Weekly Journal #100
Industry News
AT&T Stock Rises Amid Positive Signs For WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal Review (Deadline)
HBO and HBO Max Rounded Out 2021 With 73.8 Million Global Subscribers (Variety)
Film
Two Shot: Streaming Vs Theatrical – Can the Moviegoing Experience Still Be Saved? (Deadline)
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, In The Black From $1B WW Box Office (Deadline)
“It’s a Leaner, Meaner Business”: Hollywood Braces for Volatile 2022 Box Office (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Don’t Look Up’ Officially Breaks Netflix Weekly Viewing Record (Deadline)
The Oscars Want Crowd-Pleasers, but Where Are the Crowds? (New York Times)
Television
NBCUniversal Unveils First-Party Advertising Identity Platform (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Yellowstone’ Sets New Ratings Records As Season 4 Finale Draws 9.3 Million Viewers (Deadline)
In Streaming Era, CW Network’s Value to Its Owners Has Diminished (Wall Street Journal)
John Wilson on Making the World of "How to With John Wilson" Even Bigger in Season 2 (AV Club)
Disney+ Asian Production Slate Expands with Chinese and Korean Series and ‘Anita’ Adaptation (Variety)
Wondering When the Pandemic Will End? On TV, It Already Has. (New York Times)
“Survivor” Is Still Compulsively Watchable (New Yorker)
Digital
Where Podcast Producers May Turn for Deals in 2022 (Hollywood Reporter)
Streaming Services Help Push Content Spending Past $220B in 2021 (Fierce Video)
In Other News
One Night at Mom’s Spaghetti (New York Times)
Goldfish Passes Driving Test (It Just Went Round And Round) (The Times UK)
Best of CES 2022: New Tech That’s Practical, Innovative or Just Plain Crazy (Wall Street Journal)
2021's Trending Google Searches by State (Reddit)