latimes.com/entertainment-…
Next step: $500 million in "cost savings" = layoffs.
nytimes.com/2019/12/04/bus…
hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-su…
Fact: "Among Millennials, 25% cited Disney classics as their most viewed category, as opposed to Star Wars (19%), Marvel (14%) or Pixar (13%)"
#DisneyPlus
That's more than Baby Boomers (44%)!
"[T]he likelihood of...chance encounters that might alert one...to the existence of other options"
theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #FilmTwitter
Streaming is designed to marginalize the old and discourage discovery of the obscure, in favor of the current and the familiar.
The limited options of '70s TV shaped me as a person in ways that still enrich my life today.
Their nearest competitor — Warner Bros. — was 13.8%
cnbc.com/2019/12/29/dis…
digiday.com/media/tough-20…
gizmodo.com/heres-why-some…
deadline.com/2020/01/pluto-…
deadline.com/2020/01/fx-on-…
Our available time to watch them has not.
nytimes.com/2020/01/09/bus… #PeakTV
deadline.com/2020/01/univer… #FilmTwitter
Universal controls the Universal library AND the Pre-1948 Paramount library.
In @WarnerArchive, Warner Bros. has a thriving MOD DVD label that has proved that old movies are still marketable commodities on home video.
wsj.com/articles/warne…
This article is a reminder why
latimes.com/business/hiltz…
hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/peac… #PeacockTV #LaverneCox
They will stream at 8p and 9p ET on @peacockTV - NBC's new streaming service
vulture.com/2020/01/tonigh… #FallonTonight #LateNightSeth
collider.com/nbc-streaming-…
Disney kills the iconic studio name.
screencrush.com/20th-century-f…
And then changing the name to remove the iconic part.
#20thcenturyfox
nytimes.com/2020/01/20/opi… h/t @alanhait