Weekly Newsletter
September 27, 2019
Weekly Newsletter 09.27.19
Weekly articles that highlight recent trends, key announcements, and emerging themes across the sports, media, and entertainment industries.
TV
- As HBO Celebrates A Big Night, Questions About Its Future Loom
- A Year After Les Moonves’ Ouster, CBS Seeks A New Programming Direction
- Major Cable Companies Compile More Granular Data To Fuel Targeted Ads
OTT
- The War For Talent In The Age Of Netflix
- Funny Or Die Finds New Life In The Streaming Era
- Free, Ad-Supported Streaming TV Services Are Starting To Demand More From Publishers
DIGITAL
- Instagram’s Content Factories Are Huge — And That’s A Problem For Facebook
- How TikTok Holds Our Attention
- Digital Publishers Team Up To Compete For More Video Ad Dollars
MUSIC
- Original Or Copied? ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Is Back In Court
- The Record Industry Gave Everything Away To Spotify. Could It Change Its Mind?
- Charli XCX Explains How Streaming Is Changing Songs
SPORTS
- The Athletic Is Worth $300 Million, But Can It Become A Billion Dollar Company?
- What Is The Women’s World Cup Worth? Not Even FIFA Knows
- Corner Bars Want A Piece Of The Action As Sports Betting Moves Out Of The Shadows
HOLLYWOOD
- Coming Soon: Inside The Battle To Find The Right Movie Release Date
- After All These Years, Hollywood Still Doesn’t Get Games
- The Slow-Burning Success Of Disney’s Bob Iger
In Case You Missed It...
- More Than Three-Fourths Of US Internet Users Are Now Streaming Music
- Live Music Ticket Sales Will Exceed $25 Billion By 2023
- New York Media Valued At About $105 Million In Vox Media Merger
- The Information And Bloomberg Discuss A Bundled Subscription
- Google Play Pass Bundles 350 Android Games And Apps For $4.99 Per Month
- Mario Kart Tour Races Past Nintendo's Previous Launches With 20 Million Day One Downloads
- PUBG Mobile Revenue Hits $1 Billion And Has Grown 540% Over Last Year
- Asia Cloud Gaming To Reach $3 Billion And 60 Million Gamers By 2023
- Teamfight Tactics Hits 33 Million Monthly Players, Making Riot Games Happy
- Logitech Acquires Streamlabs To Get Deeper Into Game Broadcasting
- ESL And Dreamhack Team Up With Nielsen For Better Esports Tracking
- Esports Group Dignitas Raises $30 Million And Forms Parent Company New Meta Entertainment
- The NBA 2K League Expands Beyond The NBA With New Shanghai Team
- NFL Names TAB Its First Bookmaking Partner
- Facebook Secures Exclusive Digital Rights For ICC Cricket Events
- ESPN Inks Facebook Deal To Bring Exclusive Shows And Content To Watch Service
- ACC Network Is Now Available On AT&T U-Verse And AT&T TV Now, Leaving Comcast As The Last Big Holdout
- Sinclair, AT&T/DirecTV Locked In Carriage Dispute Over Local Broadcast Stations
- Fox Stations, Networks Go Dark On Dish In Carriage Dispute
- 'Seinfeld' Heads To Viacom In Cable Syndication Deal
- 'Mad Men' Global Rights Shopped As Streaming Wars Heat Up
- Discovery Launches Food Network Kitchen, A Streaming Service With Live Cooking Classes
- NBCU Launches LX, A Local News Network Aimed At Younger Cord Cutters
- Disney+ Is Now Available For Pre-Order With A 7-Day Free Trial
- Endeavor Pulls IPO Amid Investor Concerns, Market Instability
Executive Moves
- Disney Parks Veteran Steps Down Amid Sluggish Star Wars Land Attendance
- Terence Carter Exits Disney's 20th To Run TV At Will Smith's Company
- Disney Appoints Brad Wilson As EVP Of Performance Marketing At Disney+, ESPN+
- HBO Max Sets Nonfiction Executive Team
- Rooster Teeth Names Jordan Levin GM, Shifts CEO Matt Hullum To Content Role
- Prentiss Fraser Joins Endeavor Content As Its Global TV Sales Business Moves To London
- Former ProSiebenSat.1 And A+E Exec Nicolas Eglau Joins Kids’ Content Outfit Moonbug
- Paramount Network Alum Justin Lacob Joins Nonfiction Studio XTR
- Arturo Guillén Named SVP & Global Managing Director Of Comscore Movie Division
- Rockstar Veteran Jeronimo Barrera Joins Nimble Giant Entertainment
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