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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THE LAST TIME HOLLYWOOD LOOKED THIS BROKEN, IT PRODUCED A GOLDEN AGE. IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.
Last Thursday night I was a guest speaker in the UCLA Professional Producing Program. The students asked questions regarding how bad it was to be in the business right now and about getting a job.
I told them it is a great time to be in th...
THE PROFESSOR'S TAKE: NETFLIX HAS $2 BILLION TO ADVERTISE 722 TITLES
Do that division and the streaming sophomore slump stops being a mystery
The Phenomenon
SKY JUST KILLED THE OLD LOGIC OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION
The SKY-ITV deal reveals why controlling content no longer requires owning the company that produces it.
Last Monday, Sky agreed to buy ITV’s channels and streaming service for up to £1.6 billion. It did not buy ITV Studios, the arm that m...
THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT: Q2 2026 HOLLYWOOD SCORECARD
Theatrical roared back. Labor settled. Independent film found fewer buyers. Netflix cannot keep an audience past Season 1.
Q2 2026 will be remembered as the quarter Hollywood’s obituary was not posted. Theatrical posted its strongest post-...
PREDICTION: $10+ BILLION NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE TOTAL IN 2026
Hollywood Is About To Cross a Threshold It Has Not Crossed since 2019. I Am Calling It Now and I am Telling You Why The Number Matters Less Than How It Gets Made
The Hollywood trades have found their summer story, and it is a happy one.
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