Weekly Journal #102
Industry News
When Pandemic Stars’ Shines Dim - The First Half About Netflix (New York Times)
How I Cut My Family’s Cable and Streaming Bill by $170 (New York Times)
Why Netflix Keeps Cranking Up Its Prices (Verge)
Netflix Shares Sink as Company Sees Subscriber Growth Slowing (Wall Street Journal)
What’s In Store for Endeavor Content 2.0? (Deadline)
Why Netflix Keeps Cranking Up Its Prices (Verge)
Why the Streamers Are (Finally) Investing in Africa (Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix Gives Its Toughest Audience What It Wants (Wall Street Journal)
Film
Village Roadshow, Producer on Strategic Options (Wall Street Journal)
18 Sundance Movies We Can’t Wait to Watch (from Home) (Vulture)
Cinemark Wants Netflix and Amazon Movies — but Only If the Price Is Right (Indiewire)
Television
FX Reviving ‘Justified’ Starring Timothy Olyphant for New Limited Series (Hollywood Reporter)
Peak TV Update: Scripted Series Volume Hits All-Time High in 2021 (Hollywood Reporter)
Yellowjackets Finale Tallies 1.3M, Most Watched Freshman Season On Showtime In 6 Years (Deadline)
Digital
YouTube To Phase Out Most Originals, Double Down On Creator-Generated Content (Deadline)
Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard in $68.7B Video Game Megadeal (Hollywood Reporter)
In Other News
Women Of the Movement' Revisits Emmett Till's Murder And Its Civil-rights Legacy (CNN)
15 Books You Won’t Regret Rereading (Atlantic)
Police Are Making Their Own Videos Counteracting Police Brutality Depicted On Social Media (Buzzfeed)
A Daughters Quest To Free Her Fathers Killer (New Yorker)