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☀️VENU's Collapse Would Be DISNEY's Gain

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Sean McNulty
Aug 20, 2024
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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like or email me at seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on TUESDAY, August 20, 2024.

Where there’s nothing like delivering your farewell address in the plum . . . 11:30 p.m. ET timeslot on national TV.

For anyone else who didn’t quite make it to the after-midnight completion of President Biden’s speech, or uh, did something else last night 🙋‍♂️ Axios had a pretty good recap here of the speaker highlights at the DNC on night 1.

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THEN: Humanity continues to astound with its creative uses of AI . . . including this new report from across the pond about one that won’t put anyone out of work . . . but will put them back in the dating pool — folks are now using CHATGPT to write break-up messages for them.

ALTHOUGH: When Jackson Hole feels the need to develop an INSTA filter that tells you “Hey dummy — you’re too close to the f’in animals for your personal safety” . . . progress is always a fluid concept.

AND: YOUTUBE became the first streaming platform to get more than 10% of total streaming minutes in a month on NIELSEN’s The Gauge report, notching 10.4% in July.

  • TUBI usage also continued its surge, notching a 2.1% share, and tying DISNEY+ (it was also close to 3x of PLUTO’s share for the month).

  • While PEACOCK got its 2nd highest monthly viewership share (only behind its NFL playoff game month of Jan. 2024), obviously most Olympics viewing happened in August.

A REST IN PEACE: Goes out to broadcasting legend Phil Donahue, who died at the age of 88 this weekend in Manhattan.

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PLUS: It’s #GetAJobTuesdays! A new lineup of job openings, ranging from senior roles at MGM+ and BLUMHOUSE to producer jobs at CNN Series, NY Public Radio and nice assistant gigs at UNI and UNTITLED, and much more.

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