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PARQOR's Predictions for Media in 2023

Friday Mailing: Key Trends On PARQOR's Radar for Q1 2023

Member Mailing: Insights from PARQOR's Four Trends for Q4 2022

Monday AM Briefing: [CORRECTION] Revisiting PARQOR’s Predictions for 2022

Friday Mailing: Hollywood's Future & The Top 0.1% Earners on YouTube

Member Mailing: The Linklater Problem

Monday AM Briefing: Is AMC Networks A Canary In Cord-Cutting Coalmine?

Friday Mailing: Netflix Tackles Audience Fragmentation With ""The Most Exciting Entertainment On Earth"

Member Mailing: How Will Disney Create Both User & Shareholder Value Now?

Monday AM Briefing: Is Bob Iger Bringing The Right "Magic" For Disney's Future?

Monday AM Briefing: Wow, Iger's Back at Disney

Friday Mailing: Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney & The NBA

Member Mailing: Understanding Disney's Surprising Andor Move

Monday AM Briefing: P&G's Quiet But Seismic Shift in Spend

Friday Mailing: Softer Advertiser Demand Bodes Poorly for Linear in 2023

Member Mailing: The Twitter Funhouse Mirror

Monday AM Briefing: Why Won't Legacy Media & Wall Street Discuss Other DTC Models?

Friday Mailing: Bo Knows Media

Member Mailing: YouTube PrimeTime Channels Emerge As A Blessing And/Or A Curse

Monday AM Briefing: What Will Happen When Artificial Intelligence Recasts "The Office"?

Friday Mailing: Pluto Rises

Member Mailing: Youtube's Earnings & Little Green Shoots Among The Ad Market's Bear Signals

Monday AM Briefing

Friday Mailing: Is That Your Final Answer, Ted Sarandos?

Member Mailing: An Elegy to "Premium" Content Defined By Production Budgets

Monday AM Briefing: Netflix ($NFLX) May Not Have Any Answers For YouTube Shorts

Friday Mailing: How Linear's Decline May Fuel Gaming's Next Decade

Monday AM Briefing: More Than Catalysts That Will Drive YouTube's Inevitable Win in CTV

Friday Mailing: Where Are The Profits To Drive The Flywheels (And Vice Versa)?

Monday AM Briefing: Four Trends for Q4 2022

Friday Mailing: MrBeast Seeks Hits on Netflix

Member Mailing: Disney's Complex Path to Higher ARPU

Monday AM Briefing: The Subscriber Is and Isn't "A Hollow KPI"

Friday Mailing: YouTube's Big Week in Music

Member Mailing: The Future of CDPs in Media, According to SEO

Monday AM Briefing: ESPN Doesn't Need a DTC Sports Betting Business

Friday Mailing: A Short Take on YouTube Shorts

Member Mailing: The Best Future Media Business Model For Consumers & Investors Is... Snap?

Monday AM Briefing: Why The End of "Peak TV" May Bring "Jurassic Park"-type Chaos

Friday Mailing: What if... Disney *Should* TikTok-ify or Amazon Prime-ify Itself?

Member Mailing: Can Disney TikTok-ify or Amazon Prime-ify Itself?

Monday AM Briefing: Connected TV Advertising May Be Evolving Away from "Four-Dimensional Chess"

Member Mailing: Predicting The Streaming Market 36 to 48 months From Today

Monday AM Briefing: What If… “The Rings of Power” Under-delivers?

Friday Mailing: Revisiting Post-"Streaming Wars" Media Convergence

Member Mailing: The Smart Guys Are Getting It All Wrong

Monday AM Briefing: A Data-Driven Misperception of Connected TVs

Friday Mailing: Billions of Dollars More In Sports Streaming Deals

Member Mailing: Walmart+, Paramount+ & Customer Data Platforms (CDPs)

Monday AM Briefing: YouTube, Walmart Smell Blood in Legacy Media Streaming

Friday Mailing: "Batgirl", "Multiversus" & Consumer Data

Member Mailing: Amazon’s Seismic “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”

Monday AM Briefing: Consumer Choice, “Premium Content” & Growth

Friday Mailing: Warner Bros. Discovery, “For the Fans” & The Attribution Gap

Member Mailing: Five Clear & Imperfect Signals From Roku

Monday AM Briefing: "The Office" Is Succeeding On YouTube, Less So on Peacock

Friday Mailing: A Quick Note On Comcast's Q2 2022, Peacock & The "Half Life" Old Library

Member Mailing: Why Apple's & Amazon's Advantages In Sports Streaming Are Over-Hyped

Monday AM Briefing: Why Connected TV Advertising May Be "In For A World Of Trouble"

Friday Mailing: Netflix In Curse of the Mogul Territory, Disney's New Software Savvy

Member Mailing: Can Netflix Still Grow After Q2 2022?

