HeyJaredThe Entertainment Strategy Guy
The best writing on entertainment strategy including a weekly "Streaming Ratings Report", unpacking what shows and films are winning the streaming wars.
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Looking at the Ugly Side of the Paramount-Skydance Merger...And How I’d Fix It (opens the original)
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The Streamers Tried To Conquer Labor Day…and Whiffed (opens the original)
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(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.)What? Another Streaming Ratings Report already? You betcha. Nielsen has moved up the release of their Streaming Ratings data by two weeks, which means I’ve got two e
Netflix’s Un-Un-Order Thrives (opens the original)
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(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.)The big data news of the week is that Nielsen has accelerated their release schedule of streaming data by two weeks. This brings them in line with two of the other d
Paramount Wins(?): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (opens the original)
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(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.)For me, the most important story of the week is that Nielsen <a href="https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2026/nielsen-accelerates-streaming-data-delivery-with-enhancements-to-stream
Reacher Knocks Out the Competition (opens the original)
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(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.)Before we get into today’s issue, just a quick heads up to any and all public relations reps out there:If you would like to email me on backgroun
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