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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Just How High Can NBA Team Prices Soar?
The Most Important Story of the Week for 26-Aug-2026
(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 Entertain...
Yep, Horror Still Has a Ceiling on Streaming
The Streaming Ratings Report for 13-July-2026
(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...
The Death of Sports Docu-Series
The Streaming Ratings Report for 13-July-26 Pt. 1 - TV
(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...
It’s Not Buzz, Social Media or Growth…It’s the Damn Time Zones
How time zones impact sports viewership, and why this will hamper sports league’s international growth plans
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Str...
Should Paramount Have Paid Taylor Sheridan $1 Billion a Year? Plus Another Round of the Theatrical (Project Hail Mary) vs Straight-to-Streaming (Enola Holmes 3) Films Debate
The Streaming Ratings Report for 29-June-26 & 6-July-2026
(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 execut...
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A former exec at a streaming company, the EntStratGuy provides regular thoughts and analysis on the business, strategy and economics of entertainment. I write for my newsletter and am a columnist at The Ankler.
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