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☀️Stocks Fell but Top Exec Pay 🚀 in ‘22; EVIL DEAD shows Theatrical power at WBD

NETFLIX gets next Adam McKay pic / Corden finale #s show Late Night TV challenges / FOX orders another emergency responder series

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May 01, 2023
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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on MONDAY May 1, 2023.

Where yeah - it’s May 🤯, and I can’t shake this feeling that May 1 was an important day for some reason, but… dang’it, I really should have written it down 🥁.

Note: the WGA has set a member mtg for Weds at the SHRINE AUDITORIUM no matter what the state of affairs… so don’t expect picketing tomorrow if midnight passes with no deal or extension.

SO: I guess I’ll just stay home and write a newsletter today, as I tried to get Richard to FedEx me a CINEMACON Barbie hat in time for the MET GALA tonight, but to no avail…

ALTHOUGH: That’ll give me plenty of time to think about how much money MSG NETWORK is leaving on the table tonight here in the NYC Tri-State area by not having their MSG+ DtoC app ready yet for the big RANGERS vs. DEVILS Game 7 at 8p, which I totally would have paid $10 to watch (the rate MSG+ will charge you to watch any individual NBA/NHL games in the Fall).

you just can’t beat these moves Devils… via Giphy

ALSO: It’s Steph vs. Lebron in the NBA Playoffs, as the WARRIORS and LAKERS both moved on to face-off in a Playoffs series starting tomorrow night for the first time since 2018.

  • AND: If you have any BOSTON sports fans in your life, tread carefully today - the NHL’s BRUINS lost their first round Playoff series in OT yesterday to… FLORIDA 🫣, despite the BRUINS having the best NHL Regular Season record ever this year.

OH: TWITTER will allow media outlets to charge by article on the platform starting sometime this month.

PLUS: My apologies for the bad link on Friday to The Cut’s look at NYC “It Girls” through the decades to today, from the 70s Icons… to 90’s ‘Power Publicists’ at Moomba & Lot61… to Page Six staples in the 2000s when we still (kinda) read print. Here’s the right one.

IN TODAY’S EDITION:

  • It’s the time of year where publicly traded companies must legally disclose the paydays for their top executives.

    • Some big paydays at NEXSTAR, (TheCW’s new parent company), ENDEAVOR (although nowhere near as big as last year’s, with those post-IPO stock grants), COMCAST, AMC THEATERS, and massive ones at LIVE NATION, in case you’re wondering where your concert ticket ‘fees’ are going.

      • PLUS: Over $40 Million in paydays for the top execs at AMC NETWORKS - yes, the same ones who are now no longer there, and who were in the front seat as the company drove right into a ditch… resulting in a 20% staff layoff #jobwelldone. Details below in THE MEDIA BIZ section.

      • Perhaps the WGA should start asking for writer compensation in Stock awards 🤔.

  • The full Box Office breakdown, as Evil Dead continues to prove Theatrical > Streaming, SONY & George Foreman get TKO’d, and the 😬 in Specialty.

  • NETFLIX unsurprisingly gets Adam McKay’s next pic, James Corden’s finale numbers show the challenges of Late Night 2023, and more.

🎧 PLAYING ME ON

As those (probably very few :) of you who actually scroll down to the bottom of the newsletter know - I end almost every edition with a new song (or throwback to a classic), and I’ve been really digging a lot of new songs in the past few weeks… so - thought I would highlight some here for everyone 🙌.

I also keep an (admittedly wide-ranging) SPOTIFY playlist of songs I reco here:

THE WAKEUP Spotify playlist

  • The latest ARLO PARKS drop called “Blades” is a great start to any day, chill-ish vibes that also get you moving around your kitchen in the morning.

  • 90’s ROCK FANS: If you listened to the old 92.3 WXRK in NYC or ‘Alternative Rock’ back in the day - the new “Spirits High” from THE EXIES would have been a huge hit.

  • OASIS Fans Re-Unite: NOEL GALLAGHER has been keeping this music alive and well, and his new one “Council Skies” is one of my favorites.

  • Fans of the chill side of OUTKAST or CHILDISH GAMBINO, with a splash of MICHAEL KIWANUKA - DANIEL CAESAR’s new album has some great new songs, including “Do You Like Me?”

  • I’ve not listened to a new DAVE MATTHEWS BAND song in… yeah it’s been a minute, but a brand new one called “Monsters” has really stuck with me.

  • And this new ELLIE GOULDING song “Love Goes On” also gets me moving around the apartment between ARPU analyses.


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There could not be a more appropriate gif for this movie. via giphy

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