Weekly Journal #109
Industry News
Bakish Downshifts To A Movie Every Other Week At Paramount+, Defends Streaming Strategy (Deadline)
NAACP Report Finds Hollywood’s Scarcity of Black Executives Has Created A Culture “Harming The African American Community” (Deadline)
As WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal Nears Close, David Zaslav Shapes Up Executive Team (Deadline)
The Year in Streaming 2021 (Puck)
It’s Time To Rebuild The Fourth Wall (Gawker)
Film
Indie Movie Theater Chains Struggle to Survive as Windows Shorten (Hollywood Reporter)
Disney Censors Same-Sex Affection in Pixar Films, According to Letter From Employees (Variety)
“Look At What We’re Doing With Your Money, You Dick”: Peter Thiel Backed An “Anti-Woke” Film Festival (Buzzfeed)
Television
Apple Enters Sports Arena With Major League Baseball Streaming Deal (Hollywood Reporter)
NBCU Terminates Hulu TV Deal so It Can Keep Current-Season Shows for Peacock (Variety)
Abbott Elementary Partners With Scholastic to Provide Free Book Fairs at Underfunded Schools (Variety)
HBO’s ‘Winning Time’ Is Overstated, But Says What Other Sports Entertainment Won’t (Defector)
Digital
Streaming Services Help Push Content Spending Past $220B in 2021 (New Inquiry)
Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen back $30M fund exclusively investing in NFT art (Tech Crunch)
In Other News
Collection Of Films By USC Students Enrolled In Cinematography, Spring Semester Of 1937 (Watch Here)
The Off-trend Comedian Taylor Tomlinson’s Old-school Act Is A Hit Onstage And On Tiktok (Vulture)