Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on WEDNESDAY May 24, 2023.

Where the winner of the first day of MAX is… the Social Media Manager at PEACOCK. ⛳️👏

ALTHOUGH: The Studio Streamers definitely found some cash lying around the couch cushions, as MAX and DIS+ were heavily promoted (with a splash of PAR+) in Ad buys during The Voice live finale last night (i.e. the last major Entertainment ratings event for… a long time). However I don’t recall anything for PEACOCK oddly – eh they had the tweet, they’re good.

ALSO: The MTV Music Awards are coming back to downtown Newark, NJ! The date is Tuesday Sept 12 at 8p – apologies to their Ridiculousness viewers, whose regularly scheduled programming will be interrupted. Although heck – why not simulcast it on CBS at that point?

• We’ll see if musicians express any solidarity with writers (if we’re still in the situation we’re in now – a very real possibility as Richard put forth yesterday at The Ankler).

PLUS: In case there was any doubt, the US Surgeon General said Social Media is a threat to the mental health of children & teens. Damn. It feels like we just got them off the cigarettes 🤦‍♂️! (at least the ones you didn’t need to plug in)

This follows a similar sentiment from the American Psychological Association, and here’s just one stat to consider:

• 3 hours a day on Social Media can 2X the risk of experiencing depression and anxiety for teens.

  • A survey shows they spend an average of 3.5 hours a day on various Social Media platforms.

Oh remember when Zuck & Mosseri thought it was a good idea to create an INSTAGRAM for Kids? That was fun.

IN TODAY’S EDITION:

• A look at how what happened with NETFLIX’s previous Password Share crackdowns elsewhere globally (#LATAM 👀) could pattern out their rest of 2023 US Subscriber trends.

• JLo pic scores 2023 NETFLIX Films record, as the division shows the strength of their Global strategy – a breakdown of this week’s view numbers chart.

• COMCAST puts together a $20 TV bundle for their Broadband subs, with a heavy “lifestyle” network skew.

• Top indie film Insurer pulls out of Joaquin Phoenix pic due to SAG-AFTRA strike threat.

• AMAZON installs an MGM+ Global Growth head, and more.

🪧 STRIKE UPDATES

• A writer on HULU’s Woke said the residuals check for the episode she wrote of that series was just 1/3 of the residuals check she got for writing one episode of ABC’s Queens in the same year. /Reuters

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