Leslie Grace's portrayal of Batgirl get shelved as part of a typical corporate decision to cost cut following a merger. KOP breaks down the timeline of changes and what it means for the future of HBO Max and the DCEU as a whole.

‘Batgirl’ Film Axed by Warner Bros., Won’t Be Released on Any Platform https://variety.com/2022/film/news/batgirl-not-released-warner-bros-hbo-max-1235331897

‘Batgirl’ Directors ‘Saddened and Shocked’ After Warner Bros. Killed the Film: ‘We Still Can’t Believe It’ https://variety.com/2022/film/news/batgirl-filmmakers-shocked-warner-bros-killed-film-1235332526/

‘Batgirl’ and ‘Scoob!: Holiday Haunt’ Scrapped at Warner Bros. Amid Cost-Savings Push https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batgirl-shelved-at-warner-bros-hbo-max-1235191371/

Leslie Grace Deserves More Than a Canceled 'Batgirl' Movie https://decider.com/2022/08/03/batgirl-leslie-grace-canceled-warner-bros/

‘Batgirl’ Star Leslie Grace Responds After Film Is Shelved, Calls Herself “My Own Damn Hero”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batgirl-star-leslie-grace-responds-film-shelved-1235192379/

HBO Max, Discovery+ to Merge Into Single Streaming Platform Starting in Summer 2023 https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/hbo-max-discovery-plus-merger-2023-1235333314/

Warner Bros. Discovery Shares Slide 12% After Earnings Debut – Update https://deadline.com/2022/08/warner-bros-discovery-hbo-hbomax-earnings-1235085245/

Hollywood Creatives Furious at HBO Max Upheaval: ‘This Isn’t Just About a Few Movies’ https://www.thewrap.com/hbo-max-problems-reaction-filmmakers-writers-producers-david-zaslav/

Speculation Is on Fire Around HBO Max's Future, Planned Layoffs in Major Streaming Shake-Up https://www.thewrap.com/hbo-max-layoffs-warner-bros-discovery-q2-earnings-preview/

The Dish: What’s Behind The ‘Batgirl’ & ‘Scoob!’ Discard? David Zaslav’s Abject Rejection Of Jason Kilar’s HBO Max Strategy https://deadline.com/2022/08/batgirl-scoob-discard-warnerbros-discovery-david-zaslav-jason-kilar-hbo-max-strategy-1235084032/

Why Streaming Platforms Are Getting Into Distribution https://www.billboard.com/pro/why-tiktok-streaming-platforms-distributing-music/ 44

A Different View of Today’s Top Hits
https://radioinsight.com/blogs/234065/a-different-view-of-todays-top-hits/

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Comic-Con makes a big comeback, regaining status as key studio marketing launchpad. Netflix is retroactively editing Stranger Things? Plus, more royalties for rightsholders. KOP breaks it down.

After Absence, Comic-Con Regains Status as Key Studio Marketing Launchpad
Marvel Studios, 'Lord of the Rings' and a supersized Dwayne Johnson appearance showed the Con is still seen as a must-attend event: "We have to earn the right to have fans engage with us." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/comic-con-2022-panels-1235187096/

Netflix retroactively editing Stranger Things is the beginning of a dangerous TV trend https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/stranger-things-netflix-retroactively-editing

Facebook will now directly share a proportion of ad revenue with music rightsholders for UGC videos. Your move, TikTok… https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/facebook-will-now-directly-share-a-proportion-of-ad-revenue-with-music-rightsholders-for-ugc-videos-your-move-tiktok/

For the Record: Who’s Afraid of User-Centric Royalties? https://www.billboard.com/pro/user-centric-royalties-streaming-for-the-record/ via @billboard

Pioneering The Podcast: ‘WTF With Marc Maron’ Celebrates 13 Years With A New Partnership With Acast https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2022/07/28/pioneering-the-podcast-wtf-with-marc-maron-celebrates-13-years-with-a-new-partnership-with-acast/

How iHeartMedia Is Bringing Podcasts To The Metaverse (And The Metaverse To Podcasts) https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2022/07/27/how-iheartmedia-is-bringing-podcasts-to-the-metaverse-and-the-metaverse-to-podcasts/

Proposed Senate Bill Would Permit TV, Radio Marijuana Ads In Legal States: The standalone bill would block the FCC from denying or otherwise penalizing broadcast stations that allow marijuana-related... https://bit.ly/3viTUjA

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Stranger Things did for Kate Bush and Metallica what Thor: Love and Thunder did for Guns and Roses. KOP looks at the trend and the viral probability going forward.

