The Wakeup
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☀️ Purges, Hires: JB Perrette’s SKYDANCE Team Announced
AMAZON Joins Q3 Ad Revenue Retreat / NBCU dumps Weiner / NETFLIX enlists Glover
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☀️ YOUTUBE’s Biz Matures as Ad Rev Slowdown Hits
DISNEY’s 4th staff trim in 7 months / PAR swaps talent, director on thriller / Q3 movie biz 💰 boosts MARCUS
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☀️ HBO’s Skydance Spree: 7 Projects, 1 Month
MGM+ scores on NETFLIX / NEW LINE sets new ‘Friday’ helmer / Connor Storrie in talks for next role
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☀️ SKYDANCE Asks Staff to Leave Nicely — For Now
Sad SAG streaming bonuses / AMAZON’s new 🏈 high, FOX’s tough ⚾️ comps / NETFLIX wants Keanu
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☀️ AMAZON’s ‘Ali G’ MIA, WB’s ‘Clayface’ Scores
Casey sets SKYDANCE Streaming leaders / DISNEYFOX wants new ‘Alien’ pic / AMAZON MGM enlists Bibb
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☀️ Musk’s $1 Billion Won’t Change SKYDANCE’s Challenges
A24 enlists Seyfried / AMAZON’s busy movie buy day / FIFA’s World Cup U.S. rights challenges
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☀️ COMCAST Q3: Cable Layoffs, Peacock Struts
NBC reviving ’90s sitcom / PAR+ enlists Daisy Ridley / AMAZON wants more ‘Carrie’
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☀️ NETFLIX Can’t Sell Wall Street On Growth Plan
LIONSGATE sale 🔥 / AMAZON enlists Denzel, bumps up film execs / PAR, Keanu in talks
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☀️ Rice’s NETFLIX Film Options As Wall Street Places Bets
UTA boosts Creator division / AMAZON’s NFL ads & audience boost / A24, Paltrow go with NETFLIX
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☀️ A24’s Holmes Home Run, DISNEY’s ‘Whalefall’ Fail
HBO sets new ‘True Detective’ cast / PAR sets Francis Lawrence for sci-fi pic / ‘DWTS’ scores big at ABC
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☀️ NETFLIX’s Peter Rice Priorities
WB’s ‘Batman II’ director solve / BLEECKER STREET sold / HULU’s active greenlight button
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☀️ SKYDANCE Stock Plummet; A24 + Zendaya Again
Wall Street shrugs NETFLIX layoffs / HBO’s Hamptons show / Agencies, top producers form fin-syn group
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☀️ NETFLIX Layoffs Hit; Hello Sunshine’s Bargain Bin Sale
2 more nostalgia TV orders / BLUM goes Gen X for next horror pic / AMAZON signs ‘Euphoria’ creator
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☀️ Biggest Streaming Movies Q3 Shock: PEACOCK Tops
NETFLIX scores more World Cup rights / AMAZON’s NFL audience bumps continue / Cianfrance sets next pic
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☀️ SONY’s Sorkin ‘Social’ Fail, UNI’s ‘Mommy’ Win
SCREEN GEMS changes leader, focus / NBC fires sitcom co-creator / BLUM developing creator-gamer pic
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☀️ HBO’s First Series Order in SKYDANCE Era
NETFLIX layoff talk builds / LETTERBOXD gets new interest / New Job List day
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☀️ SKYDANCE’s Stock Price Swoon; Q4 Streaming, Movies Outlook
NETFLIX gets more ‘Bridgerton’ / FILM NATION enlists Emmerich / ARTISTS EQUITY goes indie
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