YouTube Now Drives over Half TV‑screen Engagement
Sarandos: "One of the things we saw in recent months is a real deep misunderstanding about what YouTube is and isn’t... YouTube is in the same exact game that we are... About 55% of all YouTube engagement now is on the TV through their app." https://t.co/nOsmZOnV2C
March Madness Broadcast Rights Top $1 Billion for First Time
🏀 That’s Billion With a B 🏀 March Madness Broadcast Rights Top $1 Billion for First Time https://t.co/wV2UeL7y93 via @sportico @novy_williams
Independent Creators Must Sell to Truly Own Their Work
Variety’s 10 Creators to Watch on Going Independent and Why ‘To Make Something and Own Something, You Have to Sell Something’ https://t.co/JLoEWzTTZg via @variety
Movie Business Struggles, Yet Distribution Startups Multiply
The Movie Business Has Never Been Harder, So Why Are All These New Distribution Companies Launching? https://t.co/0fH8NhD3Wu via @variety
Own the TV OS, Control the Consumer Journey
"there is tremendous power in owning a consumer’s journey from the moment he or she powers up the TV, to the content that’s displayed, to what they end up watching." “If I were David Ellison, I would have bought Roku,” Greenfield...
Netflix Calls YouTube a Direct Competitor to Regulators
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Warns EU Regulators: YouTube Isn’t a ‘Bunch of Cat Videos,’ It’s a ‘Straightforward Direct Competitor’ https://t.co/r4CVEqxuMc
IO Interactive Ends Partnership, Hitman DLC Canceled
Hitman maker IO Interactive confirms it's cut publishing ties with MindsEye and the Hitman DLC is dead. https://t.co/zw5PpjdHE3
Roku Thrives Yet Remains Unacquired Despite Profitability
Roku is scaled, growing, and profitable, so why hasn't anyone bought it? Via @loudmouthjulia. ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/dyvtlQl7RB
The Bride Flops with $225K Opening, $11.5M Total
#TheBride hits new low of $225K Monday for $11.5M domestic total against $90M budget Good thing WB did so well Sunday night to mask this DISASTER 💀💀💀 https://t.co/jO9ZQ0PIWZ
Bob Iger’s Transformative Disney Reign Ends, Legacy Mixed
As Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Aside, a Look at His Tenure as a Dynamic, Transformative Leader — With an Asterisk or Two https://t.co/zmQnYUUxDV via @variety
Top 80 Spotify Artists Earn 20% of Payouts
Spotify’s top 80 artists generated $10M+ each in royalty payouts in 2025. I estimate that these artists generated $2B total, nearly 20% of Spotify’s payout pool. Here’s how I see it:
Coca-Cola Leverages ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ for Product Placement
Coca-Cola plans to serve up Diet Coke and SmartWater in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2,' and use tie-ins with the movie to drive conversations about its drinks.... https://t.co/8apnCYoH31 via @variety
Disney Appoints Ex‑Google Product Chief to Lead Streaming
🔥 The most interesting/exciting part of Disney's leadership reorg that is not getting talked about is that former Google/YouTube chief product officer Adam Smith has been elevated to co-head of Disney's DTC businesses. Placing a tech/product person, without legacy...
NFL Rights Deal $1B More for 2033 Certainty
What's $1 Billion More, if NFL Certainty Through 2033 is of Paramount Importance? Ultimately, each NFL media rights partner will have to decide whether they can envision life without the NFL beginning in 2030 (TLDR: doubt it) https://t.co/sBcrU0H3Og
Hoppers and Super Mario Galaxy Boost Box Office
Between Hoppers and the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the box office should be doing alright https://t.co/Kb0Rh7NdVs
Two Months Paramount Plus Premium for $2.99
DEAL ALERT: New and returning subscribers can get two months of either Paramount Plus plan for only $2.99/month. Offer ends 3/31/26. Since both plans are the same price, go for the Paramount Plus Premium plan. That one gets you live...
FCC's Iran Coverage Threat to TV Licenses Improbable
FCC chair threatens to pull TV licenses over Iran news coverage. Why that's highly unlikely https://t.co/FUyte9qk68 @latimes
WB Executives Poised for $1B Payouts Amid Merger
When I say that one day people will have a real look at #DavidZaslav’s role at WB’s fate… In the latest SEC filing submitted by WBD, it was unveiled that Zazzy expects to earn almost $900M in total compensation payouts for...