Want a Kate Bush Moment For Your Song? Here’s the Recipe https://www.billboard.com/pro/stranger-things-songs-viral-streaming-strategy-tv-syncs-tik-tok-shazam/

Guns N' Roses Rocked Song Charts – Is It Because of 'Thor: Love and Thunder'?
https://www.musictimes.com/articles/85934/20220720/guns-n-roses-rocked-song-charts-–-thor-love-thunder.htm

Trending Up: ‘Thor’ Looks Less Than Mighty With Guns N’ Roses Synchs, Ruth B’s ‘Dandelions’ Grows & A Surprise ‘Minions’ Breakout Hit https://www.billboard.com/pro/trending-up-guns-n-roses-thor-minions/

TV rewatch podcasts are a ‘push towards nostalgia’, iHeartMedia CEO says https://finance.yahoo.com/video/tv-rewatch-podcasts-push-towards-160821104.html

Here’s Where The Big Money Is Going In This Year’s Mid-Term Elections. https://www.insideradio.com/free/here-s-where-the-big-money-is-going-in-this-year-s-mid-term-elections/article_1a2f0fd6-0271-11ed-ba08-4fd3dd96cdf8.html

Nearly a third of new subscribers to news publications cancel in the first 24 hours https://nie.mn/3z1JIP6 via @NiemanLab

Analysis | Let’s look at trust in the news media and ‘equal’ coverage https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/21/lets-look-trust-news-media-equal-coverage

ESPN Chief Says Traditional Cable Network Will Remain Despite Direct-to-Consumer Trend https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/espn-jimmy-pitaro-cable-streaming-nba-1235322172/

TikTok to Add Content Ratings on Videos With ‘Overtly Mature Themes’ https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/tiktok-ratings-mature-themes-1235114274/

Nielsen: Streaming Accounts for More Than One-Third of TV Viewing https://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2022/07/nielsen-streaming-accounts-for-more.html

How Many Podcast Listeners Also Tune To Radio? New Survey Says Most Do. https://www.insideradio.com/free/how-many-podcast-listeners-also-tune-to-radio-new-survey-says-most-do/article_4d4953c6-0664-11ed-bb09-e7333c70b16b.html

The End of Ownership: Why the Battle Over Paying TV Creatives Is Only Getting Crazier https://variety.com/2022/tv/features/ownership-cover-hollywood-tv-creatives-wga-sag-dga-1235319528/

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From legacy musicians making money from movies and TV, to making money from digital disruptors, KOP looks at the crusade for creators young and old to get paid more.

Viral Revivals: From Kate Bush to Tom Odell, Inside the Business of Oldies as New Hit Songs https://variety.com/2022/music/news/kate-bush-tom-odell-catalog-songs-tiktok-business-1235317069/

That syncing feeling: how Stranger Things supercharged the music industry https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/12/that-syncing-feeling-how-stranger-things-supercharged-the-music-industry

With $53m in annual revenues last year, Queen is still riding high from Bohemian Rhapsody (the movie) https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/with-53m-in-annual-revenues-last-year-queen-is-still-riding-high-from-bohemian-rhapsodys-success/

When will TikTok start paying the music industry ‘properly’? https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/podcast/tiktok-start-paying-the-music-industry-properly/

Lewis Black Has Sued Pandora, But It Is Radio That Could Wind Up Paying In The Long Run. https://www.insideradio.com/free/lewis-black-has-sued-pandora-but-it-is-radio-that-could-wind-up-paying-in/article_6f275260-0338-11ed-a57e-47c633e62aea.html

BMI Asks Court To Rule On Radio Effort To Combine Royalty Rate-Setting Into One Proceeding. https://www.insideradio.com/free/bmi-asks-court-to-rule-on-radio-effort-to-combine-royalty-rate-setting-into-one/article_f92daffe-0270-11ed-8ca1-5b252baf73e1.html

The major labels face an uphill battle for music streaming market share. Here’s how they might fight back. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/podcast/the-major-labels-face-an-uphill-battle-for-streaming-market-share-heres-how-they-might-fight-back/

RAB Hits Back Against SiriusXM Bash Piece https://radioink.com/2022/07/14/rab-hits-back-against-sirusxm-marketing-bash-piece/

Are You Just Going to Take This? https://radioink.com/2022/07/13/are-you-just-going-to-take-this/

RAB, Jacobs Rebut SXM Attack Ad: ‘Why Waste Your Money On Satellite Radio?’ https://www.insideradio.com/free/rab-jacobs-rebut-sxm-attack-ad-why-waste-your-money-on-satellite-radio/article_987ffd2e-0338-11ed-9fd2-572f95ef42ec.html

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Podcast Listening Is Again Growing In 2022, Says Reuters, But News Habits Are Changing. Plus, the U.S. is losing an average of two weekly newspapers a week. KOP comments on the changes.

