Entertainment Strategy Guy
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A Semi-Farewell: My Favorite Ankler Data Dives
What I got right, where I veered wrong and what the numbers reveal about Hollywood’s future as I move to occasional contributor
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Box Office Is Bad. Streaming Films Are So-So. I Have a Win-Win Solution
Top straight-to-TV original films could have changed 2025 with a detour to the theater — I’ve got the numbers to prove it
Latest Entertainment Strategy Guy stories
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Mysterious Case of the Missing Box-Office Billions
The hiding-in-plain sight solution to find them, and 6 more ways to fix the movie-theater business
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Binge Release vs. Weekly: Who’s Winning Now
What 2024 so far tells us about Netflix, Prime, AppleTV+ and Peacock, and which approach is best for whom
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Shock and Awe: OpenAI’s Video Rocks Hollywood
Analyzing the impact on jobs, costs and creativity amid intense fear and excitement
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Netflix’s Threat Isn’t in Hollywood. It’s YouTube
The industry sleeps as Google’s platform overtakes everyone
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Movie Musicals: Myths, Money and Mistakes
‘Wonka’, ‘Color Purple’ can’t hide a historic revenue ceiling on song-and-dance
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Movie Musicals: Myths, Money and Mistakes
‘Wonka’, ‘Color Purple’ can’t hide a historic revenue ceiling on song-and-dance
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When Do H’wood Legacy Business Lines Actually Die?
They’re all in decline, yes, but don’t call last rites — yet
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When Do H’wood Legacy Business Lines Actually Die?
They’re all in decline, yes, but don’t call last rites — yet
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Disney, Netflix and the Looming Animation Correction
Data shows how two studios went sideways – and also how to fix them
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Le Flop! Foreign-Language Content in America
It’s 804 days since the last ‘Squid Game’. Data shows how little non-English content has worked since
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Next 10 Things the WGA Should Fight For
Agent, manager and lawyer fee reductions, AI legislation, Fin-Syn: the union has momentum to reform Hollywood. Here’s how
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Danger Ahead: Celebrity Production Companies and Private Equity
What EOne’s discount sale to Lionsgate warns about the inflated talent-driven bubble
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The American Viewer: What We Get Wrong About Audience
Religion, race, income, education: new data shows who we actually are on the one-year anniversary of a seminal series