The Wakeup
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☀️ UNI’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Opens With Cloudy Outlook
DOJ 👍 WARNAMOUNT, what’s ahead / DGA, AMPTP deal provisions / ROKU’s for sale, who’s buying?
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☀️ PAR, LGF Go Deeper on AI
APPLE nabs JLaw rom-com / WBD exec pay packages reprimanded (ish) / AMC kills summer concerts plan
Latest The Wakeup stories
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☀️SONY’s 16-Month Banger Drought Continues With ‘28 Years’
NORTH ROAD in merger talks / ’27 🎥 slate gets more pics / NETFLIX buys SONY shark pic
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☀️NETFLIX Theatrical Blitz: Big 💰 SONY, UNI Deals
LEGENDARY’s big new valuation / AMAZON gets more Powell / LUCASFILM regime change
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☀️A24, DISNEYFOX Set New Pics, BLACK BEAR Sets ’26 Plan
PAR changes board seat / College 🏀 match NBA audience #s / SPOTIFY #pricehike
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☀️ NETFLIX Mulls All-Cash To Speed Up WBD Deal Vote
PAR enlists Williams for Chazelle pic / Romance rules NETFLIX Films ’26 start / NBC’s early 80s pilot season
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☀️NBC Ratings Test: NBA ’25 vs. Scripted ’24
Shane Gills calls NETFLIX home / PSKY post-WBD lawsuit options / Job board Tuesday!
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☀️ Ape Beats Butler, ‘Housemaid’ Cleans Up, ‘Avatar’ Dropping 😧
‘KPop’ writers set next gig / NETFLIX’s ‘Rip’ performance bonuses / A24, AMAZON cast up for new pics
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☀️ MTV Looks For Help, STX Gets New Life
Sports RSN collapse advances / Carr chastises broadcasters, again / Exec moves a plenty
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☀️NETFLIX ’25: What Worked, What Didn’t in Movies, Docs, Comedy
PAR says WBD TV nets are worth $0 / PAR sets more ‘Jackass’ / FOX expands creators biz
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☀️Brutal Math: Why WBD Rejected PSKY Again
How prediction markets see Oscar races / Influencer doc rules NETFLIX / AMAZON’s new Unscripted head
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☀️Indie Film Wellness Check 🩺: A ’25 Box Office Analysis
NETFLIX gets more WWE / Kimmel trims music guests / ESPN sees CFP audience bump
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☀️Winners & Losers Of ’25 Holiday Box Office Season
‘Housemaid’ scoring big / ‘Avatar’ powers big ’26 start YoY / ‘One Battle’ takes another top 🏆
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☀️ 18–34s Power Holiday Box Office, Even as Their Movies Disappear
‘Stranger Things’ topping New Years 💰 / NETFLIX sets new NFL high
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☀️ 10 Things Hollywood Actually Got Right in 2025
TIKTOK adds microdramas / CFP 🏈 sees 1st round dip / ‘25 TV audience rankings
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Behind the 🎄 Numbers:☀️ ‘Marty,’ ‘Anaconda,’ ‘Zootopia’
‘Avatar’ also does very well / Trump tanks Kennedy Honors on CBS / NETFLIX does Simmons live
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☀️NETFLIX Korean 🎥 Hit Trounces ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
PAR pulls ‘Airbender’ from theatrical / YT rules daytime TV / ‘SNL’ hits high
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