Entertainment and Media industry analysis and conversations from The Wakeup columnist Sean McNulty with folks inside Hollywood and the many smart folks who write about them.
Episodes
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
HEADLINES:
NBCU Entertainment Chief creating Toxic Culture?
PAR Scream reboot adds Cox to Arquette.
CONDE gets new Entertainment chief from DISNEY+.
PEACOCK orders Craig Robinson script to series project.
BAFTA TV winners list.
NETFLIX renews, ends MONEY HEIST.
James Murdoch peace's out from News Corp board.
TWITTER hack culprits arrested.
MICROSOFT gets 45 days to close TIK TOK deal.
Latest SIRIUSXM + PANDORA subscriber numbers.
Major Music labels WFH through 2020.
Virtual TCA begins.
IMMIGRATION NATION Netflix docuseries trailer.
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Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Fri JULY 31, 2020 HEADLINES:
TIFF 2020 film list lineup announced.
AMAZON + Regina King’s directorial debut.
FB ad boycott ends with… no action taken by FB.
AMC NETWORKS Prez departs.
FB, APPLE, AMAZON tell you how many billions you made for them in the first 3 months of Covid.
PEACOCK + Damon Wayans Jr.
What to watch this Weekend.
New BILLIE EILISH song “My Future” on Spotify.
BEYONCE “Black is King” hits DisneyPlus today.
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Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
THU July 30, 2020 HEADLINES:
2nd biggest US Movie Theater chain says UNI/AMC Theaters deal makes “no business sense.”
Jordan Peele + Issa Rae for new UNIVERSAL Pics movie.
PEACOCK account launch numbers.
Fox Searchlight hires Seth Rogen + Evan Goldberg as writers.
DISNEY+ adds BLACK BEAUTY.
Stanley Tucci to new AMC Series.
COMCAST big cableTV subscriber losses, NBCU 27% ad rev hit.
New Casting head at HBO MAX + TURNER.
TikTok competitor TRILLER funds up big time.
HEARST Mags staff + WGAE
Long term Advertising biz atrophy settling in.
Tracy Morgan and wife split up.
AdAgency OMNICOM takes 23% revenue hit Apr-June.
NYT Ad biz cutbacks read.
The COMEY RULES Showtime tease.
H.E.R. “Hard Place” on Spotify.
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Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
WED July 29, 2020 HEADLINES:
Huge layoffs and furloughs hit CAA.
UNIVERSAL PICTURES changes the theatrical movie business.
2020 EMMY Nomination leaders.
Buzzfeed + LIONSGATE.
PBS launches Docu SVOD with Amazon.
Latest SPOTIFY worldwide subscriber #s.
CES abandons Vegas.
CHATEAU MARMONT goes private club route.
DEADSPIN employees launch a rival company.
Michelle Obama begins on SPOTIFY.
Miranda Lambert “Butterfly” on SPOTIFY.
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
TUE July 28, 2020 HEADLINES:
TENET release plan… take 5. Overseas first! Then US… in some areas.
Venice, Toronto and Telluride (from LA) team up for a film premiere.
NETFLIX announces THE WITCHER prequel.
AMAZON + Sam Rockwell + Merle Haggard.
SHO + Grazer + Pileggi + Winter series.
QUIBI loves Chrissy Tiegen.
SHARK TANK goes Vegas.
GOOGLE tells employees to stay home for a year.
NYT dives deeper into TV and Movies.
SPOTIFY signs another exclusive podcast talent deal.
2020 EMMY Nominations list.
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL lineup.
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
MON July 27, 2020 HEADLINES:
Clooney sets next movie at AMAZON.
STX goes International first with Gerard Butler's GREENLAND.
NETFLIX announces surprise KISSING BOOTH 3 movie; OUTER BANKS renewed.
O Magazine ending print.
MLB has best ratings in 9 years.
FIOS loses more TV subs.
Congrats DEMI LOVATO!
“Sexy Dirty Love” by Demi Lovato on Spotify.
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Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Fri JULY 24, 2020 HEADLINES:
Fall movies RIP: MULAN + Wes Anderson's FRENCH DISPATCH shelved TBD. QUIET PLACE 2 to April, BILL & TED 3 to PVOD, TOP GUN to next Summer.
2 more Paramount movies going to streamers.
Amazon Prime news out of ComicCon - THE GUYS, UTOPIA, TRUTH SEEKERS.
Elizabeth Moss to lead... AppleTV show after signing Hulu deal.
