New pod: What could Elon possibly want with Skydance?? With @Lucas_Shaw. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/4XQ636…

This week: Tasty unaired leftovers from our earlier conversations. First up: Eric Goode—restaurateur, hotelier and producer of Tiger King and Monsters of God. And more dish from marketing exec Gerry Rich.
Plus, @MattBelloni and I banter Netflix!

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Kathleen Kennedy sent the directors she fired off SOLO an amusing note when PROJECT HAIL MARY came out. 🎧🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2rsgo3…

Reports of a “new era” of programming at Netflix under Peter Rice may be overblown. Details on why ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/what-if-peter-…

New pod: The VERY candid Phil Lord and Chris Miller on picking projects, bad pitches, Hail Mary’s 6-year journey, Spiderverse 3, and if they’d work with Disney post-Solo. Plus: lightning round! With @philiplord @chrizmillr and @Lucas_Shaw. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/2rsgo3…

Love this. A fundraising campaign has launched to create a life-size statue of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert at Prudential Plaza in Chicago. It will even have seats so you can be "At the Movies" with them! 👍🏻👍🏻

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YouTube is pulling further away from Netflix in latest Nielsen Gauge report, luring 15.8% of viewing (vs. 13.1% last August) compared to 7.7% for Netflix (8.7% last August)...

New pod: A big-budget animated movie is opening wide this weekend WITHOUT a major studio distributor. How?? With Fathom Entertainment CEO Jason Brenek. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/5RTJew…

Amid the upheaval at Netflix, an analysis of executive movement reveals you’re much more likely to get fired faster at a streaming service than a traditional studio. Via @StephenFollows. ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/why-streaming-…

LOL, five of the top 10 movies on Netflix right now are ICE AGE titles recently licensed from Disney. netflix.com/tudum/top10

Full analysis here puck.news/what-the-netfl…

New content leader, same Netflix: The Everything for Everyone service has some basic strategy problems that can’t be fixed by a new person picking the shows and movies. ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/what-the-netfl…

News: Jay-Z just Dick Cheney’d himself for the Super Bowl, via @real_davebrooks. Details ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/jay-z-picks-ja…

New pod: How much will new content chief Peter Rice change the Netflix strategy? With @Lucas_Shaw. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/5HACTE…

.@PuckNews' @MattBelloni weighs in on Netflix's executive shakeup
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News: Netflix’s film chief Dan Lin was fired this weekend, per sources. New leadership will be named later by new content chief Peter Rice. Netflix declining to comment.

Marketing vet Gerry Rich has worked on films from Crying Game to War of the Worlds to Bond movies. In his new book, he tells a tale of “betrayal” by Josh Greenstein, now co-chair of Paramount and Warner film studios.
Plus @MattBelloni and I banter away.

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Taylor Swift sound check (Blank Space) ⬇️⬇️ from last night at Academy Museum. Tonight’s fundraiser gala is an open air venue….so basically a free mini-concert for any L.A. Swifties in the neighborhood….

New pod: Should streamers be forced to buy half their programming from independent producers? Dissecting the new push with producer Cathy Schulman and UTA’s Rich Shuter. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/6Ermjk…

Hopping on @CNBC around 1:30PT for more on the Netflix shakeup news I broke yesterday.