Weekly Journal #177
Industry News
NBCUniversal Shake-Up: Donna Langley, Mark Lazarus, Cesar Conde Upped; Susan Rovner Out (The Hollywood Reporter)
Writers Strike: L.A. Aid Requests Tripled in First Month, Hollywood Charity Finds (The Hollywood Reporter)
“It’s Going To Hit Like A Bomb”: AI Experts Discuss The Technology And Its Future Impact On (Deadline)
Hello, Chief Content Officer. Why the Title Is the New Go-To In Hollywood Executive Shake-Ups (The Hollywood Reporter)
Black Women Executives Are Exiting Studio Leadership Posts and Hollywood’s Doing Nothing About It (Variety)
Film
How to Write Music for Rolling Boulders (The New York Times)
The Dawn of Barbenheimer (Vulture)
‘The Flash’ Box Office ‘Disaster’ Exposes DC’s $1.1 Billion Problem for Warner Bros. (Variety)
Television
Ryan Murphy, With 3 Shows in Production, Threatens to Sue Writers Guild Strike Captain (The Hollywood Reporter)
David Nevins Joins Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company As CEO (Deadline)
Love Island Rekindles Its Former Spark (Vulture)
Pretty Much Everyone Was Dying to Guest-Star On The Bear (Vulture)
Boots Riley on Labor Strikes, Anti-Police Messaging in ‘I’m a Virgo’ and Working With Amazon as a Communist (Variety)
In Other News
The Rich Are Crazier Than You and Me (The New York Times)
Here’s What Americans Say They Need to Earn to Feel Rich, or Even Just Financially Secure (CNN)
The Tyranny of the Tale (The New Yorker)