The Wakeup
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☀️ PSKY Considers Deal Concessions, U.K. Launches Probe
Hollywood rules NBA Finals / Momoa exits SONY pic / UNI picks up high school comedy
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☀️ AMAZON’s ‘Masters’ Disaster, Latinos Power PAR’s ‘Scary’ Big Wknd
NETFLIX sets Cavill for action-comedy / PAR+ buys Mangold series / ABC June sports #s scoring
Latest The Wakeup stories
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☀️ AMAZON Ad Tier in motion for PRIME VIDEO
Actual Studio PVOD $$ numbers! / NBA Finals movie Ad buys / AMAZON’s NFL Fall Ad challenges
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☀️Licht Out at CNN; NETFLIX Summer Movie Drought bridged by Int’l Films
HBO Axes PERRY MASON / PARAMOUNT explores a new Real Estate sale / Zack Snyder cuts REBEL MOON into 2 parts
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☀️Licht Out at CNN; NETFLIX Summer Movie Drought bridged by Int’l Films
HBO Axes PERRY MASON / PARAMOUNT explores a new Real Estate sale / Zack Snyder cuts REBEL MOON into 2 parts
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☀️Strike #PainPoints: How Wall Street & the Business Calendar could end the strike
PGA & LIV golf merge with Saudi investment / SAG-AFTRA authorizes a strike / NBA Finals #s rebound
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☀️SPIDER-MAN shocks with Top Summer opening, as MERMAID troubles mount
DGA makes a deal / NBA Finals’ troublesome start / SPOTIFY trims Podcast Biz with more layoffs
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☀️UNI sets The Rock for a new FAST & FURIOUS pic before FAST X 2
Music acts’ Big $$ for Private Gigs / BALLY SPORTS Anemic Sports SVOD #s / NFLX Exec Pay gets meaningless rebuke
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☀️Streaming Ad Tiers Can’t Keep Up with Linear TV Ad Losses
Ari talks F1, CAA, Elon, UFC and more / Peter Rice + A24; CNN gets COO / MLB takes over PADRES TV rights
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☀️NETFLIX doubles down on Over-40 Female-led action pic muscle
Nanjiani & Mandy Moore doing INSIDIOUS pic / WB PICS Mktg EVP departing / UNI sets live-action HOW TO TRAIN… pic leads
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☀️ MERMAID shows Int’l trouble, but hits US expectations (mostly)
Will Ferrell as John Madden? / NBCU makes INDIA deal / NIELSEN’s ’22-’23 Top TV Performers
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☀️LIONSGATE Q1 shows the 💰 power of having a Studio-caliber Library
NEW LINE sets Jack Quaid to lead horror pic / MAX JJ Abrams series shuts down / Top AMC Scripted execs jump to NETFLIX
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☀️’Vicious Cycle’: Studios Repeating Cable Mi$takes in Streaming – a #MediaNerd special
A look at the “new” tactics driving the next Era of Streaming, searching for renewed $$ growth
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☀️The NETFLIX Password Crackdown – How will Sub #s shake out
JLO sets 2023 NETFLIX Films views record / SAG strike threat hits Indie Film insurer / COMCAST’s new cheap Streaming bundle
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☀️NETFLIX makes rare North America-only deal for Todd Haynes CANNES pic 🧐
DIS layoffs start, and more coming at WBD / NFL flex’s AMAZON’s Thu NFL games / META sells GIPHY
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☀️ FAST X hits 3rd biggest franchise opening; Specialty still 👎 going into Summer
YOUTUBE undercuts AMAZON in Channels biz / SONY takes Paddington 3 / SKYSHOWTIME sets Originals plans
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☀️How Hollywood ‘Killed its Own Golden Goose’: a #MediaNerd Special
Free edition! DIS+ content purge continues / Iger pulls next major FL card / COMEDY CENTRAL cancels more shows
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