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Debunking One of the Biggest Pieces of Media Misinformation in 2025…and What You Can Actually Take Away From Iron Lung/Markiplier’s Big Opening

(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.) First off, thank you to everyone who either sent me

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Gavin Newsom Quietly Betrayed California’s Journalists, Why I Can’t Update my Analysis on Whether Screenwriters are Using LLMs, and We Need to Talk More About LLM Costs

(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.) In December, I gave a tongue-in-cheek headline to my article

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“Everyone” is the New “Literally”

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Good News for 2026?

(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.) Two bits of bad news broke in January: Hollywood’s “historic”

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Six Tips On How to Use AI/LLMs in the New Year

(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.) To close out the year/ring in a new one, I

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Five Factors That Explain Why Unpopular Shows Get Renewed

(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.) I can imagine some readers, media industry professionals, or even

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Why I HATE Anyone Buying Warner Bros.

(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. Today’s article

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