THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT: UNFILTERED
Randy GreenbergHelping entertainment executives, investors, studios, streamers, creators and anyone interested in entertainment understand the business forces shaping Hollywood and what needs to be changed for the industry to survive and thrive
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WHAT'S DROWNING PUBLISHING IS COMING FOR FILM & TV
Not long ago I bought a self-published novel, sat down to read it, and stopped well before the end. I stopped because there was nothing there. Not nothing happening, nothing tangible. No room I could see, no face I could picture, no weather...
IMAX POSTED A RECORD 2025. SO WHY IS IT FOR SALE?
IMAX is for sale, and it is having the best stretch of its history.
Per IMAX Corporation’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, released February 25, 2026, the company posted $1.28 billion in global box office in 2025, a record, and...
STREAMING REVENUE: THE SECOND STREAM - THE ONE THE RESIDUAL FORMULA CAN'T SEE
There is a logic to residuals that has held for sixty years, and most people, including most of the people who collect them, describe it slightly wrong. They call it payment for reuse. Watch the work get used a second time, in a second mark...
CREATORS AND FILMMAKERS: YOU DON'T NEED PERMISSION
This week's Professor's Take is free for all subscribers. If someone forwarded this to you, subscribe at thebusinessofentertainment.substack.com.
Three filmmakers. Three YouTube channels. Three films made outside the studio system. Combine...
THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF STORYTELLING HAS BEGUN
Factory owners don't pay for the material. Platforms filter for free. Production is the final monetization step - not the 1st bet. Hollywood built a century of gatekeepers. Vertical built a bypass.
The Industrialization of Storytelling doe...
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