Weekly Journal #118
Industry News
How Netflix’s Stumbles Are Causing Rivals to Rethink the Streaming Business (LA Times)
Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022 (New York Times)
Disney+ Hits 137.7M Subscribers, Beating Wall Street Expectations in Streaming (The Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix Pledges To Spend Subscribers’ Money “Wisely,” Respect “Artistic Expression” (Deadline)
Disney’s Lofty Streaming Subscriber Target Divides Wall Street (The Hollywood Reporter)
Film
In Bid to Boost Peacock, Universal Will Send 3 Movies Straight to Streaming (New York Times)
‘Arrival’ Writer Eric Heisserer, and Luma Team for Ted Chiang Story ‘Division By Zero’ (THR)
Television
A French Hit on Netflix Changes Its Language and Streaming Service (New York Times)
The Stories Behind Some of the Weird Stuff on ‘Severance’ (New York Times)
Brett Weitz Exits As General Manager Of TNT, TBS & truTV (Deadline)
Zero-rated? The Rise And Rise Of Tv That Absolutely No One Is Watching (The Guardian)
‘Gotham Knights’, ‘Walker: Independence’ & ‘The Winchesters’ Picked Up By the CW (Deadline)
Broadcast TV Scorecard 2022: What’s New, Renewed And Canceled (So Far) (The Hollywood Reporter)
In Other News
Unions And AMPTP Agree To Relax Covid Protocols In Areas With Low Hospitalization (Deadline)
Warner Bros. Discovery Doubles Down on Return to Office Mandate (Variety)
The Best Video Game Graphics Yet (Polygon)