Weekly Journal #108
Industry News
Digital Shapes New Showbiz Models (Variety)
NBCUniversal Nixes Hulu Content Deal as Media Companies Claw Back Shows for Streaming (LA Times)
Film
With His Sci-Fi Android, a Filmmaker Considers What It Means to Be Alive (New York Times)
The 100 Greatest Movies of the 1980s (Rolling Stone)
MoviePass Has New Big Screen Eyeball Tracking Plans In $18 Billion Sector (Forbes)
‘We Are a Film Festival First.’ A Focus on Children Comes Second. (New York Times)
Television
They Are Fans of ‘Euphoria,’ but Not of Its Creator, Sam Levinson (New York Times)
Sony Pictures Television Acquires Industrial Media In $300M+ Deal (Deadline)
Digital
One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art? (New York Times)
The 5 Best Podcasts of 2022 (So Far) (Vulture)
Disney+ Adding Cheaper Ad-Supported Tier (Hollywood Reporter)
In Other News
Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish (New York Times)
In a Run-Down Roman Villa, a Princess From Texas Awaits Her Next Act (New York Times)