Weekly Journal #259
Industry News
Disney to Increase Content Spending by $1 Billion Next Year (Hollywood Reporter)
Paramount, Comcast, Netflix Prepare Bids for Warner as Deadline Approaches (WSJ)
YouTube TV Announces Exciting Sports News Amid ESPN Standoff (Newsweek)
Hollywood Guilds Make Historic Push to Unionize YouTube Content Studio Theorist Media (Hollywood Reporter)
Analysis: Sky’s ITV Bid Is A Head-Scratcher For Some, But There Is Logic To The $2B Deal (Deadline)
Warner Bros. Discovery Reworks David Zaslav’s Compensation Package Amid Sales Chatter (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Movies Have to Get (Literally) Bigger Than Ever Before (Indiewire)
Television
Disney+ to Allow User-Generated Content Via AI (Hollywood Reporter)
NBCUniversal to Launch New NBC Sports Network Cable Channel Next Week (Hollywood Reporter)