Weekly Journal #128
Industry News
UTA Gets New Investor As Private Equity Firm EQT Buys Stake (Deadline)
YouTube Takes Live TV Market Share as Streaming War Escalates (Hollywood Reporter)
Marvel Artist Says Character Royalty Payments For Creators Are 'Bait and Switch' (IGN)
Marvel’s Movie Math: Comic Creators Claim It’s “Bait and Switch” On Payments (Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix To Launch Advertising Tier In “Early Part” Of 2023 (Deadline)
Netflix Earnings: Wall Street Expects Subscriber Drop and Detail About Ad Ambitions (Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix Content Spend Set To Plateau At $17B For Next Few Years (Deadline)
Film
Jordan Peele Invades the Western With ‘Nope,’ a Thrilling Salute to Spectacle (RollingStone)
‘Nope’ DP Hoyte Van Hoytema on His Biggest Challenge Shooting Jordan Peele’s Alien Movie (Variety)
Television
End of Ownership: Why the Battle Over Paying TV Creatives Is Only Getting Crazier (Variety)
Netflix Says Some Shows Won’t Be On Ad Tier, In Talks With Studios Over Licensing Deals (Deadline)
Streaming Jumped 24% In June To Capture One-Third Of Overall TV Viewing, Nielsen Says; Broadcast And Cable Sank To Record Low Share (Deadline)
Data Base Charting IMDB Episode Ratings (TV Chart)
Watch The Lord of the Rings Trailer (Amazon)
‘Found’ Drama Starring Shanola Hampton Gets NBC Order, Nkechi Carroll 3rd On-Air Series (Deadline)
In Other News
The Magic of Your First Work Friends (New York Times)
Panama Papers Whistleblower Speaks Out: ‘Politicians Must Act – Now’ (Spiegel De)
San Diego Comic-Con Assembled Its Make-Or-Break Return to a Live (and Masked) Convention (Variety)