Weekly Journal #188
Industry News
Hollywood Is Paying a Steep Price for Never Really Figuring Out the Streaming Model (CNBC)
Max Adding Live Sports Tier; $10 Monthly Service Will Be Included At No Charge For Existing Subscribers Through Next February (Deadline)
From ‘Suits’ To Nuts, Streaming Residuals Explained (Deadline)
YouTube Adding Generative AI Tools in Creator Push (The Hollywood Reporter)
Marvel Is Just the Beginning: IATSE’s New VFX Union Wants to Reshape the Industry (IndieWire)
Writers and Actors Are Missing New Shows and Movies as Much as We Are (CNN)
Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series & Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee (Deadline)
Film
Issa Rae on Weaving Magic in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ (CNN)
The Girlies Know: ‘Oppenheimer’ Was Actually About Us (The New York Times)
How Long Do Movies Stay in Theaters? We Will Never Have an Easy Answer Again (IndieWire)
Television
TV’s Cancellation Rates and Trends: A Special Report (Variety VIP+)
What New Disney-Spectrum Packages Mean for Streaming Bundles (Variety VIP+)
Hulu Will Start Telling You What Everyone Else Is Watching on Hulu (Vulture)
The Era of Prestige TV Is Ending. We’re Going to Miss It When It’s Gone. (The New York Times)
Matthew A. Cherry’s NFL Past Helped Him Tackle a Sweet Story of Black Parenting That’s for Everyone in ‘Young Love’ (CNN)