Today’s HEADLINES:
Kenya Barris moving to ViacomCBS?
MGM picks up Johnny Depp movie
Box Office top 5 still under $8 million total
Fox cancels 2 Fall Shows
Big Broadband subscriber adds at Charter
ALTICE triples CableTV subscriber loss in 3Q
Vice not returning to offices til July
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7/29/20: Huge CAA layoffs, UNIVERSAL changes the movie theater business, BUZZFEED + LIONSGATE, PBS enters SVOD on AMAZON Channels, Chateau Marmont goes private, CES cancels on Vegas.
7/28/20: NETFLIX Witcher prequel, TENET’s new release plan, Venice/Toronto Film Fest news, Chrissy Teigen is QUIBI’s favorite star, SHARK TANK goes to Vegas, GOOGLE sets WFH policy to Summer 2021
7/27/20: Clooney to AMAZON, OPRAH ends print at O, KISSING BOOTH surprise sequel at NETFLIX, STX moves Greenland, new WALKING DEAD plan.
7/24/20: HBOMax sub #s, 2020 Fall Box Office..RIP? Hearst Prez out, Buzzfeed layoffs, more looming NBCU layoff details, Lots o ComicCon trailers + project news
7/23/20: PEACOCK wk1 downloads, NYT podcast deal, TWITTER subs +12% but $ -23%, DIRECTV takes another huge subs hit, COMIC CON begins! @home...
7/22/20: SNAP adds 9mil users in 3mos, TIKTOK adding 10k jobs in 3 years, Elizabeth Moss sets production deal, CROWDADS gets director at Sony, WME raises Assistants, new CAA head of TV Lit.
7/21/20: NETFLIX + Denzel & Julia, VERZUZ comes to Apple Music, TENET departs Aug 12, TWITTER hack explained..somewhat, POSE creator’s new series at FX.
7/20/20: BEYONCE Disney+ trailer, NBCU Layoffs pending? $200 mil movie at NETFLIX, PTA movie shifts studios, This Week in Celebrity splits
7/17/20: NETFLIX now at 193mil subs WW, Linklater movie...also to NETFLIX, Ava Duvernay unscripted show at NBC, Mary Trump beats Bolton, SNAP lets brands in, Weekend Movie + TV Preview
7/16/20: AppleTV buys JT movie, Nick Cannon saga Pt 2, Jon Hamm as FLETCH, TWITTER has worst hack ever, Simon Cowell buys out Sony TV stake, More offices close for all 2020, New EIC at AdAge
7/15/20: Nick Cannon anti-semitic controversy, Telluride cancelled, VOX layoffs loom, Michael Che to HBOMax, Weinstein settlement blocked, NYT + NYMag departures, Billboard chart changes.
7/14/20: New DISNEY+ StarWars animated series, PAR NETWORK axes 2 shows before airing, TODAY SHOW goes 24/7, CA closes movie theaters, FALLON returns to 30 Rock, NHL sets return to TV.
7/13/20: BATMAN series to HBOMax, Stephen King's busy week, Amazon bans TikTok... then doesn't, MCCLATCHY newspaper group new owner, and news at HBO, Sony and Fox News.
7/10/20: HBO doing Tiger Woods docu, THE CROWN goes for 6, Sony invests in FORTNITE, PEACOCK adds UK Premiere League matches, Things to watch this weekend.
7/9/20: Fall Movie release changes, Oprah + NYT + Lionsgate, SPOTIFY to Russia, INSTAGRAM changes to your comments section, Shep Smith to CNBC, WONDER YEARS returns. ish.
7/8/20: COMEDY CENTRAL pivots to GenZ, Matt Weiner to FX, Michael Bay begins LA film production, NIELSEN lays off 3500, PEACOCK to emphasize free AVOD version
7/7/20: SiriusXM to buy STITCHER, Brad Pitt boards Sony’s BULLET TRAIN, New head of SIMON & SCHUSTER, the Hamilton effect on DISNEY+ Subs, Colin Kapernick signs DISNEY deal
7/6/20: NETFLIX + Pharrell...again, Nick Cordero RIP, WGA + Studios Agreement, 3 Celebrity divorces, Strahan / Sara / Keke done?
7/3/20: CONAN moves to a theater, CNN ratings record, High level departure at REFINERY29, TV series renewals and cancellations, New things to watch this weekend.
7/2/20: BEAVIS + BUTT-HEAD return...to Comedy Central, NETFLIX lands Sorkin movie, PELOTON + Roku, PEACOCK buys Viacom TV shows, APPLE TV lands Will Smith movie, LA Times Food Editor resigns.
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