Weekly Journal #63

Industry News

AT&T Cuts Losses on DirecTV as Wall Street Wonders If a Dish Merger Is Next (Hollywood Reporter)

Netflix And Sony Break Ground With Film Licensing Deal Replacing Starz Pact, Including First Look At New Direct-To-Streaming Titles (Deadline)

Film

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s new documentary, Hemingway, dramatizes one of the great revolutions in the history of American literature. (Atlantic)

Hollywood Actor Charged With Running Film-Distribution Ponzi Scheme (New York Times)

Meet the Young Queer Director Behind Shiva Baby (The Cut)

Digital

Platform that Allows Publishers to Create Multimedia Stories Has Raised $10 Million (Tech Crunch)

Apple Hires Former Warner Exec As Part of Film Push (Information)

In Other News

The 50 Most Influential Books of All Time (Open Education)

Here Come Hot Desks and Zoom Rooms. And Holograms? (New York Times)

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John Wells