Weekly Journal #140
Industry News
American Culture Is Trash Culture (New York Times)
Netflix Is A Big Step Closer To Building Major New Jersey Production Studio (Deadline)
Netflix Reveals Ad-Supported Tier Launch Date And Pricing, Which Undercuts Disney (Deadline)
Warner Bros Discovery Makes U-Turn On Closure Of Writers & Directors Workshops, Moves Initiatives To Diversity Unit (Deadline)
Writers Strike Could Be “Interesting Opportunity” For Producers Outside U.S (Deadline)
Film
‘Amsterdam’ Stands To Lose Nearly $100 Million: What This Means For Upscale Movies (Deadline)
Decision to Leave Is This Century’s First Great Erotic Thriller (The Atlantic)
‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’ Review: Elvis Mitchell’s Meticulous Class on Black Film History (The Hollywood Reporter)
Television
The Most Important Streaming Metric Is Not Subscribers, But Time Spent (The Drum)
Netflix Will Reveal for the First Time How Many People Watch (or Don’t Watch) Its Shows (Fortune)
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Effectively Killing Cartoon Network (The Verge)
Digital
AI-Restoration In The Film Archive (Immerse)
TikTok Rolls Out Showtimes, A Tool For Movie Marketers, Along With Other New Features As Annual Product Summit Begins (Deadline)
In Other News
The Nap Bishop Is Spreading the Good Word: Rest (New York Times)
Married to Their Work: Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson on Bringing ‘The Piano Lesson’ Back to Broadway (Variety)
When Your Own Body Is the Big Screen Monster (Indiewire)