(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Looking at the Emmy nominees this year, I have to say: Well done, Emmy voters! No, seriously, between Adolescence, ... Read MoreA Minecraft Movie vs. KPop...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Going into today’s article, I want you to keep an open mind. I’m pouring cold water on the overheated hype train for multiple theatrical genres and mini-majors, so part of ... Read MoreChecking in on the Indie Stu...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) A few weeks ago, I was out and about, and I wanted to find out what F1 did ... Read MoreThe Streaming Mega-Hit Show No One is Talking About| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Here’s how you can create disagreement online: Just talk past the other person. It’s that easy! For example, I constantly read articles about how “horror is the most bankable film ... Read MoreLilo & Stitch Has ...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) The story that’s drawn my attention this week will likely put me out on a limb compared to many—maybe all?—the other media ... Read MoreBe Bold, Paramount! Can New Pa...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Sometimes, I wish I could let myself go wild rhetorically. Specifically, I would love to write crazy, hyperbolic headlines. I pull a lot of data cuts every week, and it ... Read MoreWell, Actually, The Streaming W...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Happy Fourth of July! As has been a tradition of mine going back to the beginning of the EntStrategyGuy website, then newsletter, I’m sharing my favorite long reads of the ... Read MoreLong Reads for the Long Weeken...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Today is part two of my “Four Horsemen of the Media-pocalypse” check-in, which I started last week with a big ‘ol article on AI. Frankly, there’s just way, way (probably ... Read MoreThe State of Theaters, the...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
