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AI & The Business(es) of Storytelling: My Predictions for 2025

NotebookLM, AI Storytelling vs. AI Performances

Was I Right? My 2024 Media Predictions—The Hits & Misses

Was I Right? My 2024 Media Predictions—The Hits & Misses

Omnicom-Interpublic Merger, Disney's ESPN+ Integration, Warner Bros. Discovery's Comcast Deal

Builders, AI & the Future of Content Creation

AI Content Models Without Time, Budget or Creative Constraints

Ben Affleck, Marshall McLuhan & The New Business of Living Room Content

Disney's and Comcast's Recent Moves Are Insufficient and Inefficient Against Disruption

Netflix Redefined Sports Distribution With Paul vs. Tyson

Liberty Media (Contraction), Disney (Consolidation) & John Malone's Incomplete Vision for Media's Future

Why Media Will Need "White Knights" More Than Mergers In 2025 & Beyond

Netflix's Evolutionary Generative AI Games Announcement

Comcast Tells Wall Street The Cable-Era "Flywheel" Model Is Dead

Netflix's Risky Pivot To Moments, Growing Frenemy Dynamic With Meta & YouTube AI

Is There Consumer Demand For Hollywood Content Produced With Generative AI?

After Netflix Shuts Down AAA Gaming Studio, A Faster and Cheaper Future Lies Ahead

Netflix's March to 500 Million Subscribers Is Getting Dangerous

Silicon Valley Is Reimagining The Business of Storytelling, Not Studios

The Future of Paramount's IP & Smaller Assets Under The Ellisons

Media Conglomerates' Tough Choices With Meta's Generative AI

Meta, Small Business Creators & “AI Television Universes”

Investing To Keep IP Competitive Against Meta's "Hundreds of Millions" of Small Business Creators

Meta Bets AI Will Turn "Hundreds of Millions" Of Small Businesses Into Creators, Too

YouTube Is Forcing Netflix to "Break" Its Business Model

The Lionsgate-Runway Partnership, Made on YouTube

Netflix, YouTube & The New Business of Living Room Content

Will Apple, Amazon or Oracle (Paramount) Be First To A Cloud-Usage Streaming Model?

Hollywood's Next Decade Lies In The Hands of Apple & The Ellisons

Disney, Fox, Venu Sports, DirecTV & The Doom Loop of The Mogul

Reconstructing The Media Conglomerate Portfolio For AI, Games & Streaming

David’s Choice / The Davids’ Choice

Click Here For Sports Fandom

The Pain Point Is Recurring Revenues, The Solution Is...?

Netflix, Generative AI Merge Games & Video Storytelling

What VHS Rentals May Teach Us About Generative AI

After Olympics Success, Peacock Now Faces The PVOD Paradox

Disney's & Warner Bros. Discovery Must License More IP

The New Economics and Technology of Consumer-Driven Storytelling

No Essay Today / Generative AI, YouTube, Fortnite & Marshall McLuhan

Is It Time to "YouTube-ify" Apple TV+?

Amazon's "Killer App" Prime Video Feasts On Media Conglomerates

Skydance, Paramount Argue The "Streaming Multiple" Is Not Dead Yet

Disney Netflix-ifies Disney+, But Really Should YouTube-ify

Paramount+Skydance, Night Capital & Conflicting Definitions of "Creator-Friendly" Models

Better Uses For Paramount's $1.5 Billion in New Cash Than Streaming

Media Conglomerates At A Crossroads: Invest In The IP or The Tech?

Sony, Alamo DraftHouse & The Value of Being Sub-Scale, Dynamic and Product-Oriented

To Recoup Billions in Sports Rights Fees, Peacock Needs To Participate in Fandom

The “Big IP” Doom Loop

How Netflix Games Both Extend & Threaten The Value of “Big IP”

Two Different Lessons for Netflix & Disney From Pandemic-era Bets on "Big IP"

Two Different Lessons for Netflix & Disney From Pandemic-era Bets on "Big IP"

Back To The Future Of Pre-Paramount Decrees Studio Distribution

Zaslav's NBA Missteps May Be Savvy In The Long-Term

Sony Evolves With The Decline of "Big IP"

A Big Week for Netflix's "Spectrum" Model

Monetizing Mickey Mouse, "Superman" and "Batman" In The Public Domain

"Spongebob Squarepants" or "Indiana Jones" IP AI-n't Worth As Much

Goodbye Media Conglomerates, Hello Spotify for IP (?)

Reading The Tea Leaves of ESPN Bet's Poor Start

Après Bakish, New Opportunities for Paramount

Sony Joins Apollo's Bid For Paramount... for Under-Monetized "Communities of Interest"?

Netflix Redefines The ARPU of Storytelling

How Valuable IP Will Succeed Beyond The Walled Gardens of Media Conglomerates

Paramount, Skydance & Shari Redstone's Moral Hazard

How to Evaluate Paramount & Skydance Media

Après Iger, Le Deluge

YouTube, FASTs Share Suboptimal Models for Connected TV Growth

A Pivotal Two Weeks for Media's Gerontocracy

Investors & The Unsentimental Media Consumer

“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” on Disney+ vs. Unsentimental Consumers

A Theoretical Physicist Walks Into A Media Company...

Disney, Epic Games, "Steamboat Willie" and Creators

Generative AI, "Jobs to Be Done Theory" & Media Conglomerates

Disney+ Technology, YouTube Creators, Generative AI Tools & "Free Money"

Why Streaming's 1 Billion Subscriber Benchmark Is Unreachable

With Generative AI, YouTube Is Now Everyone's Frenemy

Apple Sports Disrupts Pay-TV Sports

Apple Sync

Three Guidelines To Understand This "Weird" Market Moment In Media

This Magic (& Weird) Market Moment

We May Never See A Streaming-Only Super Bowl

Disney's Direct-to-Consumer Future Is Now Overcomplicated

The WWE's Path To Market-Making With Netflix & Comcast

Lessons on Market-Making from Nielsen's Video Top 10s for 2023

Market-Making Beyond Netflix's Walled Garden

Having "Won The Streaming Wars", What Will Netflix Become?

Peltz v. Iger v. Chapek v. Shareholders

Peacock's NFL Wild Card DTC Lessons for CNN & ESPN

AI & Gaming In 2024

Monday Briefing: Disney's Cash Needs Rule Everything Around Hulu's Future

Netflix’s “Maestro” Exposes A Trade-Off Between Advertising Growth & Awards

The Medium's 10 Predictions for 2024