Weekly Journal #262
Industry News
Paramount CEO David Ellison Meets With Top WBD Brass, Talks Cost Cuts, Movie Outlook & Other Aspects Of $110B Merger (Deadline)
Teamsters Call on DOJ to Stop Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: “We’ve Seen What Happens When Corporations Consolidate Power” (Hollywood Reporter)
YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company (Hollywood Reporter)
An Amish Avatar and an A.I. Monk Are Pitching Supplements on Social Media (NYT)
Film
Bradley Cooper Circling To Direct, Write & Star In ‘Ocean’s Prequel At Warner Bros (Deadline)
Universal Will Give Movies Longer Exclusive Runs in Theaters (NYT)
Television
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna 2.0 Gathers Steam With Launch Of International TV Division (Deadline)
It Is No Easy Task to Combine Paramount+ and HBO Max (Hollywood Reporter)
Peacock Adding Vertical Live Sports, Game Titles And AI Andy Cohen (Deadline)
How the Warner Bros. Sale Changes Television. Plus, ‘DTF St. Louis’ and ‘Rooster’ Strike Out. (Apple Podcasts)