Weekly Journal #199
Industry News
Licensed Content Is the New Currency in Hollywood (Variety VIP+)
Netflix Reveals Viewing Data For First Time Across Its Entire Catalog (Deadline)
South Korean TV Phenomenon Goes Way Beyond ‘Squid Game’, Netflix Viewing Data Reveals (Deadline)
Sports Rights Arms Race Reshapes the Streaming Wars (The Hollywood Reporter)
Paramount Studios Isn’t for Sale, but Control of It Is: The Negotiations - and Power Struggle (IndieWire)
Film
Give Me a Break: Why Cinemas Want to Bring Back Intermissions (The Hollywood Reporter)
Oprah and ‘The Color Purple’ Stars on the New Musical Remake: “It’s Bright. It’s Vibrant. It’s Us” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Provocative Sex Is Back at the Movies. But Are We Ready for It? (The New York Times)
Television
In Search of Cash, Studios Send Old Shows Back to Netflix (The New York Times)
How the Networks (Barely) Survived the Fall (Vulture)
Zombie TV Has Come for Cable (The New York Times)
The Netflix Radical Transparency Flex (Puck)
The Top 10 TV Shows of 2023 (The Watch via Spotify Podcasts)
In Other News
How Mark Duplass Fights the Sadness (The New Yorker)
20 Great Christmas Movies That Aren’t Christmas Movies (Vulture)