HBO + Ta-Nehisi Coates book.
Exec news at MRC Films, Hallmark, and Issa Rae expands into management.
Troy Young out at HEARST.
Layoffs at BUZZFEED and NY Post.
HBOMax subscriber numbers explained by Variety.
Potential Layoffs/Re-Organization at NBCU and Universal Pics.
New things to watch this weekend.
New “Bill and Ted Face the Music” trailer.
Amazon Prime “Truth Seekers” and “Utopia” teaser trailers.
Taylor Swift “Folklore” album on Spotify.
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
THU July 23, 2020 HEADLINES:
PEACOCK week 1 mobile download numbers.
TWITTER 2nd quarter user and revenue results.
Another huge subscriber loss for DIRECTV.
HULU gets Hilary Clinton “what if” series.
NYT dive into the culture at Hearst and CEO Troy Young.
NYT new CEO, buys SERIAL.
QUIBI lands Ryan Reynolds/Sam Jackson animated show.
COMIC CON panels begin… @Home
Ellie Goulding new album “Brightest Blue” on Spotify.
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
WED July 22, 2020 HEADLINES:
Cynthia Erivo + Lena Waithe at Universal Pics.
Elizabeth Moss, Joey King sign Hulu deals.
Bridgett Everett series a go at HBO.
CROWDADS gets director at Sony.
SNAP + 17% in subscribers vs July 2019.
TIKTOK to add 10k jobs in 3 years. Incl 35 lobbyists.
TWITTER takes action against QAnon.
SPOTIFY adds Video Podcasts, or…. Vodcasts.
INSTAGRAM tests Fundriasing feature.
TIFF sets opening film; JUST FOR LAUGHS outlines plan for Oct.
WME gives raises to Assistants, New CAA head of TV Lit.
Anna Marie “To Be Young” on Spotify.
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Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
TUE July 21, 2020 HEADLINES:
TENET no longer hitting theaters Aug 12.
NETFLIX reunites Denzel + Julia.
FX developing new series from POSE creator.
VERZUZ comes to Apple Music.
LINKED IN lays off nearly 1,000 employees.
TWITTER hack details revealed.
ABC NEWS fires suspended head of Talent and Editorial Strategy. Hires new White House Correspondent.
Bob Costas to CNN.
HBO “The Weight of Gold” trailer.
Juice Wrld “Wishing Well” on Spotify.
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Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
MON July 20, 2020 HEADLINES:
Beyonce “BLACK IS KING” Disney+ trailer.
Nick Cannon show punted a year down the road.
Ryan Gosling + Chris Evans + Russo Bros = $200mil at Netflix
Paul Thomas Anderson movie changes studios.
Significant NBCU layoffs looming?
This week in Celebrity couple splits.
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Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Fri JULY 17, 2020 HEADLINES:
NETFLIX 2Q subscriber additions.
Richard Linklater brings next movie to NETFLIX.
NETFLIX signs Prentice Penny to anothe movie.
Noah Centineo books non-Netflix role with The Rock.
Did we mention Netflix?
HBOMax orders meditation show.
Ava Duvernay unscripted show to NBC.
APPLETV orders Mark Boal series.
Trebek is back in September!
Mary Trump book sales set record.
SNAP builds new Brand accounts feature.
VOX layoffs announced.
Weekend preview of the new movies + TV to watch.
LL Cool J "I'm Bad" on Spotify.
"Friends" clip courtesy of WarnerBros TV.
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Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
THU July 16, 2020 HEADLINES:
AppleTV buys Timberlake movie.
Jon Hamm making Fletch happen at Miramax.
Nick Cannon says he was swindled out of WildNOut by Viacom, makes statements on Facebook and Twitter.
Prominent Twitter accounts hacked bigly.
Snap and ViacomCBS tell employees to stay home for the year.
Viacom sells WW rights (minus US) for another movie to Netflix.
Simon Cowell buys Sony out of their joint TV deal.
UTA and WGA deal details in Deadline.
New Editor In Chief at AD AGE.
30 Rock returns! One night only..
Netflix “POWER PILL” movie trailer.
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Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
WED July 15, 2020 HEADLINES:
ViacomCBS severs ties with Nick Cannon over anti-semitic controversy.
TELLURIDE 2020 RIP.
Michael Che show to HBOMax.
USA network selling Evel Knievel event series; Happy PEACOCK Day!
Viola Davis + director Gina Prince Bythewood at Sony/TriStar.
Notable Departures at NY Mag + NY Times.
