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
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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 😧
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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
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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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☀️ PSKY’s Latest Hail Mary Pass: What Changed, Shareholders React
DISNEY shuffles ’26 🎥 dates / RSN biz faces collapse. Again / AMAZON TNF hits new highs
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☀️3D Drives ‘Avatar’, Women Power ‘Housemaid’
AMAZON, WB movie licensing deals / ’26 box office💰 slated to 👆 / ‘Marty’ skyrockets in NY & LA
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☀️WB Grabs NEON Execs for New Imprint
SONY gets ‘Peanuts’ / NETFLIX enlists McConaughey / MUBI sets re-org
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☀️My Thoughts on Oscars-YOUTUBE
AMC THEATRES stock 🚨 / NETFLIX spec 🔥 grows / APPLE gets more Godzilla
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