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A strategy-driven look at the business of film and television. We track where capital is flowing, which companies are consolidating, what genres are performing, and how distribution models are evolving.
Deal Memo hosts Deal Memo, a business show with 19 episodes published.
• Consumers Sue to Stop Paramount-WBD Merger, Invoking 'Save CNN' • Kaufman Astoria Studios Faces Foreclosure as Production Real Estate Corrects • StudioMonowa: CJ ENM, Japan's TBS, and U-Next Build a Korea-Japan Content
• Ellison Hosts Trump — Merger as Political Access Play • Bob Iger Rejoins Thrive Capital — The Post-Disney Pivot • RTL Seals Sky Deutschland — Europe Runs the U.S. Consolidation Playbook • Michael Breaks International R
• The Theatrical Window Compact • The IP Monoculture Problem • The Merger Subtext — What Exhibitors Actually Heard • Amazon MGM's CinemaCon: The Streamer-Owned Studio That Believes Hardest • Neon at CinemaCon: All Origin
• Sean Baker's Twenty-Two Million Dollar 'Indie' Deal • Disney Outsources Japanese Production to The Seven • Netflix's European Action Play with 'Play Dead' • Prime Video Grabs Embassy Rights in Six Territories • Sister
• Duffer Brothers Signal Creator Confidence Shift in Paramount Legacy Video • Ellison Commits Paramount to 45-Day Theatrical Window at CinemaCon • Sarandos Reframes Netflix's Failed Warner Bros Bid as M&A Training • Bren
• NewsNation Partners With Nexstar For California Gubernatorial Debate • Hollywood A-Listers Sign Letter Opposing Paramount-WBD Merger • Neon Sets Christmas Day Release For Chloe Domont's 'A Place In Hell' • Urban Sales
• Mexico's New Production Incentive: Financing Tool or Band-Aid? • Paramount Refinances Bridge Facility Ahead of WBD Merger • Netflix Buys Chris Bremner Spec 'Ram' — Are Specs Back? • MK2 Boards Rwandan Cannes Film — Pre
• The Art Argument: Is This What $150M Looks Like? • The Politics Fight: What Message Did Anyone Actually See? • The Business Reality: What Do the Numbers Actually Say? • The Bigger Question: Who Gets to Decide What Movi
• The Iron Lung Illusion: Creator-Driven Theatrical Success Story or System Mirage? • Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Lock Down Paramount-WBD Deal Financing • Bill Ackman's Sixty-Four Billion Dollar Universal Music Gambit •
• FilmHedge Launches Two Hundred Million Dollar Film Fund • Meryl Streep: Devil Wears Prada Had to 'Scrabble for Budget' Due to Chick Flick Label • IATSE Strikes Jonathan Majors Daily Wire Production Over Labor Issues •
• Nexstar-Tegna Merger Blocked: When Local TV Can't Consolidate • UK Production Financing Tightens: Allegro's Survival Mode Raise • Disney's Digital Strategy in Freefall • Disney+ Italy Deal: More European Scrambling • S
• Row K's Executive Exodus Signals Mid-Tier Distribution Collapse • Statham's Beekeeper 2 German Sale Reveals Studios' Defensive International Strategy • Democratic Senators Target Paramount-WBD Deal Over Foreign Investm
• Ellison's Lobbying Letter Reveals Paramount-WBD Deal Isn't Done • Swiss Distribution Merger Shows How Consolidation Actually Works • Quiver Bets on Comfort Food Theatrical with 'A Love Like This' • Netflix's Dan Lin As
• Universal Cuts Theatrical Window to 45 Days • Megan Ellison's Annapurna 2.0 Launches International TV Division • Angel Studios Acquires 'Salt & Honey' with Amy Redford Directing • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Cooki
• The Real Best Picture Race: Art vs. Business Models • Horror's Prestige Moment and Genre Barriers Breaking Down • The Wicked Snub and Franchise Fatigue Reality Check • International Cinema's Academy Breakthrough Moment
• Phil Rosenthal Takes 'Somebody Feed Phil' to YouTube, Partners with Banijay • Mike Flanagan Signs Exclusive Multi-Year Deal with Amazon MGM Studios • Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christopher McQuarrie Set New 'Conan' Film
• Banijay-All3Media: Eight Billion Dollar Bet on Global Production Dominance • WGA Drops Contract Demands Three Weeks Before AMPTP Showdown • State AGs Take Last Shot at Killing Paramount-Warner Bros Deal • Fifteen-Year-
• Constantin's Oliver Berben Bets on 'Triple-A' Indie Filmmakers • Disney Hits $1B Worldwide — But Is This Recovery or Disney Exceptionalism? • Warner Bros Discovery May Finally Engage With Paramount's Takeover Bid • Jap
• Netflix's Product Division Cuts Clash With Major IP Spending • Sony's 'Lord of the Flies' Global Sales Blitz Reveals Market Dynamics • Valentine's Weekend Box Office Test: 'Wuthering Heights' Aims for $70M Global Openi
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