Weekly Journal #264
Industry News
Flurry Of Protests As WBD Shareholders Set To Vote On Paramount Merger (Deadline)
I Used to Be a Hollywood Writer. Now I’m Lugging Lumber From Home Depot. It’s an Upgrade. (Hollywood Reporter)
A Brief History of Warner Bros. Leadership Since 1970 (Variety)
Illinois Unveils Green Tax Credit for Movies and TV Shows (Hollywood Reporter)
NBCUniversal’s Peacock Posts $432 Million Loss as Subscribers Rise to 46 Million (Hollywood Reporter)
California Governor Hopeful Tom Steyer Slams “Corrupt” Trump & WBD-Paramount Merger (Deadline)
L.A. Production Crisis Now Mayoral Race Flashpoint (Hollywood Reporter)
Paramount Takeover of Warner Bros. Gets Green Light From Shareholders, But They Reject David Zaslav’s Pay Package (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Ellison Pledges at Least 30 Paramount-Warner Movies a Year (NYT)
‘Simpsons’ Movie Sequel Nabs $21.9 Million to Film in California (Hollywood Reporter)
Television
‘The Pitt’ Finale Hits Series High of 9.7 Million Viewers in One Weekend; Season 2 Averaging 15.4 Million Viewers Per Episode (Variety)
‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Didn’t Have a Defining Disaster — and Proved It Doesn’t Need One (Variety)
Charter Loses 51,000 Pay TV Subscribers in First Quarter (Hollywood Reporter)