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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya like or email me at seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on TUESDAY, February 25, 2025. Where Hollywood streaming services — it may be time to start following SPOTIFY’s lead and figure out a bougier superfan tier to put on top of your current bougie tiers . . . as 50% of U.S. spending comes from just the top 10% highest-earners according to MOODY’S — the highest level since it started collecting the data in the late 1980s.
That top 10% also has 67.5% of the wealth in the U.S., with the bottom 50% having just 2.5%. Aka FAST viewers. 🥁 So Hollywood, clearly there is some more money to milk here! Bridgerton cast — are you game to re-enact scenes in subscribers’ homes? Er, okay yeah, maybe not certain scenes . . . but I’m sure they’d let you pick.
OR: Maybe just do it for renown Bridgerton fan Warren Buffett (he watches for the expensive costume design) — his BERKSHIRE HATHWAY is literally now sitting on $334B worth of cash and Treasuries. OH: ALTICE and MSG NETWORKS ended their 54-day carriage standoff with a deal:
YEAH: PARAMOUNT and the Trump camp are seeking a mediator for his $20B 60 Minutes lawsuit, so if you know any qualified right-wing podcasters with some free time — drop ’em a note. AH: Part of the STARBUCKS return to prosperity plan involves, lo and behold, mass layoffs! 1,100 corporate roles are being eliminated — but the real cost savings come from no longer having to give them weekly corporate jet round-trip rides to the office. Oh wait, sorry — that’s just the CEO. KUDOS: To META’s top execs, who found another way to be a lot more efficient . . . about giving themselves more money this year. 🤑
THEN: Lester Holt is leaving his perch at the NBC Nightly News sometime this summer (although he’ll continue hosting Dateline NBC), marking the 2nd major anchor change at a broadcast TV evening news show this year. And all because the network couldn’t program Thursday nights . . . (just a little something for my Broadcast News folks). ALSO: Erivo & Grande will perform together at the Oscars, with Karla Sofía Gascón in the audience. REST IN PEACE: This one is for any fellow NY sports fans, but decades-long MSG NETWORK sportscaster Al Trautwig died at the age of 68 this week from complications of cancer. THEN: As college hoops gets more of the spotlight as March approaches on Saturday — the tournaments are definitely going to be fun this year:
TWO CHARTS: Just some things I found interesting from the larger news cycle.
VOTE NOW!: While midterm elections are still 21 months away (not that anyone’s counting . . .), now is the perfect time to cast your votes in Katey Rich’s Prestige Junkie Oscar Pool! I mean, real experts wait for all the guilds to show their hands before voting anyway.
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