Weekly Journal #115
Industry News
HBO Max Hits 76.8M Global Subs, and 48.6M in U.S., in Final AT&T Disclosure (Hollywood Reporter)
What Warner Bros. Discovery Looks Like on Day 1 (Variety)
NFTs' Path to Primetime: UTA Consumer Study (UTA)
Bring on the AVOD Wars (New York Times)
Netflix
Netflix Stock Takes Another Dive As Streaming Giant Posts Q1 Subscriber Reversal (Deadline)
Netflix Plans to Launch Cheaper Ad-Supported Plans (Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix’s Password Crackdown Is Coming. What That Means for Account Sharers (Wall Street Journal)
No Wonder Netflix Is Bleeding Subscribers – It’s Become The New Cable (Guardian)
Netflix’s Stumble Could Be a Warning Sign for Streaming Industry (New York Times)
Madison Avenue Loves the Idea of a Netflix with Ads (Wall Street Journal)
Netflix, Facing Reality Check, Vows to Curb Its Profligate Ways (Wall Street Journal)
Netflix's Dip in Subscribers Signals the Hurdles Ahead for Streamers (CBC)
Film
AMC Ent. To Install Laser Projectors At 3,500 U.S. Auditoriums in Major Upgrade (Deadline)
Once Overlooked and Ignored, Sony and Paramount Prove to Be Box Office Powerhouses (Variety)
Television
‘Bridgerton’s Season 2 Edges Season 1 To Become Netflix’s Most-Watched English Series (Deadline)
WB Discovery is Shutting Down CNN’s Streaming Service Less Than A Month After Launch (LA Times)
Why The ‘Weird Puzzle’ Of Apple’s New Anthology Took Up To 40 Rewrites To Get Right (LA Times)
How HBO Kept ‘House of the Dragon’ Costs Under $20 Million per Episode (Variety)
The Harmful Trope That's Still Haunting Queer TV (CNN)
Levinson on Creative Approach to Euphoria: “My Process is Pretty Bizarre” (Hollywood Reporter)
In Other News
Florida Wedding Guests Are Sickened by Marijuana in Food, Police Say (New York Times)
A Manifesto by Ai Weiwei — The Artist’s 10 Rules for Life and Creativity (WePresent)
How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens (New Yorker)
Why The Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid (Atlantic)