The latest Hollywood + Media Business news to know each Weekday Morning in under 10 minutes (usually).
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
T-SWIFT music catalog sold
UNI + CINEMARK in huge deal
Kelsey Grammer + Alec Baldwin at ABC
Judd Apatow + NETFLIX
Exec Moves @NETFLIX, NBCU, ESPN
HULU TV raises prices
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV+ Servant S2 teaser
LISTEN TO:
TAYLOR SWIFT “The Man” on Spotify
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Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
HBO Max finally gets Amazon deal
WB Pictures Marketing head exiting
Stallone joining SUICIDE SQUAD
FREAKY takes #1 with $3.7 million
SPACE FORCE renewed at Netflix
Hassan Minaj joining THE MORNING SHOW AppleTV+
Michel Gondry + Amazon Prime movie
O Mag layoffs coming
TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO MAX “Fresh Prince” reunion trailer
HBO MAX “Let Them All Talk” movie trailer
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BILLIE EILISH “Therefore I Am” on Spotify
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Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
DISNEY+ subscriber & revenue analysis
HULY and ESPN+ subscriber updates
WANDAVISION gets a date at DISNEY+
Renewals at E!
AMAZON PRIME sets year-end Comedy Special
New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
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CHRIS STAPLETON “Arkansas” on Spotify
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Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Jake Gyllenhaal + Michael Bay for action flick
UNI selling Hanks/Greengrass movie to NETFLIX Int’l
LIONSGATE backs out of Gerard Butler movie
SCHWARZENEGGER TV show to NETFLIX
NETFLIX + David Spade for show about NETFLIX
NETFLIX (sorry that one’s a type-o)
Tiffany Haddish leads APPLETV+ show ensemble
NAT GEO renews HOT ZONE for Anthrax season 2
PHILO & FUBO TV give subscriber updates
Jeffrey Toobin out at New Yorker
FACEBOOK + GOOGLE instill political ad bans
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FOO FIGHTERS concert tickets Saturday night
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Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Massive WARNER MEDIA layoffs hit
SCORPION KING reboot in the works at UNI
SPOTIFY spends another $235 Mil in podcasting
MGM + Ta Nehisi Coates + Brad Pitt + Oprah
HBO cancels THE OUTSIDER
Jamie Foxx + AMAZON PRIME
NBC + THE GRINCH Broadway special
AMAZON under big EU Scrutiny
DISNEY Entertainment org changes
THE FRAMEWORK COLLECTIVE management group client list
TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO MAX’s “Superintelligence” trailer
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KYLIE MINOGUE “Supernova” on Spotify
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Chris Pratt doing UNI buddy cop movie
A QUIET PLACE gets spinoff movie
Ruth Wilson + Andrew Scott @ HBO
UNI sets temp 17 day window Cinemark deal
EXEC Moves at WBTV, ESPN, Blumhouse, Warner Music Group
SLINGBOX RIP
TRAILER HOUSE:
HULU’s “Happiest Season”
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FOO FIGHTERS “Shame, Shame” on Spotify
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Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
DEPP out of Fantastic Beasts
CINEMACON moves to late Aug
SLING TV subscriber updates
NBA comes back for Christmas
CNN ratings continue their run
“Cheers” clip - Paramount/CBS Television
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Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
DISNEY pulls Dec movies, lays off 50 in movie marketing
ROKU sets new subscriber record
LIONSGATE lays off 70
CNN beats FOX NEWS
WSJ ad revenue -45%
New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
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COSMOS MIDNIGHT "Yesteryear" on Spotify
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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
FOX NEWS sets ratings record
NY TIMES Ad revenue -30% ; sets Digital subscriber record
ESPN eliminating 500 positions
CINEMARK theaters lose $148 mil in 3 months
SNL adds Foo Fighters this Saturday
Nation awaits President
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ARIANA GRANDE “Love Language” on Spotify
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Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES... just a few things.
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LISTEN TO Sasha Sloan's new album on Spotify
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
ABC orders game show with JEOPARDY GOAT’s
Christopher Walken joins APPLE TV series
NBC pulls CONNECTING
Eve leaves THE TALK
AMC Theaters lose $900mil + in 3 months
AT&T closing in on $3 Bil in asset sale deals
LISTEN TO/WATCH:
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “The Rising” on Spotify
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Kenya Barris moving to ViacomCBS?
