Explaining the Business of Entertainment
(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 “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.) If I
(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.) Back at
(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.) Well, this headline caught my eye: As one reader emailed
(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.) Want to know my
As a writer, nothing is harder to write than an introduction to an anniversary announcement. I mean, half the story is in the headline, right? For those who don’t know—and I wouldn’t expect you to—today is the one year anniversary of when I announced a paywall last year. Actually, I’m
(Quick reminder: I’m on vacation this week, so no Streaming Ratings Report today. Don’t worry, we’ll cover two weeks of ratings data next Friday. But to give you something anyway, here’s part two of my articles on “apples-to-apples” comparisons, providing the six most common examples of bad comparisons I find
What’s the old cliche? If you love your job, you’ll never work a day in your life? Well, then I’m barely doing work here. I love writing these streaming ratings reports. There’s something about pulling together lots of data and finding insights that brings me joy. And if you had
Ever notice how some TV shows, after a great first season, feel super long and bloated come season two? Well, on Friday I went LONG on House of the Dragon analysis. Way long. Stranger Things season four part II long. Given how messy the data is (especially compared to top
Did you know that the week of this report—remember, covering the week starting Monday 11-July—was “Shark Fest” on NatGeo and Disney+? This is, of course, very similar to the Discovery Channels’s much more famous “Shark Week”, which started the week of 25-July. I’m sure National Geographic channel just happened to