Members' Essay: Creators lack the ability to sell effectively on platforms. More new formats on platforms will not create more opportunity for them or…
*Need* to know stories and trends for this morning & the week ahead; A Short Essay on Disney Cruise Line’s Avengers: Quantum Encounter & The Future of…

October 2021

Meta's post-Facebook future begins five years after former Disney bought BAMTech; Comparing the two reveals valuable insights on the future of the…
Searching for clues as to how Apple's Anti-Tracking Tool is likely to impact legacy media's bets on AVOD and FAST, either directly or indirectly, in Q3…
*Need* to know stories and trends for this morning & the week ahead; A Short Essay on MLB’s, NBA’s & NHL’s Potential Streaming Solution for RSNs
The shift to an “hours viewed” metric from total households may be an implicit acknowledgement of the inevitable: growth must come from an AVOD model
is YouTube simply on a public relations push? Or, is there a market shift away from Hollywood and towards the Creator Economy emerging?
Discussing Netflix, Sinclair and RSNs, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and ViacomCBS
*Need* to know stories and trends for this morning & the week ahead; A Short Essay on CEO Bob Chapek’s Choices for ESPN's Future at Disney
Despite both popular “Metaverse” business logic and more line items than Hello Sunshine, SpringHill may have a more conservative valuation than Hello…
The bold, contrarian & counterintuitive decisions made 5-10 years ago led to extraordinary success of Squid Game & Dotdash’s merger with Meredith…
*Need* to know stories and trends for this morning & the week ahead; A Short Essay on Bobby Flay's post-Food Network Future