gulf Money Problem
Episode 59
Paramount-Skydance's Gulf Money Problem: The Strings Attached to $24 Billion
Paramount Skydance funded its $111 billion WBD acquisition with $24 billi…
6 months, 1 week ago
The NBA's Regional Rights Crisis
Episode 58
The NBA's Regional Rights Crisis: When the Cable Bundle Finally Breaks
Thirteen NBA teams are scrambling for new TV deals after their regional sports …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The DOJ's NFL Problem
Episode 57
The DOJ's NFL Problem: Antitrust Scrutiny Hits America's Most Profitable League
The Department of Justice is investigating whether the NFL's streaming…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Super Mario Galaxy Effect — Why Nintendo Owns the Box Office
Episode 56
The Super Mario Galaxy Effect: Why Nintendo Owns the Box Office
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened to $190 million domestic. Nintendo isn't licensin…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Disney's Project Imagine — D'Amaro's First Restructuring
Episode 55
Disney's Project Imagine: Josh D'Amaro's First Restructuring as CEO
Josh D'Amaro has been Disney CEO for three weeks. He's already cutting 1,000 jobs…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The WGA's AI Licensing Victory
Episode 54
The WGA's AI Licensing Victory: How Hollywood Writers Turned AI Into a Revenue Stream
The Writers Guild negotiated something unprecedented: payment f…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Netflix's $2.8 Billion Consolation Prize
Episode 53
Netflix's $2.8 Billion Consolation Prize: How Losing the Warner Bros. Discovery Bid Became a Strategic Win
Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydan…
6 months, 3 weeks ago