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Get the key Hollywood + Media Biz news to know by 8:30am EST each morning.

BRILLSTEIN up for sale? / NETFLIX's unique Super Bowl push / SIRIUSXM to lose Subs in 2023, hits all 2022 metrics

Feb 2

PEACOCK ends new Free-tier signups / YOU PEOPLE's good but not great NFLX start / DC lays out a very detailed future

Feb 1

AVATAR also rules 2022 Piracy chart / Julia + Aniston for AMAZON pic / HBO gets Kidman + Erskine limited series project

Jan 30

BALLYS SPORTS NETWORKS going bankrupt / DOTDASH joins layoff chorus / AMAZON re-ups with Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Jan 27

BARBARIAN creator sets next pic / REGAL CINEMAS will sell vs. restructure / GREY'S leader departing

Jan 26

Bad Thursday for Media Stocks / SONY sets their Carole King / HULU gets a Dan Levy show from his old TV deal

Dec 16, 2022

APPLE, A24 write big SUNDANCE checks / Final GLASS ONION #s are in / Feds come for GOOGLE Ad biz

Jan 25

OSCAR noms out / VERIZON loses 10% of TV subs in 2022 / Matt & Ben going theatrical at AMAZON

Jan 24

SPOTIFY layoffs hit, after VOX on Fri / Greg & Ted speak! / DISNEY pulls a SMILE, moves HULU pic to theatrical

Jan 23

VICE looking for new buyer / DISNEY Tron sequel moving ahead / GOOGLE adds 12k to layoff tally

Jan 20

JOHN WICK director + Michael B. Jordan at PAR / TWITTER's massive Revenue & referral traffic drop / The DIS Board Peltz diss

Jan 18

WBD takes OLYMPICS in Europe / THE WHALE crosses 8-figures / PAR+ gets Morgan Freeman for Sheridan-verse

Jan 16

WWE retains firm with Ari history to explore sale / HBOMAX now $16, WBD looks to sell off Music / MINX lands at STARZ

Jan 13

SONY gets new Sydney Sweeney pic / DIS Board gets new Chairman - what's afoot / DIRECTV lays off hundreds

Jan 12

PALE BLUE EYE tops GLASS ONION on NFLX chart / DISNEY adjusts park tix policies / WBD stock gets positive Wall Street nods

Jan 11

IMAGINE Ent Presidents depart / DIS & LIONSGATE set new IRL office policies / TIKTOK's huge E-comm 2022 Revenue

Jan 10

AMAZON TNF misses 2022 projections badly / PEACOCK OP pulled in some Euro markets? / AMC Networks cut more series

Jan 9

A look inside new ROKU growth #s / AMC cuts already ordered series / Nicole Kidman joins PAR+ series

Jan 6

NETFLIX eyes Cumberbatch for series / ESPN-ABC get record MNF audience for BILLS tragedy / Podcast $$ austerity hitting majors

Jan 5

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PAR's lower ticket price gambit / CHRISTIAN TV show out-earns most OSCAR noms / WB, JJ & Leo get Stephen King book rights

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BRILLSTEIN up for sale? / NETFLIX's unique Super Bowl push / SIRIUSXM to lose Subs in 2023, hits all 2022 metrics

Feb 2

PEACOCK ends new Free-tier signups / YOU PEOPLE's good but not great NFLX start / DC lays out a very detailed future

Feb 1

AVATAR also rules 2022 Piracy chart / Julia + Aniston for AMAZON pic / HBO gets Kidman + Erskine limited series project

Jan 30

BALLYS SPORTS NETWORKS going bankrupt / DOTDASH joins layoff chorus / AMAZON re-ups with Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Jan 27

BARBARIAN creator sets next pic / REGAL CINEMAS will sell vs. restructure / GREY'S leader departing

Jan 26

Bad Thursday for Media Stocks / SONY sets their Carole King / HULU gets a Dan Levy show from his old TV deal

Dec 16, 2022

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