Weekly Journal #104
Industry News
HBO Max Set To Launch In 15 Further European Countries On March 8 (Deadline)
AT&T Opts For Spin-off In WarnerMedia Discovery Transaction; Shares Fall On Dividend Hit (Deadline)
Disney's Former CEO Gave Me The Exit Interview I Asked For (New York Times)
Jeff Zucker Resigns As Head Of CNN, Citing Failure To Disclose “Consensual Relationship” (Deadline)
CNN Employees Grill WarnerMedia CEO Over Jeff Zucker’s Departure (Wall Street Journal)
Vice Media Staff Seal New IATSE Pact (Deadline)
Your Bubble Is Not The Culture (Atlantic)
Film
AMC Stock Is Soaring. The Movie Theater Chain Saw Profits At Pre-Covid Levels (Barrons)
AMC Entertainment To Raise $500 Million To Refinance Debt (Deadline)
Netflix’s 2022 Movie Slate Looks Absolutely Stacked (Verge)
Margaret Qualley, Paul Mescal To Star In ‘The End Of Getting Lost’ For Amazon (Hollywood Reporter)
Can Jennifer Lopez Save The Rom-com? (New York Times)
The Rise And Fall Of Film Genres Over Time (Reddit)
Television
Hulu And Fox Set Streaming Output Deal (Deadline)
Black History Month Programming: What’s On Tv And Streaming In February (Deadline)
TV Marks Black History Month With Provocative, Creative Fare (US News)
NBC Sells Out Super Bowl Lvi, Hitting $7m For 30 Second Ads (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story Of Sex, Crimes And Videotape (New York Times)
‘The Afterparty’ Is A Genre Romp Wrapped In A Comic Mystery (New York Times)
Digital
Meta Spent $10 Billion On The Metaverse In 2021, Dragging Down Profit (New York Times)
Wordle Has Been Bought By The New York Times (Verge)
In Other News
I Am Not Proof Of The American Dream (New York Times)
Two Long Island Nurses Made More Than $1.5 Million In A Fake Vaccine Card Scheme (New York Times)
Black History Month Founder Showed How Schools Should Teach About Race (Washington Post)