May 17, 2013
Listen to my latest “Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman” podcast with Deadline’s ever-so-wise executive editor. We talk about this week’s advertising upfronts, including the CBS victory lap and whether an auto ad spending blitz will finance this year’s pricey programming; Daniel Loeb’s (and possibly Les Moonves’) plans for Sony; and National CineMedia’s whiz-bang new technologies to give exhibitors and studios more bang for their in-theater ad bucks.Listen to all that auditory goodness right here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-35/

Listen to my latest “Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman” podcast with Deadline’s ever-so-wise executive editor.

We talk about this week’s advertising upfronts, including the CBS victory lap and whether an auto ad spending blitz will finance this year’s pricey programming; Daniel Loeb’s (and possibly Les Moonves’) plans for Sony; and National CineMedia’s whiz-bang new technologies to give exhibitors and studios more bang for their in-theater ad bucks.

Listen to all that auditory goodness right here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-35/

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Filed under: entertainment media television upfronts finance business advertising National CineMedia Sony Daniel Loeb Third Point Les Moonves CBS podcast 
May 3, 2013
Listen to our latest “Deadline Big Media” podcost. Deadline exec editor David Lieberman and I talk Q1 earnings-season results for many Big Media companies; a worrisome prediction for summer box office bombs just as “Iron Man 3” kicks off the summer movie season; the FCC’s new chairman; and DreamWorks Animation’s new tech toy.  Listen here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/deadline-big-media-podcast-fcc-dreamworks-animation-episode-33/

Listen to our latest “Deadline Big Media” podcost. Deadline exec editor David Lieberman and I talk Q1 earnings-season results for many Big Media companies; a worrisome prediction for summer box office bombs just as “Iron Man 3” kicks off the summer movie season; the FCC’s new chairman; and DreamWorks Animation’s new tech toy. 

Listen here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/deadline-big-media-podcast-fcc-dreamworks-animation-episode-33/

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Filed under: media entertainment business dreamworks animation Iron Man 3 FCC communications regulation awesomeness tv 
April 19, 2013
My latest podcast with Deadline Executive Editor David Lieberman is up here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/deadline-big-media-cinemacon-dishtv-sprint/ David has just wrapped up wall-to-wall coverage of this week’s big CinemaCon trade show in Las Vegas, the biggest gathering of the year for theater owners and the movie studios that have an uneasy partnership with them.  Part of the problem, panel after panel proclaimed this week: Hollywood is hooked on making R-rated action films that it then stuffs into a relatively limited portion of the year’s calendar.  Way too many segments of the population are being cut out by this programming strategy, then forced to choose between too many attractive films in other parts of the year. It leaves the theater owners in a difficult spot, even as they’re also being asked to invest in more and more digital projection and audio technologies, and put up with studio efforts to roll out Premium video-on-demand services alongside theatrical debuts.  Lots to talk about, and we also take a peek at what Charlie Ergen is up to with his little $25.5 billion Dish TV bid to buy Sprint. Check it out and let us know what you think. 

My latest podcast with Deadline Executive Editor David Lieberman is up here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/deadline-big-media-cinemacon-dishtv-sprint/

David has just wrapped up wall-to-wall coverage of this week’s big CinemaCon trade show in Las Vegas, the biggest gathering of the year for theater owners and the movie studios that have an uneasy partnership with them. 

Part of the problem, panel after panel proclaimed this week: Hollywood is hooked on making R-rated action films that it then stuffs into a relatively limited portion of the year’s calendar. 

Way too many segments of the population are being cut out by this programming strategy, then forced to choose between too many attractive films in other parts of the year.

It leaves the theater owners in a difficult spot, even as they’re also being asked to invest in more and more digital projection and audio technologies, and put up with studio efforts to roll out Premium video-on-demand services alongside theatrical debuts. 

Lots to talk about, and we also take a peek at what Charlie Ergen is up to with his little $25.5 billion Dish TV bid to buy Sprint. Check it out and let us know what you think. 

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Filed under: media entertainment business theaters violence Dish TV Charlie Ergen VOD 
April 13, 2013
Check out my latest podcast with Deadline Executive Editor David Lieberman as we talk about broadcaster threats to abandon the airwaves for pay cable if Aereo wins; a gloomy Fitch’s report on the exhibition business just ahead of CinemaCon; and what Google Fiber and similar ultrafast internet services might mean for Hollywood. Listen here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-30/ What do you think? Will Google Fiber turn the entertainment business upside down?

Check out my latest podcast with Deadline Executive Editor David Lieberman as we talk about broadcaster threats to abandon the airwaves for pay cable if Aereo wins; a gloomy Fitch’s report on the exhibition business just ahead of CinemaCon; and what Google Fiber and similar ultrafast internet services might mean for Hollywood.

Listen here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-30/

What do you think? Will Google Fiber turn the entertainment business upside down?

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Filed under: movies film finance media business entertainment Google fiber Aereo TV broadcasting Fitch exhibition CinemaCon 
April 5, 2013
Catch my latest podcast with Deadline Executive Editor David Lieberman. We talk about Aereo’s big court win and what it means for broadcast investors; whether we’ve hit Peak Netflix on Wall Street; and whether an unimaginative CBS might ruin the stock buyback party for all the Big Media companies.  Read it all here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/deadline-big-media-podcast-david-lieberman-episode-29/

Catch my latest podcast with Deadline Executive Editor David Lieberman. We talk about Aereo’s big court win and what it means for broadcast investors; whether we’ve hit Peak Netflix on Wall Street; and whether an unimaginative CBS might ruin the stock buyback party for all the Big Media companies. 

