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While it seems likely that next 24 hours will see news on Paramount - WBD - Netflix, the Monday deadline is the negotiating window between Paramount and WBD. It is not a deadline for an offer so in the unlikely occurrence that one doesn't come tomorrow don't read to much into it
Kristen Welker is the face of a new pitch from NBC News for its recently launched subscription product, which touts 'exclusive briefings' for SOTU and 'regular video briefings from my expert colleagues' https://t.co/SMpEmiJZeo
Global #BoxOffice Top10 2025 releases ONLY #NeZha2🇨🇳$2.2B #Zootopia2 🇺🇸$1.85B #AvatarFireAndAsh 🇺🇸$1.47B #LiloAndStitch🇺🇸$1.04B #AMinecraftMovie🇺🇸$958.3M #JurassicWorldRebirth 🇺🇸$869.1M #DemonSlayerInfinityCastle🇯🇵792M #HTTYD🇺🇸$636.4M #F1🇺🇸633.2M #SUPERMAN🇺🇸616.8M https://t.co/htLsp8tXQh
This question by @MarkRuffalo is critical. Right now there's an attempt to force people to pick either Paramount or Netflix as the right acquirer, but both are wrong answers. An acquisition by either firm would consolidate the market and is...
Today might be a good day to make some coffee, watch a few of your favorite tv shows, and really listen to the music being used (and how it's used) Let the credits roll. Write down the music publishers, supervisors, and libraries. And...
I think it's obvious that knowing or liking games is not a necessary condition for being good at the business of making and selling games. But I also think it's the least surprising thing in the world that fans expect...
Doesn't @netflix owe @warnerbros $5.8 billion if the Trump administration fails to approve their merger, Netflix board member @AmbassadorRice ? https://t.co/P0FhHvuPid
Donald Trump’s vow to stay out of the WB sale lasted all of a couple weeks. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-21/trump-threatens-netflix-with-consequences-over-rice-board-seat?taid=699a45d18e21f400010da132&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
BONUS edition of Game File (aka what I planned to send Friday before the big Xbox news)... We talk about $60 games, $70 games... $100 games?? Nintendo, ever the innovator, has tried $65 a couple of times this year https://t.co/7sKoDr80re
This would impact theatrical distributors more than big studios. All studios need to figure out is how to approve IP for distribution and take a share of revenue. Distribution model still looking two fiscal quarters ahead while these AI movies...
Do you know who else got sexy legs at US #BoxOffice? Yeah, #SamRaimi, as #20thCenturyStudios new original R-rated horror #SendHelp starring #RachelMcAdams & #DylanOBrien grossed STRONG 1.2M on 4th FRI, just a -32.8% drop from last FRI (vs #Old’s...
#GlenPowell is back at the US #BoxOffice arena this time via #A24, this time with comedic crime thriller #HowToMakeAKilling. Despite releasing it in just 1.625 theatres and with not much promo and mixed reviews, it still managed to gross 1.7M...
The #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles are making its comeback earlier, as #Paramount moved animated sequel #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem2 up from SEP 17, 2027! #TMNT: #MutantMayhem2 now debuts on AUG 13, 2027 late SUMMER, similar to 1st #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem, which debuted on AUG 2 back in 2023, what...
As Paramount Skydance careens through one of the more pivotal chapters in its short existence, it appears to have talent problems.... https://t.co/ou55mmDguf via @variety
Our industry has been steamrolled for a while, and make no mistake: This is not cosmetics. Microsoft will run through their Xbox business with a bulldozer this year. (For the sake of Xbox employees, I hope I am wrong.)
Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert and Sean Strickland Draw Scrutiny to Paramount While Bid for Warner Plays Out https://t.co/ou55mmDguf via @variety
This has been another noisy week in the Warner Bros. sale, and yet it still comes back to the same question. Will Paramount Skydance increase its offer? If it does, by how much? And, will Netflix match?
This weekend, despite new releases, #WutheringHeights & #GOAT should fight among themselves for the #1 at US #BoxOffice, as #Lionsgate faith sequel #ICanOnlyImagine2 grossed $1.8M in total previews (1.3M last SAT early screenings + 475K THU Previews). Back in 2018, #ICanOnlyImagine...
Nexon said it has appointed Patrick Söderlund as executive chairman of the company. Throughout his career, Söderlund has demonstrated the type of hands-on strategic and creative leadership that is needed to transform Nexon. In this newly created role, he takes...
Netflix says Paramount Skydance’s prospective Warner Bros. Discovery takeover has *not* received DOJ approval. “Paramount Skydance continues to mislead stockholders and distract from the facts,” Netflix chief legal officer David Hyman said in a statement https://t.co/NiKkflro8J
The average number of TikTok’s daily active users in the U.S. remains around 95% of its usership compared to the week of Jan. 19-25, according to Sensor Tower data … But when I asked the ICYMI community how they handled...
In #China’s #BoxOffice, the 15-day long #SpringFestival holiday keeps in full swing on 4th day, as comedy sequel #Pegasus3 beats original #Pegasus’s run in just 4 days, nearing 300M mark thanks to INSANE WOM after grossing another $56.6M on FRI...
