Weekly Journal #141
Industry News
Global TV Trends, Who Is Watching What, How and Why? (Variety)
Warner Bros. Discovery Grapples With the Cost of Cutting Pipeline Programs (The Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix Ad-Supported Tier (The Lefsetz Letter)
Is Streaming a Good Business? (Medium / Doug Shapiro)
Netflix Says It’s Committed to a Binge-Release Strategy for Series (Variety)
Too Much Volume? The Tech Behind ‘Mandalorian’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ Faces Growing Pains (The Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Marvel, DC Among Last Bastion For Supersized Paydays (The Hollywood Reporter)
Will Oscar Movies Finally Rebound at the Box Office? Deciphering Ticket Sales for ‘Tár’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’ (Variety)
Yellowstone,' 'Tulsa King' Season Premieres to Be Shown at Select AMC Theaters (Collider)
How George Clooney and Julia Roberts Quietly Became the Tracy-Hepburn of Our Time (New York Times)
Television
‘Alaska Daily’ Soars in Multiplatform Ratings for ABC (The Hollywood Reporter)
FX’s “The Patient” Coming Soon to Disney+ (UK/Ireland) (What’s On Disney Plus)
Is ‘The Rings of Power’ a Huge Hit? A Muted Flop? It’s Complicated (Indiewire)
In Other News
Black Country Is Not a Fad. It’s a Legacy. (The Atlantic)
What We’ve Lost Playing the Lottery (The New Yorker)