Read it all here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/deadline-big-media-podcast-david-lieberman-episode-29/

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Filed under: finance business media entertainment podcast Aereo Netflix CBS broadcast TV online media streaming 
March 22, 2013
My latest podcast conversation with David Lieberman, Deadline’s executive editor, is here. Today, we talk about changes at the top of the Federal Communications Commission and what it means for the business of cable TV, broadband and wireless; a new No. 2 in the global film business and how that may change the industry; whether Hollywood is making enough family-friendly fare for the exhibition business; and if Angry Birds can disrupt with media business with an online cartoon. Hear it all here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-28/

My latest podcast conversation with David Lieberman, Deadline’s executive editor, is here.

Today, we talk about changes at the top of the Federal Communications Commission and what it means for the business of cable TV, broadband and wireless; a new No. 2 in the global film business and how that may change the industry; whether Hollywood is making enough family-friendly fare for the exhibition business; and if Angry Birds can disrupt with media business with an online cartoon.

Hear it all here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-28/

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Filed under: business finance media entertainment Angry Birds NATO MPAA exhibition FCC 
March 18, 2013
Deadline’s David Lieberman asks can a cartoon based on a videogame “disrupt the system?” An analyst says the new online kids cartoon based on Rovio’s hugely successful “Angry Birds” mobile games shows that traditional content creators are losing their grip on the means of production. Coming as it does just a few days after a Kickstarter campaign raised $2 million in 10 hours to support a movie based on the cancelled cult TV show “Veronica Mars,” along with a bunch of other recent examples that David cites, is the analyst on to something here?  Read David’s story here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/rovio-angry-birds-cartoon-media-disruption-analyst/ And this is definitely the sort of thing I’ll want to be chatting with David about on our regular Friday podcast “Deadline Big Media” this week. Stay tuned for that, so to speak. 

Deadline’s David Lieberman asks can a cartoon based on a videogame “disrupt the system?” An analyst says the new online kids cartoon based on Rovio’s hugely successful “Angry Birds” mobile games shows that traditional content creators are losing their grip on the means of production.

Coming as it does just a few days after a Kickstarter campaign raised $2 million in 10 hours to support a movie based on the cancelled cult TV show “Veronica Mars,” along with a bunch of other recent examples that David cites, is the analyst on to something here? 

Read David’s story here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/rovio-angry-birds-cartoon-media-disruption-analyst/

And this is definitely the sort of thing I’ll want to be chatting with David about on our regular Friday podcast “Deadline Big Media” this week. Stay tuned for that, so to speak. 

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Filed under: Entertainment business Rovio Angry Birds media 
March 15, 2013
My latest conversation with Deadline’s Executive Editor David Lieberman on media, tech and entertainment this week focuses on whether “The Croods” can lift struggling shares of DreamWorks Animation; the strong earnings of the exhibition business, led by this week’s reports from Carmike and AMC Entertainment; and Phil Anschutz’s decision to take live-entertainment giant AEG off the market, followed by the departure of his company’s long-time CEO.  Listen to the whole thing here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-27/ Let us know what you think, and what you’d like to hear from us in future shows. 

My latest conversation with Deadline’s Executive Editor David Lieberman on media, tech and entertainment this week focuses on whether “The Croods” can lift struggling shares of DreamWorks Animation; the strong earnings of the exhibition business, led by this week’s reports from Carmike and AMC Entertainment; and Phil Anschutz’s decision to take live-entertainment giant AEG off the market, followed by the departure of his company’s long-time CEO. 

Listen to the whole thing here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-27/

Let us know what you think, and what you’d like to hear from us in future shows. 

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Filed under: business entertainment media tech finance podcast dreamworks animation The Croods Carmike AMC Entertainment theaters Phil Anschutz AEG 
March 8, 2013
Our latest “Deadline Big Media” podcast is here, as Executive Editor David Lieberman and I talk about News Corp. plans to launch the Fox Sports 1 channel; Time-Warner’s plans to spin off Time Inc.; and Bob Iger’s wins at the Disney annual meeting over several shareholder proposals.  Hear the whole thing here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-26/

Our latest “Deadline Big Media” podcast is here, as Executive Editor David Lieberman and I talk about News Corp. plans to launch the Fox Sports 1 channel; Time-Warner’s plans to spin off Time Inc.; and Bob Iger’s wins at the Disney annual meeting over several shareholder proposals. 

Hear the whole thing here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/deadline-big-media-with-david-lieberman-episode-26/

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Filed under: media business finance entertainment Disney News Corp. Fox Sports 1 Time-Warner Time Inc. Bob Iger David Lieberman david bloom 
March 8, 2013
Deadline’s Nikki Finke reports on the backstage maneuvers that led to a new top culture editor at the NY Times, overseeing everything from Hollywood to high brow. The choice is a bit of a surprise by the paper’s recently named top editor, Jill Abramson. The real problem, Nikki writes, is that the paper’s cultural coverage is fragmented over multiple sections and no longer relevant to Hollywood.  Read the whole story here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/new-york-times-names-new-culture-editor/

Deadline’s Nikki Finke reports on the backstage maneuvers that led to a new top culture editor at the NY Times, overseeing everything from Hollywood to high brow. The choice is a bit of a surprise by the paper’s recently named top editor, Jill Abramson.

The real problem, Nikki writes, is that the paper’s cultural coverage is fragmented over multiple sections and no longer relevant to Hollywood. 

Read the whole story here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/new-york-times-names-new-culture-editor/

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Filed under: publishing New York Times entertainment 
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