Explaining the Business of Entertainment
Entertainment topics simple and complex explored in-depth.
(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.) Yesterday, I wrote over over 2K words just on Nielsen’s
(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.) Looking at the top films on streaming last week was
(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’ll say this: It’s way more fun to write about
In the first part of my 2023 recap, covering the film flops from the second half of the year, I had two major strategic takeaways: Send (most) films to theaters! Dual-cast made-for-TV movies on multiple channels. Most of you probably knew those takeaways already, since I wrote a whole series
One of my favorite concepts from my time in the military, is “Improving the Fighting Position”. Basically, you should always be improving your base, because every little bit makes you safer from attack. If you’ve been in place for a few hours, dig trenches. If you’re in place longer, dig
(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.) Every two months or so, I like to do a
(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’s article is free for all to read. If you’d
(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.) As I wrote earlier this week, Marvel Studios and the
What a difference a year makes. Last year, right around this time, I did a deep dive into Marvel Studio’s performance data to answer the question, “Is the MCU slumping?” As of 2022, I didn’t think you could really make the case. After all, I titled the film section last
(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.) As I wrote in my last edition of “Renewals, Cancellations,