MGM picks up Johnny Depp movie
Box Office top 5 still under $8 million total
Fox cancels 2 Fall Shows
Big Broadband subscriber adds at Charter
ALTICE triples CableTV subscriber loss in 3Q
Vice not returning to offices til July
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SAM SMITH “Kids Again” on Spotify
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Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
NETFLIX raises prices, adds David Beckham?
MORNING BREW sold for $75 mil
Judge Judy to... IMDB TV (?)
Awkwafina + Sandra Oh movie at NETFLIX
NBCU sets $500 mil for Layoff costs
NETFLIX drops THE CROWN season 4 trailer
New TV + Movies to watch this weeekend
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “The Crown” Season 4 trailer
LISTEN TO:
HARRY STYLES “Golden” music video
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
NBCU TV layoffs looming in Nov + Dec
Mindy Kaling + GOOD IN BED movie + HBOMax
Nicole Kidman + new AMAZON Prime TV series
APPLE TV gives Ted Lasso 2 more seasons
COMCAST cord cutter update
New PEACOCK account #s
SPOTIFY hits pay subscriber high
PINTEREST growth still booming
Ton of TV Series renewals + Casting news, plus moves in the Executive Suite
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “The White Tiger” movie trailer
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H.E.R. “Damage” on Spotify
Kim Masters THR read on Jeffrey Katzenberg/QUIBI
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Jon Stewart + APPLE TV series
Seth Rogan + Rose Byrne + APPLETV series
JLO + Armie Hammer for Lionsgate movie
John David Washington + Alicia Vikander + Netflix movie
MGM delays more movies
NETFLIX Programming Re-Org executive changes
SONY PICTURES Marketing Re-Org executive changes
TRAILER HOUSE:
PEACOCK SBTB Trailer
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“Drink on It” by BLAKE SHELTON on Spotify
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Sandler + NETFLIX astronaut drama
Oscar Issac + Marvel + Disney+ TV series
Kenya Barris + Richard Pryor biopic + MGM
Lebron + CNN / HBOMax for 1921 Tulsa docu
HBO + Chris Paul, Antoine Fuqua 2020 sports docu
60 MINUTES hits ratings high on Sunday
BUZZFEED not losing money this year
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Selena: The Series” trailer
NETFLIX “The Midnight Sky” movie trailer
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VAN HALEN “Panama” on Spotify
SUPERBAD cast watch party tonight at 9pm
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
WARNER MAX division RIP
Jessica Chastain joins HBO mini
THE MEG 2 gets director
CableTV to lose 25 mil by 2025
New Ariana Grande coming this week
Box Office report
LISTEN TO/READ:
ARIANA GRANDE “Positions” on Spotify
VICE MEDIA dive from Air Mail
Cable bundle dive from CNBC
PMC/Jay Penske dive from BI
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
My latest interview, with Writer, Columnist and now Digital Video mogul JOEL STEIN.
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and Joel on TWITTER here
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA movie set at UNI
Scarlett Johansson + AppleTV movie
QUIBI sets end date
More top WARNER MEDIA Exec exits
TBS renews MIRACLE WORKERS
Links to a lotta New Trailers
New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
TRAILER HOUSE:
UNIVERSAL “News of the World” trailer
SHOWTIME “The Reagans” trailer
NETFLIX “Prom” trailer
LISTEN TO/WATCH:
Billie Elilish concert link Saturday 6pm
SEINFELD reunion link Friday at 8pm
HAPPY DAYS reunion link Sunday
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “I’ll See You In My Dreams” on Spotify
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Jared Leto returning for JUSTICE LEAGUE
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING gets lead actress
GHOSTBUSTERS & CANDYMAN get new release dates
SMOKEY & THE BANDIT getting TV treatment
CBS sets more Fall premiere dates
FIOS loses another 61k TV subs
UTA has new Unscripted TV heads
Variety EIC returning after leave of absence
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Mank” trailer
DISNEY’S “Raya and the Last Dragon” teaser
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CXLOE ‘Heavy’ on Spotify
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