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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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Ken Basin
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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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Ken Basin
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"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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Ken Basin
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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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Ken Basin
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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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Ken Basin
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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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Ken Basin
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Confessions of a (No Longer Anonymous) Business Affairs Executive
If you really want to appreciate this weekend's announcement of an early WGA-AMPTP deal, take a moment to remind yourself just how badly the whole…
Apr 10
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Ken Basin
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Five Early Reactions to the WGA's New Deal
We don't know much about what's in the WGA's new deal with the AMPTP — but what does the simple fact that it's already done tell us?
Apr 6
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Ken Basin
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The Business Model of TV's Future Is Being Built With the Dealmaking Tools of Film's Past
The "indie TV" business may be new, but the dealmaking tools needed to make it work are not.
Apr 2
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Ken Basin
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A Dealmaking Default Fit for a Playground
As complex as it may seem at first glance, the indie film world's "50/50 Pools Waterfall" gets its power and flexibility by capturing a childlike sense…
Mar 30
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Ken Basin
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One Waterfall to Rule Them All
Discover a classic revenue sharing structure from the independent film world that might prove essential to the future of television dealmaking.
Mar 23
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Ken Basin
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No Justice, No Peace, No CEOs in Fleece
Let's try to acknowledge the people who will feel the pain here, and marvel at how much money one CEO can be paid to inflict it, without getting too…
Mar 12
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Ken Basin
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