Zaslav to Earn $887 Million From Warner‑Paramount Deal
David Zaslav to Receive $887 Million in Compensation Related to Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger https://t.co/2887qml6gI via @variety
Stone Cold: Pre‑Social Media Viral Marketing Masterclass
Apparently it’s 3:16 day. There are very few men in the history of mankind who could get 60,000 people jumping out of their seats, screaming at the top of their lungs, and millions around the world on the edge of...
Debra O'Connell Elevated to Disney Entertainment TV Chairman
New: ABC News Group President Debra OConnell is being elevated to chairman of Disney Entertainment Television… Move is part of Disney restructuring that unites streaming, film, and television businesses with games and digital entertainment under one division.
AI Video Tools Blur Creator Lines, Upending IP Rules
Seedance 2.0 and Google's Veo 3 now produce video so good you cannot tell whether it was made by a fan messing around or a creator building a business. That is the real problem. No platform — not ByteDance, not Google, not...
Neon’s Oscar Wins Reveal Indie Film Profit Surge
Neon has been a fixture at the Oscars since its founding a decade ago. We obtained some finances that are very revealing about the state of the indie film business. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-16/oscars-2026-how-much-neon-made-from-a-best-picture-oscar
Oscars Ignore 20-Year Box Office Decline Trend
😱😱 The Hollywood Horror story that nobody talked about at the #oscars last night Year-to-date box office through mid-march last 20 years... https://t.co/pbmX0QAaT4
AP Pivots From Print to Streaming, Turning Correspondents Into Anchors
The Associated Press is known for its deep ties to newspapers -- but with that business in decline, it has been ramping up its efforts to join the streaming era, with live-streamed shows that make anchors out of its correspondents.... https://t.co/hZI5mvEXQZ...
FCC Chair Threatens TV Licenses over “Fake News” Claims
For Trump’s FCC Chairman, Trolling Liberals Is the Point in His Threat to Pull Licenses of TV Networks That Air ‘Fake News’ About Iran War https://t.co/IKR86ZvW81 via @variety
Iger's Final Exit Highlights Legacy Media Struggles
Disney announced Bob Iger's return to the CEO seat on November 21, 2022 and $DIS shares closed that day at $97.58. Iger is set to leave the Disney CEO seat for the last time this Wednesday. Legacy media is hard... https://t.co/sKLyHF0iVo
Easy Access, Big Oscars: Netflix’s PR Playbook
Another detail regarding Oscar wins which reiterates a point about PR strategy. Why did Netflix win so many Oscars? Because it's easy for everyone/anyone to watch their films. Not screening enough / gatekeeping screener access leads to failure nowadays. It's...
Low Awareness, High Interest: Summer's Persuadable Films
#TheDeathofRobinHood and #DisclosureDay are two of the summer's more interesting bets. Both have sub-26% awareness right now, but interest scores above 43%. This puts them among the strongest persuadable-audience films tracked across the past several weeks.
Trump Claims Paramount-Discovery Merger Already Finalized
Looks like Trump already views Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery as a done deal based on this infographic he shared on Truth Social https://t.co/xUKYoMv9hq
Trump Blocks US Antitrust Action Against Netflix
Who says America gets nothing from Israel? Trump stopped the country from imposing antimonopoly rules on Netflix. https://t.co/Nn6N69vcuQ
Pelé's Iconic Bicycle Kick Sparks Copyright Lawsuit
⚽️🚲🦵 Pelé’s Renowned Mid-Air Bicycle Kick at Heart of Copyright Lawsuit https://t.co/oKDfBQBzF4 via @sportico @McCannSportsLaw
ABC Is a Dinosaur; YouTube Should Amplify True Winners
Yeah, gonna double down on this. ABC is a dinosaur. Maybe YouTube will cut down the self-gratifying bits and let the winners speak.
Over a Third of College Women Avoid OnlyFans
40% of college aged women absolutely do not do OnlyFans. OF would love to have that many MAUs. Does this guy just go online and make stuff up all day?