Monday AM Briefing: If You're Still Wondering Why Netflix Went With Microsoft & Xandr

Friday Mailing: Netflix, Microsoft & Xandr (?!!!)

Member Mailing: How Should Comcast Value Hulu in 2024?

Monday AM Briefing: In India and the U.S., Disney Rethinks The Economics of Sports Streaming

Friday Mailing: Are Legacy Media Streaming Efforts "Built to Fail" Like Blockbuster Video?

Monday AM Briefing: Don't count Nielsen out of the future for Connected TV

Friday Mailing: Netflix's Disney-esque Ambitions May Be Losing to YouTube & TikTok, Too

Member Mailing: Is Apple A Better Partner for Major League Soccer (MLS) Than Legacy Media?

Monday AM Briefing: Bob Chapek, Fiduciary Executive

Friday Mailing: Netflix, Disney+ & HBO Max face the question, "What constitutes an impression?"

Member Mailing: Netflix's Failing Disney Ambitions Invite The Keeper Test for Co-CEOs Hastings & Sarandos

Monday AM Briefing: Consumers & CTV Advertisers vs. Publisher "Walled Gardens"

Friday Mailing: $68B in Linear Ad Spend & Netflix, It's Early Days for CDPs in Media

Member Mailing: The Core Tension/Weird Dance At Upfronts for Connected TV (CTV) Dollars

Monday AM Briefing: Must-Read Memorial Day Week Articles

Friday Mailing: Starz, Walled Gardens & The Road To A Spin-Out

Member Mailing: Applying the Disney Interactive Precedent to Comcast & EA

Monday AM Briefing: PARQOR's Quick Take on Berkshire Hathaway's $2.6B investment in Paramount Global

Friday Mailing: Why Warner Bros. Discovery May See Hollywood's Future Better Than Hollywood

Member Mailing: Why The Quantity vs. Quality Criticism Misses Netflix's Deeper, More Structural Issues

Monday AM Briefing: This Week's Upfronts vs. The Trade Desk's Vision for Connected TV

Friday Mailing: Marketplace Disconnects Between Disney+ With Ads & Advertiser Demand

Member Mailing: Streamers Hit a Dead-End (Macro) & Consumers Hit Dead-Ends In Streaming (Micro)

Monday AM Briefing: Everything Old is New Again in Upfronts & Newfronts

Friday Mailing: Disney & Netflix Solve For Password Sharing With Distinctly Different Objectives

Member Mailing: Warner Bros. Discovery, Sinclair & David Zaslav's Vision for A Smaller Bundle

Monday AM Briefing: Why The Comcast & Charter Joint Venture Is About Search & Discovery & Not Bundling

Friday Mailing: Hulu Is The Future of Streaming Bundles

Member Mailing: After Netflix's Self-Inflicted Wounds, Five Recommendations for Streaming CEOs

Monday AM Mailing: Failing To Reach Its Disney-esque Objectives, Netflix Becomes Reed Hastings' Frankenstein

Friday Mailing: The Vibe Shift… “It’s All Happening”

Member Mailing: Why Two New Disney+ Discount Deals Reflect Advantages Over Netflix

Monday AM Briefing: Incoming Warner Bros. Discovery Leadership Meet HBO Max's Purchase Funnel

Friday Mailing: Do Streaming Brands *Need* Their Own Sonic Versions of Netflix's "Tudum"?

Member Mailing: Comparing Netflix & HBO Max Conversion Funnels

Monday AM Briefing: The Jason Kilar Farewell Press Tour Preaches Product Channel Fit

Friday Mailing: The Tiger Woods Comeback Story vs. Streaming Bundles

Member Mailing: Deloitte Data Explains Netflix's Next Chapter with Gaming

Monday AM Briefing: Disney+ Hotstar & Netflix Face Two Different Paths to Growth in India

Friday Mailing: Blackstone's Candle Media Bet after "The Slap" At The Oscars

Member Mailing: Has Netflix Shifted the Goalposts of The Streaming Game for Apple, Disney & Warner Bros. Discovery?

