David Reads The Trades

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This morning, I tried David Reads The Trades as a live podcast on Substack, the result of which is above. We covered ground from Amazon to Coyote vs Acme to the goal of pushing for a wider window this week at CinemaCon to expanding Premium theater choices and more… and for the first time, live audience interaction, which was mostly one guy in New York ( Hi, Ed! ) but I hope to figure that out as I...

The US takes a step towards WWIII, which is not my subject here, but can’t help but hang over today’s podcast.. The Razzies jump the shark… Gossip Queens Belloni & Fleming, Jr. slap fight one another… Joe Wambaugh, one of the great cop writers, passes on… You think who should win? Great. Keep it to yourself… Have a great Oscar Sunday. Hopefully I will be less cranky by then… This is a public episo...

Basically no news today… but those wacky trades drag the carcasses of Bond, Amazon, Baldoni, and Lively around like its the chariot race in Ben-Hur… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Trump comes to piss all over the L.A. fires… Flight Risk limps into theaters… Sundance continues… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Not much to talk about… bad box office… bad Tik Tok… bad CNN… Santa Barbara doesn’t flinch on its Feb 4 celeb fest, so that will be an interesting canary in the gold mine… Dame Joan Plowright, RIP… have a great weekend… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Israel & Hamas cease on Sunday in 1st of 3-parter… BAFTA & WGA serve it up ( remember 2023 before getting too excited )… Oscars aren’t being cancelled, but Academy gives symbolic $250k “from cancelled luncheon” to fire relief… YouTube matches Disney with $15 million in fire support… Bad Wolf… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...

Trades lie about Globes down ratings… Trump threatens Comcast over Seth Meyer monologue… Trades offer flowery odes to the fires… cancelled events seems to be the primary tragedy in some quarters… the hangover (not The Hangover ) continues… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Just talking L.A…. and Wicked kills it on PVOD, but should it have? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Show business is on fire… with a side of DGA, SAG, and WB changing marketing leaders as they head into a make or break year. Welcome to the longest SRTT ever… sorry… but there was little news in quantity, but it felt important and in need of discussion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/sub...