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I wrote about the sports doc glut www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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“No part of the entertainment business has more to lose — and gain — from A.I. than animation.“ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/b...

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Starting to really see the impact of Max throwing in the towel on kids programming. (1) New episodes of Sesame Street moving to Netflix. (2) Cartoon Network's new, long-anticipated reboot of Gumball making its streaming debut on Hulu.

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Don't miss this week's SLR featuring @sarahzhang.bsky.social‬, @anndoritboy.bsky.social‬, @jaketapper.bsky.social‬, ‪@samiamadwar.bsky.social‬, @felixgillette.bsky.social‬, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social‬ & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...

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Super thorough piece by @felixgillette.bsky.social on the decline of Cartoon Network in the Age of Zaz. But to my mind, this graf is the crux: The demand is there; WBD failed to meet it and damned the brand in the process. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Five years after its launch, Max is throwing in the towel on kids programming. What’s that mean for the future of Cartoon Network? My deep dive on the precarious state of a beloved animation brand. tinyurl.com/3fwbpf2b

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Cartoon Network and Adult Swim are struggling to survive Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and the era of streaming. Great reporting from @felixgillette.bsky.social 🎁

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Illegal casinos and sports books dominated the US online gambling market -- earning 74% of gross gaming revenue (a whopping $67.1 billion) in 2024. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Finished the Facebook memoir. It’s great. And although it’s crazy to say this, given how much reporting there has been on this company, it raises more questions about zuckerbergs leadership than anything I’ve read. a.co/d/8vS4yVY

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What’s going on with Nick Denton? Why the sudden return to online combat? Naturally, the best take comes from @tomscocca.bsky.social “That is to say, after years out of the attention racket, Denton is trying to make one more score.” www.indignity.net/what-is-nick...

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What a life #earl #oriolesmagic #weaver

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Spotify's porn problem: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Jack Shafer is back! The longtime Politico press columnist debuts his new column in the WashPost. @jackshafer.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com

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I, admittedly, grew up in this world and have both admiration for it and anger towards it. Probably only Michael Schaffer could write this so well. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Excited to read this one! Happy pub day @benwallace.bsky.social

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How NYT Cooking cooked Epicurious www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Bill Simmons re-ups with Spotify www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The biggest YouTube star in the world (@MrBeast) makes more money from chocolate than his entertainment business, according to two different investor decks. We took a dive into one of the most interesting creator businesses around. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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New investigation inside NetEase Games. CEO is slashing games, hundreds of jobs, investment There was even talk of not releasing Marvel Rivals. CEO wants games that generate hundreds of millions, have original IP, per sources. w/ Zheping Huang and Takashi Mochizuki www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Last week I wrote advertisers were returning to X for fear of being sued This week WSJ reports that advertisers believe X made threats about torpedoing the IPG-Omnicom merger if marketers didn't return Remember this when seeing stories about X's suddenly resurgent biz www.wsj.com/business/med...

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You may have seen him chasing around ICE detainees with a camera and wondered what’s going on with Dr. Phil?? Hannah Miller has the answer. She dug deep into the story behind Dr. Phil's latest reinvention as a streaming news mogul. Spoiler alert: it's been a struggle. Gift link: shorturl.at/Ftxwk

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Amid the growing deluge of SNL 50 content washing through your social feeds, don't miss Susan Morrison's excellent new biography of Lorne Michaels, which comes out next week. I reviewed it for Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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"Yahoo News doesn’t fact-check articles written by creators, but does have content guidelines that prohibit defamation, misleading information or anything that could incite violence, the company said." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Frito Pie’o’clock

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🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The spirit of Quibi riseth: "Producers in China now churn out 5,000 to 8,000 new mini-drama series a year, 10 times the tally for the rest of the world." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Gotta read @tcraggs22.bsky.social on Super Bowl conspiracy theories: "Just the other day, the comedian Bill Burr went on The Rich Eisen Show and started talking like Hal Holbrook in a parking garage." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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NEW: The Wonder Woman game is in trouble. Rocksteady is working on a new Batman that is ages away. And the next two years look grim. Inside the turmoil at Warner Bros. Games, which is ditching its president after a tenure of indecisiveness and unclear vision www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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"Mutual friends Elon Musk and Dana White had convinced Trump and Rogan to bury their dispute, according to a Trump aide. There would be no Harris interview." thehill.com/homenews/cam...

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This whole trend is so bananas

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RIP David Lynch. At our wedding, my wife and I walked down the aisle as a string quartet played the Twin Peaks theme song. One highlight of writing a book on HBO was talking to David Chase about Lynch's influence on him, particularly The Sopranos dream sequences www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/m...

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Nintendo gives a glimpse of Switch 2 with the full unveiling coming April 2 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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really interesting macro look at the state of TV and movie production in the US right now: "You just have to be willing to get on a plane and go to Uzbekistan.” www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...

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“In podcasting, true-crime still pays, but these days, there are limits.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Lotta big Bluey news today #trifficult

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a Bluey movie is en route 🚨 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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kind of shocked to see that Biden commuted the prison sentence of Leon Benzer www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

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Can Vox Media hold onto its 'Pivot,’ hosts? Maybe. But it's gonna cost big $ www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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This rainstorm is bringing its A game #rain #storm #A-game

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HBOuroboros

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👀 “Setting off these discussions was the episode of the HBO drama “Succession,” the commissioner wrote, “where the patriarch of the family dies, leaving his family and business in chaos.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

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these AI-generated, podcast-making products are suddenly all the rage. ElevenLabs the latest to jump in. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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this list of Hollywood's winner/losers from 2024 is a winner www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollyw...

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“For many South Koreans, this week’s dramatic events were their first real-life brush with the nation’s history of military dictatorship. That’s why millions turned to a year-old movie on Netflix and a literary classic to try and make sense of the turmoil.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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“After flying private a few times with gilded friends, I am convinced it’s the single most seductive experience in the world. You realize there is no one you wouldn’t kill, betray, or sleep with to ensure a lifetime of luxe relief from the armpit of mass transit.” www.thefp.com/p/flying-pri...

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the podcast election --> the podcast presidency #spotify #brunch www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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our annual Jealousy List is out! All the fantastic stories from other publications over the past year that we desperately wish we had done ourselves. Lots of gems in here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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This is a darkly bizarre and outrageous story, but at the heart of it is courageous reporting. The billionaire sued the reporters personally over it www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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