☀️CHARTER #CordCutting Up, Growth Stuck, Stock Plummets
Movie project momentum continues / AMAZON content spend increases in 2023 / DISNEY India sale details emerge
Mornin’! This is Sean McNulty (connect here on LINKED-IN if ya like) and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on FRIDAY Feb. 2, 2023.
Where, good news! It’s finally going to (literally) pay to own META stock. It’s issuing its first-ever stock dividend in Q1 of $0.50 a share. So, finally Eduardo Saverin catches a break (fyi if you were curious like me - he’s now worth nearly $20 Billion and lives in Singapore).
Then again, when you ax 22% of your workforce in a year #realnumber, that generally frees up some cash.
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the new META dividend? Zuck! He’ll reportedly be getting $700 Million a year from this new dividend policy alone. Or about 26X his 2022 executive comp package. Sure it’ll go to a good cause… on the construction of his Hawaiian apocalyptic bunker estate.
AND: Enjoy reading today’s newsletter on your new APPLE VISION PROs, which hit the market today — it really captures the essence of the gifs 🤌.
ALSO: The DISNEY annual shareholder meeting/Peltz showdown will be April 3. The DISNEY board members that Nelson would like to show the door? Michael B.G. Froman and Maria Elena Lagomasino
IN THIS EDITION
The 💰 amounts at the heart of the UNI MUSIC / TIK TOK standoff are… kinda surprising for a company reported to have revenue over $100 Billion last year.
Inside the not great CHARTER Q4 numbers, and what lies ahead for more Streaming ad tier deals.
A very busy day in new movie & TV deals and casting.
DISNEY’s India business sale details emerge, at a significantly lower valuation than what was in the 20TH CENTURY FOX deal.
AMAZON content spend increases, and some comps to keep in mind and much more.
WAKEUP BOX OFFICE POLL RESULTS
Wow, mixed crowd this week… but yeah count me in at the barely over $15 Million crowd.
NEW ANKLER PODCAST EPISODE
🎥 THE SILVER SCREEN
