Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY January 5, 2023.

Where… are ya’ll still on vacation in LA? This week is about as slow as last week in Hollywood deals 😳… but the Media Biz and Silicon Valley definitely didn’t take the full holiday break. Sadly it’s mostly with new layoff news.

CORRECTION: It has been 2 0 days since The Wakeup’s last 2023 name spelling error. My apologies to Tracee Ellis Ross yesterday.

• ALSO: Jillian Bell has also joined Tracee in the AMAZON holiday comedy “Candy Cane Lane” with Eddie Murphy.

AND: SUNDANCE added Irish John Carney pic “Flora and Son” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Eve Hewson to the festival. A Steph Curry docu special screening, and a few other pics were also added to the fest, which starts in 2 weeks. /THR

IN TODAY’S EDITION:

• AMAZON, VIMEO and SALESFORCE waste no time in resuming layoff news

• Ratings are in for ESPN / ABC tragic MNF game, setting a new record, as AMAZON’s TNF ends the season on an OK but still below expectations note

• Austerity hitting Podcast deal spending at some previously big spenders

• ROKU is now making their own branded TVs – why?

• TIKTOK allows “adults-only” posts and more.

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