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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Worst-Case Scenario: Apple TV+
The streamer’s on a roll. But this is about how Hollywood’s prestige darling could go sideways
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Netflix Shows: The Opposite of Buzz 🐝
Big audiences? Sure. But binge vs. weekly data reveal what actually wins the conversation
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Netflix Users – Going, Going…
They warned Q2 subscriber losses would be bad. But available data shows it may be far worse
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Netflix Users Going, Going…
They warned Q2 subscriber losses would be bad. But available data shows it may be far worse
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As Netflix Churn Doubles, Who’s Winning the Streaming War?
HALFTIME 2022! As Q1/Q2 closes, 11 charts, tables and graphs reveal streaming’s new landscape
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Preview: Paramount’s Best-Case Scenario
Imagining a killer outcome for America’s most denigrated entertainment conglomerate
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Paramount’s Best-Case Scenario
Imagining a killer outcome for America’s most denigrated entertainment conglomerate
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Preview: $6 Billion for Cricket?! Jiminy! Why?
Maybe Disney and Amazon ‘let’ Viacom win in India as ‘marginal benefit’ in the new streaming economy becomes real
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$6 Billion for Cricket?! Jiminy! Why?
Maybe Disney and Amazon ‘let’ Viacom win in India as ‘marginal benefit’ in the new streaming economy becomes real
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Preview: The Next 5 Bubbles to Burst?
Is Netflix the canary in the coal mine? A hard look at prod co.’s, music catalogs, sports rights and more
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The Next 5 Bubbles to Burst?
Is Netflix the canary in the coal mine? A hard look at prod co.’s, music catalogs, sports rights and more
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Thrive, Survive or Die: WB Under Zaslav
I break down the first post-megamerger moves and, for once, I like what I see
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Formula 1 Surge: Was it Netflix or ESPN?
In sports media, the rise has many causes beyond one disruptor
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