Why it’s harder to be a sports fan
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Why Is Warner Bros. for Sale at All?
Its product has never been more critically or financially successful. Why is it auctioning itself off?
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Netflix Aims for Entertainment Domination
Fewer streaming options, or a streaming landscape where two of the three largest outlets have the same corporate parent, likely means a continuation of the price hikes that we’re already seeing.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
This Proposed Media Empire Runs on AI
Oracle scion David Ellison wants to combine two of the largest movie studios and streaming networks, along with dozens of cable stations.
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Canceling Colbert Begins the End of Television
Did Paramount suck up to Trump by ending its late-night show? Sure. Will there be any television networks to throw people off in ten years? Probably not.
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Disney’s Catch and Kill
Disney wanted to corner the market on sports streaming. A rival blocked them. So Disney bought the rival.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Lost the Propaganda War
The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.
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Broken Cords
We’re moving toward replacing cable TV with a bundle of streaming networks. Will local and news programming get lost in the transition?
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Harbinger in Hollywood
A tattered entertainment industry is hoping to solve its problems with mergers. Will Biden’s aggressive antitrust enforcers force a Plan B?
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What the Writers Won
The Guild’s agreement attempts to restore the elements of the traditional system that made entertainment writing sustainable. It mostly succeeds, with one caveat.