☀️ VENU Dead: How DISNEY, FUBO Score
Decipher the WWE NETFLIX #s / AMAZON, NETFLIX's Dec. action pic face-off / PAR sets key 'Running Man' role
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect here on LINKED-IN if ya like or email me seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com) and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on FRIDAY, January 10, 2024.
Where I’m gonna highlight this 2-minute helicopter video from the L.A. Times today to give folks a sense of the destruction present from the air, as it got a break from being smoke-covered.
Really some powerful additional context for what everyone is facing beyond the on the ground footage so far.
BUT: Also enjoy your TIKTOK Supreme Court arguments day! And Presidential sentencing day! Nothing like zero prison time, probation, fine or continued responsibility to the court after being convicted of 34 felonies.
Yeah, it really doesn’t feel like we’re just 10 days into a new year, does it?
ALSO: The VIKINGS vs. RAMS game is indeed moving to Arizona on Monday night.
AH: SPOTIFY CEO Daniel Ek sold another tranche of SPOT shares this week, valued at $28M (I told him that VIKINGS bet against the LIONS was a bad call). That makes for $568M worth of shares sold in the past 6 months. 👀
THEN: ROKU CHANNEL is streaming the first season of Severance for free, leading up to the season 2 premiere next Friday.
AND: PAR set Colman Domingo to play the Richard Dawson role in The Running Man reboot — fun choice!
SO: WBD has ended its relationship with the developer it was working with on a potential WB Studios Nevada location in Vegas, but plans to start over with a new one.
YUP: I’m sure Don’s gonna love this one . . . well done, New Yorker.
NEW ANKLER PODCAST EPISODE
Will be coming midday today — we had to record a little later than usual due to life disruptions from the fires.
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IN THIS EDITION
VENU, we hardly knew ye. Let’s dive into what its disappearance means for FUBO, and what opportunities this opens up for DISNEY in 2025.
There was an intriguing AMAZON vs. NETFLIX action pic showdown in December — see what the numbers reveal, plus the weekend guide to the new things to watch and stream.
VENU, RIP 2024-2025