Oscars Go Digital: Streaming on YouTube, Not ABC
2029: "This is not a normal Oscars ..." because it will be on @YouTube, not on @Disney's @ABCNetwork
Chinese Films Lead 2026 Global Box Office Top Ten
Global #BoxOffice Top10 2026 releases ONLY #Pegasus3🇨🇳$616.4M #WutheringHeights 🇺🇸$226.4M #BladesOfTheGuardians🇨🇳$198.9M #SilentAwakening🇨🇳$187.9M #Scream7 🇺🇸$176.9M #HOPPERS🇺🇸$164.7M #GOAT🇺🇸$162.8M #BoonieBearsTheHiddenProtector🇨🇳$150.4M #SendHelp🇺🇸$93.4M #TheKingsWarden🇰🇷$86.7M https://t.co/hVNSja7l3q
FCC Officials Let Fox Twist Amid License Seizure Attempt
Of course, @AGomezFCC never said this when she and fellow Biden appointee @JRosenworcel let @FOX29philly twist in the wind for 18 months while a left-wing group tried to seize the @FCC operating license from the Murdoch-owned station. Had the @MAD_Democracy...
One Story, Endless Revenue: Create Once, Distribute Forever
Disney made The Lion King in 1994.... Then they made it again in 2019 with a completely different cast. Both were massive. Same story. Different distribution. Create once. Distribute forever.
A24's Undertone Delivers Record ROI on Opening Weekend
#A24’s over-performs at US #BoxOffice with their new R-rated #Undertone, after grossing SPECTACULAR 9.3M over just 2.570 theatres on #5 BIGGEST 3-day Opening weekend in #A24’s history, and almost on par with 2023 #TalkToMe’s 10.4M debut, with a solid $3.6k...
Low‑budget Horror Nets $9.3M Opening, Hits #3 Nationwide
Solid $9.3M opening wknd #boxoffice for paranormal fright flick #undertone. Produced for only $500k, A24 release takes #3 spot nationwide and is already a moneymaking horror hit.
Berman Defends H.I.P. Rule, Outlines Expansion, Media Talks
New pod: NWSL commish Jessica Berman defends the league's "High Impact Player" rule, sheds light on expansion plans and dives into coming media rights negotiations. https://t.co/JC3OmIxnfx
Nationalist “Main Melody” Films Lose Blockbuster Momentum
The Economist: “‘Main melody’ films, as big-budget productions carrying nationalist propaganda are known, are in a rut. Such titles were once blockbusters, topping the box office every year between 2017 and 2023, except 2019. Those days are now gone.” https://t.co/kCR1KEu0O6
YouTube, TikTok Eclipse Traditional TV; Shows Canceled
Sad for those who have lost a job. Daily infotainment really has been eaten alive by YouTube and Tik Tok. Yet, people have a tendency to focus on areas that really can’t be and not the ones that really are...
Manual Payout Tweaks Doom Twitter’s Creator Viability
Twitter will never be a serious platform for creators if the higher ups manually tweak payouts It's not structurally set up to be one anyways, but still...
Reminders of Him Leads Friday 13th Box Office Earnings.
Friday the 13th #BoxOffice - FRI MAR 13: $8M - #RemindersOfHim $7.1M - #Hoppers $4.4M - #undertone $2.6M - #Scream7 $1.2M - #GOAT $650k - #TheBride $545k - #WutheringHeights
Reminders Of Him Tops Opening Weekend, Beats Prior Hoover Film
New romance #RemindersOfHim opened to $8M on FRI incl pre-shows. CinemaScore is a B while RT aud score is faring better with 89%. Opening wknd #boxoffice looks on track for about $19M beating out last pic based on Colleen Hoover novel,...
Hoppers Soars to $100M Club on Strong Word‑of‑Mouth
Customer satisfaction is paying off for #Hoppers which will rule the #boxoffice over Oscar wknd. $7.1M 2nd FRI going to about $29M for 2nd wknd giving Pixar pic a drop of just 37%. Domestic cume will climb to $87M in 10 days,...
New Investors Linked to Trump Back Major Media Deal
"Some of the new investors have ties to the administration: --> Larry Ellison, a co-founder of Oracle, is friendly with Mr. Trump and is backing the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by his son, David Ellison, the chief executive of Paramount -->...
Undertone's Friday 13th Debut Stalls at Modest $8M
New horror pic #undertone kicked off its release with Friday the 13th launch of $4.4M incl THU pre-shows. C CinemaScore here and RT aud score of only 54%. Opening wknd #boxoffice might get to around $8M.
Will Lewis’s Turmoil Highlights Post’s Leadership Crisis
some scoops in here: -Things got so bad between Will Lewis and Matt Murray that Matt told Will he was out -Jeff Zucker+Gerry Cardinale explored a deal for The Post in 2023 -Will Lewis lashed out at his execs after Bezos sent him...