I compared the tracking for #TheOdyssey and #Oppenehimer at the same five-month pre-release point to see what the data says. If you're curious: https://t.co/Pkk9ZNJcVS
Takeaways from my interview with Netflix’s CEO Ted Sarandos, specifically his detailed commitments to theatrical releases for Warner Bros movies ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/y6Ya3j2nWi
Last year, ESPN and Major League Baseball appeared to have struck out. A decades-old alliance was torn asunder, with the Disney sports giant backing away from “Sunday Night Baseball.” ESPN believes it has gotten its corporate mitt on something better. https://t.co/P87paXqRNS
ESPN, MLB Take New Swing at Games They Hope Bring Die-Hard Fans to Streaming https://t.co/P87paXqRNS via @variety
Streaming executives watching as a $5M an episode procedural beats out their $10M+ an episode shows. The people* desire good hospital shows about sad doctors. *I am people https://t.co/rmuvyhpc0B
The Varsity * New MLBPA interim head is prepared for a lockout. * Monumental Sports Network lays off five digital edit staffers. * NASCAR chief Steve O'Donnell: "Is there a number of races that makes more sense? Could it be 30—or even more?...
Ubisoft CEO Explains Three-Year Plan to Revamp Game Publisher Through New ‘Creative House’ Strategy, More Than $200 Million in Cost Reductions https://t.co/3Q14sQldSc via @variety
D.C. Memo: YouTube's 'Antenna Man' Says Roku TV Burying Free TV Stations Deep Inside the Channel Guide https://t.co/l7tjBOMG7k
Scoop: MS NOW chief Rebecca Kutler is set to make changes to the network's dayside lineup, I'm told. Details in status.news: https://link.status.news/3MSNqnG
Trade press are trying to present it as either Netflix or Paramount wins the bidding contest. But Warner should obviously remain independent.
Inside Warner Bros. Discovery, Mood Among Many Staffers Shifts in Favor of Netflix Sale vs. Paramount Takeover https://t.co/cEaoy72PQb via @variety
🚨NEWS: Moelis has been retained to sell Wasserman, source tells Sportico. Moelis has been active in the space. Presided over, among others, Goldman buy of Excel Sports and Athlete’s First sale to General Catalyst.
A source confirms reporting that Bluepoint Games will be shut down in March after five years without releasing a game. A live service project it was working on was canceled in early 2025. https://t.co/iDyik1yFVj
Senate Democrats Demand Answers From David Ellison About Paramount Skydance’s Dealings With Trump in Warner Bros. Takeover Bid, Accuse CEO of ‘Pattern of Evasion’ https://t.co/jeeblW2lVw via @variety
Sandra Stern to Depart as Lionsgate TV Group Vice Chairman After 40-Year Executive Career https://t.co/CZJTNhEDPP via @variety
Distribution and the human attention premium That marketing and distribution become the principal challenges of scaling content in an attention landscape awash in it seems like an obvious outcome as production costs collapse. But it has not yet emerged as a...
The #Avatar franchise has sustained ~20 years of TV viewership. Animation = ~15% of annual domestic BO. Kids entertainment = 2nd largest genre share of original/new BO hits (2021–25). Yet Paramount still pulled #TheLegendofAang #TheLastAirbender from theaters. Make it make...
Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) is concerned about all the foreign money tied to Paramount's efforts to acquire WBD. In letter to Paramount CEO David Ellison, Licarrdo writes: "this acquisition raises serious national security, data-protection, and editorial-independence concerns that warrant full...
Could EU Regulators Favor Paramount Over Netflix in Battle for Warner Bros. Discovery? https://t.co/fkGFzUlDW1 via @variety
The Kling Report. For those interested in AI video. I'm running a series of reports. Having AI read my lists here on X (I have about 50,000 people in AI industry on them) looking for interesting trends. I've been having a...
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The winners in paid streaming haven't been the deep pocketed companies. In music, it's been Spotify. In video, it's Netflix. That's not a coincidence. The difference wasn't talent or resources, the big tech companies have plenty. Instead, it was the pure-play...
60 Minutes, CBS Sports, Inside Edition to Leave Longtime New York Offices in Real Estate Shuffle https://t.co/utXev5vUHw via @variety
Content is already saturated, but AI is making it infinite. Now the biggest threat to creators is becoming invisible and getting lost in the wave of videos posted everyday. Today we dive into how you can defend yourself against it,...
Sync licensing shouldn’t make you resent making music. If it does, you’re doing it wrong. Here’s how to stop burning out in sync ↓
The first 3 seconds decide if your whole video gets a chance. The hook is not optional anymore.
Policyband Headlines: ■ @NRBAssociation Defends Cable Must Carry for NextGen TV Signals; ■ @StephenAtHome, @CBS Suits in Dispute over Talarico Interview ■ @FSFthinktank: @EchoStar Needs to Pay Tower Companies ■ Broadband Experts at ACLP Dispute Calif. Broadband Study ■ @LAGovJeffLandry Eyes 911 Upgrades with BEAD...
"There was no censorship here at all," says FCC Chair Brendan Carr on Colbert not airing Talarico interview. CBS just has to give comparable time and placement to other candidates running against Talarico. Some might say that would discourage shows...
