Weekly Journal #230
Industry News
As Carriage Fight With Disney Continues, DirecTV CFO Calls For Pay-TV Bundle A Fraction Of The Size Of Today’s “Bloated” Packages (Deadline)
Donna Langley Talks AI, the NBA and the “Great Paradox” of Original vs. Franchise IP (Hollywood Reporter)
DOJ alleges Russia funded US media company linked to right-wing social media stars (CNN)
‘Plenty of Options’: Disney Steers DirecTV Customers to Dish, Hulu, YouTube TV and More as Blackout of Channels Including ESPN and ABC Hits Day 6 (Variety)
Film
Studios to Avoid Releasing Movies Around Election Day: “It’s Going to Be a S***show” (Hollywood Reporter)
‘The Apprentice’ & ‘Reagan’ Spark New Political Debate In Hollywood (Deadline)
‘Joker 2’ Team Met ‘Very Often’ in Joaquin Phoenix’s Trailer to ‘Tear the Script Up and Start All Over’: ‘It’s Three Hours Later and You’re Rewriting It on a Napkin’ (Variety)
Television
‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ To End With Season 5 On Fox (Deadline)
Feel Good T.V. Is Great. But Lonely T.V. Gives Us What We Need. (New York Times)
The Death of Mid-Budget TV: A New Tortured Reality (The Ankler)
Disney-DirecTV Carriage Fight Grinds On As ‘Monday Night Football’ Debut Looms; Both Sides Point Customers To Pay-TV Alternatives (Deadline)