HeyJaredTHE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT: UNFILTERED
A recovering film and tv producer helping executives, investors, studios, streamers and creators to understand the business forces shaping Hollywood and what needs to be change for the industry to survive and thrive
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RIP WB, THAT BIG BEAUTIFUL FIRST STUDIO I WORKED FOR (opens the original)
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Today’s Substack will be different.I have three Substacks that I’ve been researching and working on but neither of them seem appropriate to write today.THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT: UNFILTERED is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="button primary" type="submit" valu
THE OUTSIDERS ARE DONE BUYING HOLLYWOOD (opens the original)
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In July 1955, a tire company bought a major Hollywood studio.General Tire and Rubber paid Howard Hughes $25 million for RKO, one of the original major studios at the time. Not a film company. Not a rival studio. A manufacturer of tires, buying one of the eight studios the Supreme Court had named as defendants in the 1948 Paramount Consent Decrees seven years earlier.Last Thursday I went through the proposed terms of the new Paramount consent decree. Forget the terms for a minute. The question wo
TWELVE ATTORNEYS GENERAL PROPOSED A SETTLEMENT FOR ONE TENTH OF ONE PERCENT (0.1%). THEY SAID THEY HAD A PRESUMPTIVELY UNLAWFUL MERGER. (opens the original)
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YES, I am aware that you have probably read enough on the proposed new Paramount decree allowing Paramount to move forward and swallow Warner Bros Discovery. However, I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t give you my Professor’s viewpoint on this. I promise, I’ll make it brief.On July 13, twelve state attorneys general told a federal court that Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery was presumptively unlawful in three separate markets. Under the federal merger guidelines, a de
IT IS THE BEST TIME TO WATCH TV AND THE WORST TIME TO MAKE IT (opens the original)
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For less than the price of a cable bill, or less, you can now have everything.Five ad-free streaming services plus a live TV package runs $150 to $165 a month, right where cable used to be. Most households pay far less. Bango’s 2026 subscription report puts the average at 5.2 services for $69 a month. CableTV.com puts the average cable bill at $147.Half the price with more to watch than at any time in history.This is the best moment television has ever had for consumers.So what are they watching
MPA FEDERAL PRODUCTION INCENTIVE REPORT (opens the original)
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I am traveling this week and in absence of my usual post, I thought you might be interested in the attached Motion Picture Association report entitled: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A PROPOSED US FEDERAL PRODUCTION INCENTIVE.It gives a you a peek into the what the entertainment industry’s main lobbying group is telling Congress about the potential of a Federal Production Incentive and how it can impact the entertainment industry.Economic Impact Of A Us Federa
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