Layoffs looming at VOX MEDIA.
New Head of Publicity at Turner Networks.
Weinstein $19mil settlement blocked.
Showtime cancels Jim Carrey show.
CBS pushes SURVIVOR.
Billboard changes sales chart formulation.
Spotify adds Podcast popularity charts, and launches in Russia + 12 other countries today.
AppleTV+ “Ted Lasso” trailer.
Cold War Kids “You Already Know” on Spotify.
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Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
TUE July 14, 2020 HEADLINES:
CA re-closes all movie theaters.
Star Wars CloneWars lives on at Disney+.
PARAMOUNT Network sells Darren Star series + axes additional straight to series order.
Idris to AppleTV, Hanna renewed at Amazon.
Dick Wolf prepping "premium TV" series.
Focus Features makes another Cannes market acquisition.
DWTS stars sign off at ABC.
Today Show going 24/7 streaming.
NHL goes to Canada to play, sets season start date.
Secret Eric Schmidt Montana retreat Recode story.
DUA LIPA “Hallucinate” music video.
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Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
MON July 13, 2020 HEADLINES:
Terrence Winter BATMAN series at HBOMax.
3 new Stephen King novellas optioned last week to Ben Stiller, Darren Aronofsky, and Ryan Murphy/Blumhouse.
HBO cancels series after 1st season.
FX + Cate Blanchett.
Sony moves another movie.
Tucker Carlson head writer resigns in racism turmoil.
Amazon tells employees to delete TikTok. Then don’t bother.
National Newspaper group McClatchy gets new ownership.
More celebrity divorces.
Kelly Preston RIP.
Katy Perry “Smile” on Spotify.
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Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Fri JULY 10, 2020 HEADLINES:
HBO doing Tiger Woods multi-part doc, and Michelle Williams + Oscar Isaac limited series.
Renewals at HULU, NETFLIX, FX, HBOMAX.
AppleTV adds Beasts of the Southern Wild star to new Kevin Durant TV series.
ABC Game Show back in production.
TikTok dissed by huge gaming star.
SONY buys into FORTNITE.
New Prez of WARNER MUSIC GROUP.
Peacock adds UK “soccer” at launch.
FSS Feed: New movies and TV to watch this weekend.
Bruce Springsteen “Born To Run” on Spotify.
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Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thu July 9, 2020 HEADLINES:
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Movie release date changes in Sept/Oct.
Ryan Gosling WOLFMAN movie gets a director at UNI.
Oprah partners with NYT 1619 project to produce TV/Movie/Docu at Lionsgate.
New TV projects at SHO, BET+ and ViacomCBS.
ABC and NBC dip into the programming vaults.
INSTAGRAM gives you greater control over your comments section.
SPOTIFY’s first major territory expansion in 16 months.
Shepard Smith comes to CNBC. Joy Reid takes former Hardball slot on MSNBC.
CBS takes UEFA Champions League soccer from Turner this Summer.
HBOMax makes International expansion hire.
Another Celebrity Divorce in covid times.
AMY SCHUMER docuseries premieres on HBOMax.
NETFLIX “Umbrella Academy” S2 trailer.
GERARD WAY “Here Comes the End” on Spotify.
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Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wed July 8, 2020 HEADLINES:
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Big changes, new projects at Comedy Central.
THANDIE NEWTON Vulture interview.
Matt Weiner series at FX.
Spectrum Originals still alive.
Focus Features buys DeNiro + James Gray movie for $15mil.
Michael Bay starts film production in LA.
Bethany Frankel to launch podcast.
Bateman, Arnett, and Hayes to launch different podcast.
NIELSEN lays of 3500 people.
US based TIK TOK competitor goes big in India.
PEACOCK preview at Variety.
STATELESS trailer, debuts on Netflix today.
Jersey movie theater owners keepin' it Jersey.
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Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tue July 7, 2020 HEADLINES:
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NETFLIX “Kissing Booth 2” trailer; renews + ends DEAD TO ME.
Brad Pitt joins BULLET TRAIN movie with DEADPOOL 2 director.
DISNEY signs Kapernick.
APPLETV signs Maurice Sendak.
WARNER MUSIC + Imagine Entertainment deal.
A3 Artists launches a lit division with Paradigm vets.
SIRIUS XM to buy STITCHER.
New SIMON & SCHUSTER Publisher.
The $ numbers behind HAMILTON driven Disney+ downloads this weekend.
KIMMEL guest hosts begin.
RIP Ennio Morricone, Charlie Daniels.
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