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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How Raising TV’s Flat-Rate Residuals Could Backfire
One of the WGA’s demands is rife with possible unintended consequences
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The Urgent Need for Ratings Transparency
Our current ‘information asymmetry’ leads to market failure
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Bob Iger’s First 100 Days: the Report Card
How’s the second term going? Unpacking his moves around Marvel, parks, ESPN and Hulu
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Explaining the New Stark ‘Un-Order’ Economy
What to know about the erasure of hours and hours of Hollywood content underway
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Secrets of Peacock’s Sudden Subscriber Boom
It’s not what you think. And what Hulu has to do with it
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How Podcasts’ Gold Rush Crashed and Burned
Media hype, bad market predictions: forces turned a tiny industry into a runaway train wreck and what to learn from it
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How the Popular Kids Save Oscar Ratings
Cruise, Cameron, Elvis and the 25-year data behind audience bumps and blockbuster nominees
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The Disney-Fox Deal: Who’s Right?
As an activist investor slams Bob Iger’s $71B buy, the numbers reveal messy truths about how the mash-up panned out
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The Disney-Fox Deal: Who’s Right?
As an activist investor slams Bob Iger’s $71B buy, the numbers reveal messy truths about how the mash-up panned out
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Who’s Gaining in the Race for Top U.S. Streamer?
New rankings: 12 charts that capture 2022’s final tally
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Who’s Gaining in the Race for Top U.S. Streamer?
New rankings: 12 charts that capture 2022’s final tally
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2023: The Year of Churn Baby Churn, and…
…5 more industry challenges as streaming costs accelerate all risks. And, I ask, are we the music industry 20 years ago?
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2023: The Year of Churn Baby Churn, and…
…5 more industry challenges as streaming costs accelerate all risks. And, I ask, are we the music industry 20 years ago?
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The 15 Most Valuable Christmas Movies🎄
The most wonderful time of year… to compare who’s streaming what and winning
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The Squeeze: Jobs, Inflation and the Below-the-Line Worker
It’s not all doom and gloom — until Peak TV hits it peak