Podcast Listening Is Again Growing In 2022, Says Reuters, But News Habits Are Changing. https://www.insideradio.com/free/podcast-listening-is-again-growing-in-2022-says-reuters-but-news-habits-are-changing/article_e8418d42-ed43-11ec-b054-b323a36529ef.html

Insights: Solutions To The Podcast Ad Frequency Pr... https://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2022/07/insights-solutions-to-podcast-ad.html

NAB Says Audio Market Is More Challenging Today For Radio Than It Was Two Years Ago. https://www.insideradio.com/free/nab-says-audio-market-is-more-challenging-today-for-radio-than-it-was-two-years/article_eb90ee04-fcf0-11ec-a048-bf5645059e86.html

The Pace Of New Podcast Launches Plummets So Far In 2022. https://www.insideradio.com/free/the-pace-of-new-podcast-launches-plummets-so-far-in-2022/article_34a1ae40-fcf0-11ec-97ef-37af4c1672c2.html

NPR and Edison Research released the 2022 Smart Audio Report
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/featured/228983/npr-edison-research-release-2002-smart-audio-report/

Royalty rates for musicians and publishers to be raised by Copyright Royalty Board
Musicians will receive a long overdue 44 per cent royalty increase after years of delays
https://www.nme.com/news/music/royalty-rates-for-musicians-and-publishers-to-be-raised-by-copyright-royalty-board-3262391

The U.S. is losing an average of two weekly newspapers a week https://nie.mn/3bDf4C4 via @NiemanLab

Perspective | Every week, two more newspapers close — and ‘news deserts’ grow larger https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/06/29/news-deserts-newspapers-democracy/

Journalists Sense Turmoil in Their Industry Amid Continued Passion for Their Work https://pewrsr.ch/3NSGty6

Study: Many Reporters Don’t Believe In ‘Equal’ Coverage https://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2022/07/study-many-reporters-dont-believe-in.html

Streamers Are Embracing a Brave New World of Ads. Will Consumers? https://variety.com/vip/streamers-are-embracing-a-brave-new-world-of-ads-will-consumers-1235305622/

‘Minions’ Sequel Signals End of 2020 Movie-Delay Mayhem https://variety.com/vip/minions-sequel-signals-end-of-2020-movie-delay-mayhem-1235305639/

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KOP has an exclusive interview with the bassist from Grammy Award winners System From A Down and Owner and 22Red Founder Shavo Odadjian.

TARGETING YOUNGER AUDIENCES: A SUPERSESSION
https://radioinsight.com/blogs/229856/targeting-younger-audiences-a-supersession/

Broadcasters See ‘Major Step Forward’ In Congress Toward Allowing Cannabis Ads On Radio. https://www.insideradio.com/free/broadcasters-see-major-step-forward-in-congress-toward-allowing-cannabis-ads-on-radio/article_cceb48a0-f5e3-11ec-9437-d34e472f6c65.html

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Drake releases Honestly, Nevermind and Beyonce' follows up with a single "Break My Soul" leading up to her forthcoming album "Renaissance" coming out in July. KOP chronicles this urban-led dance crusade.

Why Drake (and Beyoncé!) Would Like You to Dance Right Now https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/drake-beyonce-house-dance-podcast-1373081/

Beyoncé, Drake and the revival of 90s house music
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61878412

7 Dance Artists on Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ That You Need to Know https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/drake-honestly-nevermind-dance-producers-1235089896/

Out: Drake as romantically wronged rapper. In: Drake as romantically wronged house diva https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-06-20/drake-honestly-nevermind-house-dancefloor-album-review

Will Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” usher in a new era of dance music?
Anchored by an unstoppable house beat, Beyoncé’s new song is a readymade soundtrack to a big night out.
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2022/06/beyonce-break-my-soul-review-dance-sample-lyrics

Amid a rash of cheesy samples, is UK rap running out of ideas? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/31/amid-a-rash-of-cheesy-samples-is-uk-rap-running-out-of-ideas?

