Weekly Journal #253

Industry News

Can YouTube Make Livestreaming Its Next Big Thing? (NYT)

Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures Sue Chinese AI Company in Escalation of Copyright Battle (Hollywood Reporter)

‘Doc’ Heads To Netflix With U.S. Streaming Deal; Season 1 Premiere Date Set (Hollywood Reporter)

Writers Guild to Members: Work on “Verticals” Can Be Union, Too (Hollywood Reporter)

Amazon and Netflix Ink Major Advertising Deal (Hollywood Reporter)

Emmys 2025: Inside the A-List Parties (Hollywood Reporter)

Film

Woody Allen Calls Cancel Culture “Dumb,” Says People Who Won’t Work With Him Are “Making a Mistake” (Hollywood Reporter)

Television

David Zaslav Says TV Has Become a “Terrible Consumer Experience” (Hollywood Reporter)

Late-Night TV Isn’t Dying—It’s Being Strangled (Vanity Fair)

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John Wells