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- MON 11/30/20: DISNEY raises 2021 layoff count / VIACOM sells Simon & Schuster / CROODS 2 sets US Covid Box Office record / SNL sets Dec hosts + music guests / AMAZON cancels UTOPIA
Today’s HEADLINES:
DISNEY raises 2021 layoff count
VIACOM sells Simon & Schuster
CROODS 2 sets US Covid Box Office record
SNL sets Dec hosts + music guests
AMAZON cancels UTOPIA
ABC Disney Holiday Singalong tonight
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Prom” trailer
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FGL “Lit This Year” on Spotify
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5 min - WED 11/25/20: New TV + Movies to watch Thanksgiving wknd / NETFLIX pulls Chappelle’s Show / Peyton Manning to host NBC game show / OBAMA book hits big week 1 sales / YT suspends OANN
Today’s HEADLINES:
New TV + Movies to watch Thanksgiving weekend
NETFLIX pulls Chappelle’s Show at Dave’s request
Peyton Manning to host NBC game show
ONE DAY AT A TIME canceled at PopTV
SKYDANCE gets new CMO
OBAMA book hits big week 1 sales
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ADAM SANDLER “The Thanksgiving Song” on Spotify
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10 min - TUE 11/24/20: NPH joins Nic Cage movie / NETFLIX to spend $1 Bil in New Mexico / JEOPARDY auditioning Ken Jennings as host? / HBOMAX + Nicki Minaj docuseries / UNI moves THE 355 to the 2022
Today’s HEADLINES:
UNIVERSAL moves THE 355 to 2022
HULU buys Joe Carnahan / Frank Grillo movie
NPH joins Nic Cage movie at LIONSGATE
NETFLIX commits to spending $1 Bil in New Mexico
SNAP adds TikTok ‘homage’ section, “Spotlight”
HBOMAX + Nicki Minaj docuseries
JEOPARDY auditioning Ken Jennings as host?
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David Fincher NYT Mag profile
BENEE “Kool” on Spotify
7 min - MON 11/23/20: Channing Tatum + 21 Jump St producers for UNI pic / PREDATOR movie getting another installment / HBO orders THE LAST OF US TV series / ROKU offers big Black Friday discounts
Today’s HEADLINES:
Channing Tatum + 21 Jump St producers for UNI movie
PREDATOR gets another reboot at 20th Century Fox
HBO orders THE LAST OF US TV series
ROKU offers big Black Friday discounts
VOX.com sees big exec exits
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SHAWN MENDES/JUSTIN BIEBER “Monster” on Spotify
George Clooney THR interview
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6 min - FRI 11/20/20: Angelina Jolie sets movie to direct / BUZZFEED buys HUFF POST / OBAMAS producing NETFLIX gov’t sketch show / APPLE TV gets Tetris movie / New Movies + TV this weekend
Today’s HEADLINES:
Sony moves MONSTER HUNTERS to Christmas
Angelina Jolie to direct Vietnam War photog movie
AppleTV gets Tetris movie with Taron Egerton
NETFLIX orders Obama produced gov’t sketch show
Shawn Levy signs $100 mil Netflix deal
Buzzfeed buys Huffington Post
Digiday FAST / AVOD services biz model dive
New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
TRAILER HOUSE:
PARAMOUNT NETWORK “Coyote” trailer
LIONSGATE “Chaos Walking” trailer
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DUA LIPA “Levitating” on Spotify
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12 min - THU 11/19/20: 300+ Layoffs at NBCU, Viacom, AMC Networks / WONDER WOMAN hits HBOMax + Theaters on Dec 25 / CHARLIE BROWN holiday specials + PBS / Tina Fey + Broadway special
Today’s HEADLINES:
WONDER WOMAN on HBOMax + Theaters on Christmas
300+ laid off at AMC Networks, NBCU & ViacomCBS
Tina Fey hosting NBC Broadway special in Dec
CHARLIE BROWN holiday specials airing on PBS
Fox rebooting NAME THAT TUNE
YouTube changes policy to put ads on whatever it wants
TRAILER HOUSE:
AMAZON PRIME “One Night in Miami” trailer
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DJ JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE “Girls Ain’t Nothin But Trouble” on Spotify
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10 min - WED 11/18/20: CONAN going HBOMax in 2021 / THE BATMAN TV show loses showrunner / TWITTER launches expiring tweets / SIMON & SCHUSTER for sale again / Spike Lee sets Viagra movie
Today’s HEADLINES:
Conan ending TBS show in 2021, going to HBOMax
Terrence Winter leaves THE BATMAN HBO Max show
Woke renewed at HULU
Jennifer Garner + Zoe Saldana + Ryan Reynolds + NETFLIX
Spike Lee + Viagra musical at eOne
More exec changes at NBCU
TWITTER takes a note from Snapchat
SIMON & SCHUSTER sale heats up again
TRAILER HOUSE:
WARNER BROS “Tom and Jerry” trailer
NETFLIX “Pieces of a Woman” trailer
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Heavy D and the Boyz “We got our own thang” on Spotify
Johnny Gill “Rub You the Right Way” on Spotify
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7 min - TUE 11/17/20: T-SWIFT music catalog sold / UNI + CINEMARK in huge deal / Kelsey Grammer + Alec Baldwin at ABC / Judd Apatow + NETFLIX / Exec Moves @NETFLIX, NBCU / HULU TV raises prices
Today’s HEADLINES:
T-SWIFT music catalog sold
UNI + CINEMARK in huge deal
Kelsey Grammer + Alec Baldwin at ABC
Judd Apatow + NETFLIX
Exec Moves @NETFLIX, NBCU, ESPN
HULU TV raises prices
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV+ Servant S2 teaser
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TAYLOR SWIFT “The Man” on Spotify
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9 min - MON 11/16/20: HBOMAX gets AMAZON deal / FREAKY takes #1 /Stallone joining SUICIDE SQUAD / O Mag layoffs coming / SPACE FORCE renewed at Netflix / Michel Gondry + Amazon Prime
Today’s HEADLINES:
HBO Max finally gets Amazon deal
WB Pictures Marketing head exiting
Stallone joining SUICIDE SQUAD
FREAKY takes #1 with $3.7 million
SPACE FORCE renewed at Netflix
Hassan Minaj joining THE MORNING SHOW AppleTV+
Michel Gondry + Amazon Prime movie
O Mag layoffs coming
TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO MAX “Fresh Prince” reunion trailer
HBO MAX “Let Them All Talk” movie trailer
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BILLIE EILISH “Therefore I Am” on Spotify
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8 min - FRI 11/13/20: Why DISNEY+ & NETFLIX subs are not the same value / WANDAVISION gets a date / Renewals at E! / AMAZON sets year-end Comedy Special / New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
Today’s HEADLINES:
DISNEY+ subscriber & revenue analysis
HULY and ESPN+ subscriber updates
WANDAVISION gets a date at DISNEY+
Renewals at E!
AMAZON PRIME sets year-end Comedy Special
New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
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CHRIS STAPLETON “Arkansas” on Spotify
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Entertainment and Media industry analysis and conversations from The Wakeup columnist Sean McNulty with folks inside Hollywood and the many smart folks who write about them.