Beyoncé & Drake Collide on the Dance Floor: Breaking Down the Surprise A-List Releases https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/beyonc-drake-collide-dance-floor-012136735.html

Welcome to the Summer of Dancing and Darkness: Beyoncé and Drake are turning to house music to encourage listeners to let loose. But are we ready to submit? https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/06/drake-honestly-nevermind-album-beyonce-single/661344/

Vince Staples And Joe Budden Talk How Drake’s Dance Album May Mark Rap Music’s End https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/vince-staples-joe-budden-drake-new-album-1234670567/

Irv Gotti Says ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ Puts Hip-Hop In Peril, Says He’s Looking For A “New DMX” https://thesource.com/2022/06/23/irv-gotti-says-honestly-nevermind-puts-hip-hop-in-peril-says-hes-looking-for-a-new-dmx/

K Camp Defends Drake Dance Wave Against Irv Gotti's 'Demise of Rap' Rant https://www.tmz.com/2022/06/23/k-camp-drake-honestly-nevermind-irv-gotti/

"Honestly, Nevermind" review: Drake hits the dance floor — but does he really move the needle? https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/drake-honestly-nevermind-review/

ASCAP and BMI hit out at US radio industry plan to force combined rate court hearing
https://completemusicupdate.com/article/ascap-and-bmi-hit-out-at-us-radio-industry-plan-to-force-combined-rate-court-hearing/

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Kate Bush serves as a music revolutionary once again in the age of streaming. We look at her genius and the dumbfounded music and radio industries left in her dust.

Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ Is Already a 2022 Sales and Streaming Smash — Will It Take Over Radio Too? https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-radio-1235089191/

Why Is Kate Bush Running Up The Charts? - https://jacobsmedia.com/?p=67992

Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill,” and the End of Music Charts As We Knew Them https://www.theringer.com/music/2022/6/7/23157824/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things-billboard-charts

Kate Bush is the world’s biggest indie artist. She’s owning it. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kate-bush-is-the-worlds-biggest-independent-artist-right-now-shes-owning-it/

Kate Bush had the biggest record in the UK last week, but she’s not No.1 on the Official Chart. This is a watershed moment for a music industry struggling to understand the meaning of ‘new’. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kate-bush-had-biggest-streaming-record-in-the-uk-last-week-but-shes-not-no-1-on-the-official-chart-this-is-a-watershed-moment-for-a-music-industry-struggling-to-understand-the-meaning-of-new/

Drake to Release New Album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ Tonight https://variety.com/2022/music/news/drake-new-album-honestly-nevermind-1235296831/

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We look at the current protocol of new music discovery whether it is new or something dusted off thanks to pop culture, like Kate Bush returning to the top of the charts thanks to Stranger Things.

Gen Z Has Finally Discovered Kate Bush, and I’m Thrilled https://www.vogue.com/article/kate-bush-stranger-things-gen-z-discovery

Kate Bush’s Stranger Things Triumph Reminds Us of the Joy of Discovering Music Through Film and TV https://consequence.net/2022/06/stranger-things-kate-bush-music-discovery

The revival of “Running Up That Hill” proves the best songs are timeless
It’s no wonder Gen Z have fallen in love with Kate Bush’s empathy anthem. https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/06/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-best-songs-timeless

‘Music creation has changed, fan behavior has changed, and therefore, artists’ needs for digital music distribution have changed too.’ - Music Business Worldwide https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-creation-has-changed-fan-behavior-has-changed-and-therefore-artists-needs-for-digital-music-distribution-have-changed-too/

So Your Song Went Viral on TikTok. What’s Next?
https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/so-your-song-went-viral-on-tiktok-whats-next.html

What will the future of podcasts look like?
https://qz.com/2172700/here-are-the-podcast-trends-shaping-the-future-of-the-industry/

Media and Entertainment Industry Gets a Turn in DOJ-FTC Antitrust Hot Seat | https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2022/05/media-and-entertainment-industry-gets-a-turn-in-doj-ftc-antitrust

Jeff Sagansky Slams Streaming-Driven TV Business Model: “We Are In A Golden Age Of Content Production And The Dark Age Of Creative Profit Sharing” https://deadline.com/2022/06/jeff-sagansky-profit-participation-backend-streaming-speech-natpe-1235036716/

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TikTok has totally taken over the reigns of new music discovery. KOP talks about how Radio's corporate consequences have cost them the leverage they had as a traditional linear medium to introduce listeners to new music.

KROQ has Kevin Weatherly back: Here’s how the radio station gets back on top https://www.dailynews.com/2022/05/30/kroq-has-kevin-weatherly-back-heres-how-the-radio-station-get-back-on-top/

TikTok Is Testing Ground for New Singles — Why Labels Love It (and Some Artists & Writers Don’t) https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-song-promo-campaigns-teasers-marketing-songwriter-splits/

He Had a Billion-Stream Hit. Now His Songs Are in Limbo Until They Go Viral on TikTok https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tiktok-music-industry-halsey-trevor-daniel-1360904/

Willow, Olivia Rodrigo and Pop Punk’s Long, Weird Legacy https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pop-punk-willow-olivia-rodrigo-history-1352969/

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