The Wakeup
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☀️ NEON, ROW K In Distro Talks; IMAX Explores Sale
NETFLIX gets Julianne Moore pic / ‘Housemaid’ cleans up LGF Q1 💰 / ‘Survivor’ finale pops
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☀️ What NETFLIX’s New Theatrical, Live Daily TV Moves Indicate
UNI returns to Bay, Damon for new pics / AMAZON’s new sports highmark / SPC makes Cannes buy
Latest The Wakeup stories
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☀️AMAZON Re-Org Signals Branded Content Push
New women’s 🏀 league emerges / AMAZON goes Sherlock for next franchise / Broadcast TV shows Sports youth draw
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☀️NETFLIX Films 2023 Data: What Worked, What Didn’t
New ‘Knives Out’ pic casts up / How the NETFLIX JLo pic did / SPC makes new buy
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☀️ Furiosa Tanks, Summer Box Office Hits DEFCON 3
HBO adds Jeffrey Wright to hit series / What lies ahead for the Summer Box Office
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☀️PAR Protects Cable TV Biz, PAR+ in CHARTER Deal
NETFLIX’s latest data dump / NCAA’s big move toward paying athletes / LGF Q1 shows power of Wick
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☀️ AMAZON Continues Buying Spree, WBD Does 🏈
Ari’s applause, boos & walkouts for Israel speech / PAR+ exits hard bundle deal / DIS+ adds more MARVEL series
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☀️ NETFLIX Films Animation Stumbles Again
Another A24 Cannes purchase / ‘Godzilla’ needs a new director / New TV sports ratings snapshot
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☀️ Hollywood’s Streaming Ad Reach Problem
PIXAR job cuts start / HBO gets Steve Carell comedy series / Theatrical gets action pic influx
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☀️’IF’ Continues Summer ’24 Box Office Woes
NEON’s big Cannes shopping spree / PAR opens books to SONY / FOCUS makes notable new purchase
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☀️ Just How Well Is NETFLIX’s Ad Tier Doing
Sports HULU gets a name & logo / John Wick gets new spinoff / APPLE gets new heist series
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☀️Fall TV Breakdown: How Much Scripted Is Left Post-Strikes
NETFLIX gets Christmas NFL / APPLE makes early Cannes market buy / Brooke Shields rules NETFLIX
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☀️Statham, Ritchie Show Why Action is Hottest Global Genre
AMAZON MGM gets new A-List IMAGINE pic / FOX’s comedy-less fall / NETFLIX’s Millennial Christmas Gets New Star
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☀️ ‘Apes’ Returns Summer Box Office Swagger
FOX, ABC’s fall orders, cancellations / LGF gets new Statham pic / Cannes adds more A-List projects to sales market
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☀️ One of the Last Looks at WME 💰
AMC NETWORKS confirm bad 2024 Linear TV trends / SINCLAIR explores downsize / Cannes market adds more A-List
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☀️ WBD Q1: Ad 💰 Drop, Gaming Bomb, $1B Loss
Powell, Sweeney set up new pics (separately) / TUBI does live-action comedy / TKO gets new NBCU check
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☀️FOX Q1: Broadcast Rules, Cable Drools, Tubi Grows
Seinfeld NETFLIX pic opening flops / APPLE TV+ Marketing head out / Latest DISH cord-cutting #s
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