The Streaming Insider
Glo RobinsonI uncover streaming's black box for creatives and media execs: the economics, the data, the deals, and what it all means for your work.
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What HBO’s Succession foreshadowed about the SpaceX IPO and Media Consolidation
Disclaimer: This is my own opinion and observations across the entire Media industry.
We Built a Machine for Producing Meaning
The media industry has always had an unusual relationship with its own importance. Unlike most indus...
The iPod Shuffle Knew Something We Forgot
On Substack Notes, I posted a photo of an old subway ad for the iPod Shuffle.
It went on to collect over 15k likes, which, for a writer who normally produces clinical breakdowns of why media economics are broken, is not the usual response....
The Data Creators can leverage if the Community Owns Letterboxd
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Letterboxd has been put up for sale. And nevertheless, a coalition called Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative has been organizing a community ownership bid, proposing a model where small donors, filmmakers, fan...
What Seinfeld Can Teach Us about the Data Streamers Neglect to Share
There is a version of this story where streaming saved Hollywood. Lower barriers, global distribution, a direct pipeline from creator to audience. The early pitch was genuinely exciting.
That version did not account for what streaming woul...
The Hot-Seat, Vol. 1: The Top 10 Questions I’ve Been Asked the Most
Two weeks ago, I published my tenth piece on Substack about why media is broken. Somewhere between the first and the tenth, I realized I had never actually stopped to pull everything together.
So this is that.
Thanks for reading The Strea...
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I uncover the black box of streaming algos by day and write TV shows by night. In my newsletter, I explain things like: why streamers can't tell what's working, why creators can't get paid fairly, and what it would take to fix both.
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