Weekly Journal #52
Industry News
How fast do you cancel streaming services? It's a problem for Hollywood (LA Times)
Podcast: Roku’s Scott Rosenberg Dishes on the WarnerMedia and Quibi Deals (Variety)
Netflix Tops 200 Million Subscribers Amid Pandemic (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Apple TV+ Has Only 38% Of Users Paying For Subscriptions (ScreenRant)
Film
Can a Brash Executive in Kansas Save Movie Theaters? (New York Times)
Emerald Fennell Explains Herself: Her icy film Promising Young Woman set off a fascinating conversation about what we expect from rape-revenge stories. (Vulture)
Television
Brazilian TV Giant Globo Is Planning To Compete With Netflix & Amazon In The Streaming War (Deadline)
The 10 Most Shoop-Tastic Moments in Lifetime’s Salt-N-Pepa Biopic (RollingStone)
Digital
Ava DuVernay’s Array Sets Partnership with Spotify To Produce Original Audio Programming (Deadline)
In Other News
Chris Barrett has made bank on the gray market selling pizza laced with 40 mg of THC (New York Magazine)
I Am Not a Soldier, but I Have Been Trained to Kill (Wired)
Inauguration
Bask in the Brilliance of Amanda Gorman (The Cut)
Make Bernie Sit Anywhere in the World With This Google Maps Tool (Vice)
Oh my God, Michelle Obama (The Cut)
An Encouraging Day for Democracy and Coats (The Cut)