April 15, 2024Episodes

39: Streaming Into the Void – April 14, 2024 – Hollywood Boardrooms in Turmoil

This week, Paramount at a crossroads.

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Show Notes

Newhouse Family Resigns from WBD Board Amid DOJ Investigation (hollywoodreporter.com )

Paramount could acquire Skydance in $5 bln all-stock deal, WSJ reports | Reuters

As Paramount Shareholders Slam A Skydance Deal, Directors Said To Be Exiting Board: Could Threat Of Legal Action Derail Talks?

Four Paramount Directors to Step Down as Company Discusses Skydance Merger – WSJ

Showtime Streaming Service Is Shutting Down at the End of April

Paramount Hires a Bank to Explore the Sale of VidCon

Netflix Layoffs Hit Film Department Under New Boss Dan Lin (deadline.com )

Irish Wish Is a Crypto-Fascist, AI-Generated Harbinger of Doom

Game Of Thrones Jon Snow Spinoff Series No Longer In Development At HBO

‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’ Casts Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell in Lead Roles

Apple TV+ renews global sensation “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” and announces plans for multiple spin-off series from Legendary Entertainment

‘Legally Blonde’ Amazon Spinoff Series In Works; Reese Witherspoon EPs

‘The Night Manager’: BBC & Amazon Recommission With Tom Hiddleston

Amazon Show ‘Fallout’ to Shoot Likely Season 2 in California (hollywoodreporter.com )

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Renewed, Lower Decks Ending

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