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Negotiation Workshop (Episode 104): All of My Best Advice About Negotiation In One Place (Part 2 of 3)
If you remember only one thing from this post, let it be these three words: "Negotiate, don't haggle." But I think there are plenty of other things…
Aug 20
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Negotiation Workshop (Episode 103): All of My Best Advice About Negotiation in One Place (Part 1 of 3)
Not everyone can become a great dealmaker. But with practice, introspection, and intentionality, almost anyone can become a better one. This is my…
Aug 18
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July 2026
The 2026–27 Scale Cheat Sheets Are Live
I spent an embarrassing number of hours crafting the perfect WGA, DGA, and SAG-AFTRA scale minimum tables for my own day-to-day use. Would you like to…
Jul 20
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The Comcast/NBCU Split (Part 3 of 3): The Billionaire's Heart (Still) Wants What the Billionaire's Heart Wants
I know it seems unimaginable. And it's too early to start workshopping UniWarnerMount-like portmanteaus just yet. But don't sleep on David Ellison — or…
Jul 17
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Is Paramount Really Going to Leave California to Get Its Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Done?
We interrupt our regularly scheduled speculation about one mega-corporate transaction with breaking "news" and speculation about a different…
Jul 13
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The Comcast/NBCU Split (Part 2 of 3): "Bigger Is Better" Is Dead; Long Live "Bigger Is Better!"
Comcast's decision to spin off NBCU isn't a ruse, and it doesn't mean that scale has suddenly gone out of style — only that, in the eyes of our investor…
Jul 10
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The Comcast/NBCU Split (Part 1 of 3): Don't Panic; There Will Be Plenty of Time for That Later
It's surprising (and nice!) to see the town so sanguine... I'm not here to rile anyone up. That will come in Part 3.
Jul 3
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June 2026
Revel in the Genius and Ignominy of Deadline Comments (and Maybe Help This Substack While You're At It)
Deadline comments are a window into the soul of this industry. Sometimes that's terrifying. Sometimes it's sublime. Help me catalog both. Or just take a…
Jun 24
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What Good Looks Like (Episode 101): How the Best in the Business Give and Respond to Creative Notes
If you're as fascinated and inspired by true excellence in any professional craft as I am — or if you want to see one small example of what makes HBO…
Jun 18
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The Things No One Teaches You (Episode 101): You Could Just Ask
Two showrunners have completely opposite preferences when it comes to studio notes. Neither is wrong. So why do execs try to guess — or worse, impose…
Jun 16
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April 2026
The Other AI Training Problem
AI may not take over all of our jobs for a while — but the jobs it's already taking are the ones we use to teach newcomers the business. Do we have a…
Apr 27
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How Indie Studios Use the Streamers' Own Money to Outbid Them
The licensing model that built the streaming era ends up costing platforms more to rent IP than they were willing to pay to own it. What, if anything…
Apr 21
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