Monday AM Briefing: Is Netflix's Mobile Games Strategy or Epic Games Antitrust Strategy Better vs. Apple?

Friday Mailing: Was Netflix's Gaming Strategy Revealed In Its Boss Fight Entertainment Press Release?

Member Mailing: "Four Powerful Growth Vectors" for Modern Storytelling Companies, Which Ones Are Viable?

Monday AM Briefing: Chapek v Iger; (Exclusive for Members) discovery+, HBO Max & Software

Friday Mailing: Mark My Words, We Must Imagine Other Business Models for Netflix Than Advertising

Member Mailing: "Aggregate Audience" in Sports Streaming & Why More Deals = More Consumer Confusion

Monday AM Briefing: More on Paramount+'s "Hard Bundles", (Members only: Yuga Labs Acquires CryptoPunks & Meebits IP from Larva Labs)

Friday Mailing: Legacy Media Pivots Away from Their SVOD Ambitions

Member Mailing: WarnerMedia & Netflix's Narrow but Fascinating Challenges in AVOD & Gaming

Monday AM Briefing: Paramount+ & Ubiquitous Distribution, Verizon Expands Its "Aggregator 2.0" Bundle

Friday Mailing: Disney+ AVOD and The Market Problem of Reach

Member Mailing: Amazon, MGM, and How Lina Khan's FTC Misunderstands the Value of IP in Streaming

Monday AM Briefing: YouTube at 2022 Upfronts, Which Streamers Will Survive in 2022?

Friday Mailing: Warner Bros. Discovery Is "A Real Company" Facing A Flip-of-a-Coin Future

Member Mailing: Fox's "Less is More" & Paramount Global (née ViacomCBS) in 2022

Monday AM Briefing: Bored Ape Yacht Club, Hello Sunshine, World of Women & New Frontiers for IP

Friday Mailing: FX's John Landgraf At The Intersection of Volume, Quality & Cadence of Supply

Member Mailing: If Investors AND A-List Talent Foresee Declining Returns from Streaming, Then What Happens Next?

Monday AM Briefing: Content Isn't King Because Culture Is "A Very Shallow Ocean"

Friday Mailing: Disney, The Hulu + Live TV Bundle & Why Marketing Is King

Member Mailing: Why Peloton Within Apple or Amazon Would Be An Optimal 21st Century Media Business

Monday AM Briefing: Tension between Creator Economy Strategies & Short-Form Video Business Models

Friday Mailing: Amazon Advertising's Seismic (?) Breakout Quarter

Member Mailing: YouTube's Q4 Earnings & The Quiet Revolution of the AV1 Codec

Monday AM Briefing: The Cola Wars, Retail Velocity & Why I Disagree With "The Streaming Wars"

Friday Mailing: Where Web3 & Legacy Media Overlap

Member Mailing: If Streaming Growth *Is* Slowing, What Will Advertisers Buy In CTV?

Monday AM Briefing: Netflix's Hubris, Markets Cool to Warner Bros. Discovery

Friday Mailing: Disney's Reorg, Netflix's Q4 2021 Marketing Expenses

Member Mailing: Does $115B+ in Content Spend Reflect Inelastic Demand? Or Marketing Challenges in Streaming, Instead ?

Monday AM Briefing: Nielsen's The Gauge, Netflix's Price Hike, Raise A Big Question in CTV

Friday Mailing: What will IAC Chairman Barry Diller Say About Streaming in 2022?

Member Mailing: Chapek's "Three Pillars" for Disney's Future Faces Tough Trade-Offs In Sports Betting

Monday AM Briefing: Is It Really a "New World" for Connected TV Ad Buyers?

Friday Mailing: NBCU, The Winter Olympics & First Party Data; A Follow-Up re: Blackstone & Candle Media

Monday AM Briefing: A Short Essay on Hulu, ESPN+ & The NHL

A Short Essay on IAC Chairman Barry Diller’s Newest Opinions on AT&T, Comcast and Disney

Member Mailing: Three More Acquisitions from Blackstone's Candle Media (Kevin Mayer & Tom Staggs)

Monday AM Briefing: Two Objectives for 2022 & The Curse of the Mogul Strikes Back in 2022