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Explaining the Business of Entertainment
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy.…
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in…
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy.…
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy.…
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in…
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Going into today’s article, I want you to keep an open mind. I’m pouring cold water on the overheated hype train for multiple theatrical genres and mini-majors, so part of
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) A few weeks ago, I was out and about, and I wanted to find out what F1 did
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Here’s how you can create disagreement online: Just talk past the other person. It’s that easy! For example, I constantly read articles about how “horror is the most bankable film
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) The story that’s drawn my attention this week will likely put me out on a limb compared to many—maybe all?—the other media
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Sometimes, I wish I could let myself go wild rhetorically. Specifically, I would love to write crazy, hyperbolic headlines. I pull a lot of data cuts every week, and it
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Happy Fourth of July! As has been a tradition of mine going back to the beginning of the EntStrategyGuy website, then newsletter, I’m sharing my favorite long reads of the
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Today is part two of my “Four Horsemen of the Media-pocalypse” check-in, which I started last week with a big ‘ol article on AI. Frankly, there’s just way, way (probably
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Is there anything I love more than finding a dose of conventional wisdom and smashing it to pieces?
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Right now, I recommend two different newsletters from two ideologically-distinct-but-similarly-named policy pundits. And boy howdy, do they hate each other. On Twitter, it gets personal. Both of them accuse the
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) So many newsletters use AI to generate intro images these days, so I figured I might as well. Based on my inside joke about heading to my “data bunker”, I
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Emmy season remains undefeated. This week, we have so many new shows, but few hits. In fact, the
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) One of the entries on my “Damn, I wish I wrote that article” list is offering strategic advice to Disney as they
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get to today’s article, two fun digressions. First off, based on the response to last week’s
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Want to help me solve a mystery? Starting on 23-May, my Substack saw a huge boost in traffic
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Last year, in a bid to fend off a bill that mandates that large search engines like Google (Well, only, Google) pay
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Today, I deliver on a long-promised topic. As I wrote when Beast Games first started—the week of 16-Dec,
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get to the last two weeks of streaming viewership data, let’s talk about “The Lizardman’s Constant”.
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Normally, I just sneak a quick look at broadcast and cable TV show renewals into my regular Renewals and Cancellations update, without saying much else, but I’m not doing that
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) When I research and write up my data deep dives, I love slicing the data as many ways as possible. Frankly, I don’t have a choice. If you only look
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) I won’t lie to you, reader. I’ve been waiting to write about “the content battlefields” of the streaming wars for a while
@SriduttN I think you're two cents are right on here. My gut is their raise is similar to NFL, or maybe NHL. But not that much higher. Read More
@MasaSonCap Not at all, and even with the extra inventory, they aren't the NFL. But good to take control of the narrative! Read More
Yes, this headline is about the NBA. And Live Sports. Does it have implications for the streaming wars? You bet. Essentially, right as Live Sports are propping up linear bundles, the new OTT sports services need to buy sports rights. So it's boom town. Read More
RT @Denisgreen10: The NBA Final’s Ratings Were Down. Does It Even Matter? by @EntStrategyGuy #NBA #Finals Read More
RT @TimCushing: My employer, @techdirt, brings you great takes on Section 239, the First Amendment, and all sorts of govt malfeasance. And… Read More