Tag: Strictly Business
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Imagine’s Justin Wilkes on Pushing into Premium Nonfiction, How Streaming Deals are Changing and the Double Strike Impact on Indies
About six years ago, Imagine Entertainment went on a diversification push to add top-shelf documentary and nonfiction content to the company’s roster, as well as kids and family entertainment and branded creative marketing, among other content-related businesses.The timing was spot-on. Imagine has been able to grow along with the boom in demand for original content…
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Media Stocks to Hit More Turbulence with Wobbly Q2 Earnings and Weak Second Half Outlook
Who’s up, who’s down and who is really in deep trouble on Wall Street?Media stocks have been on a wild ride in the first half of 2023. On the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Variety Intelligence Platform media analyst Heidi Chung breaks down how Disney, Netflix, Comcast and other leading lights of media…
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‘Flamin’ Hot’ Producer DeVon Franklin Navigates New Distribution Routes in Film and TV: ‘Getting the Movie Made is the Win’
Producer DeVon Franklin has been cutting his own path through Hollywood for more than two decades.He’s made a career as a producer out of pursuing inspirational and faith-infused movies and now TV shows. On the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Franklin explains that he is unabashedly on a mission to use movies and…
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Dr. Seuss Enterprises CEO Susan Brandt Expands a Brand That ‘Really Represents Childhood’
Dr. Seuss has been busy of late.TV and movie projects tied to beloved characters from the inimitable children’s book author and illustrator have been popping up as frequently as Sneetches on the beaches at a time of heightened global demand for marquee content.Susan Brandt, president and CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, is in charge of…
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Producer Charles Roven Takes ‘Uncharted’ Path Through Changing Movie Business
The strong debut of Sony Pictures’ “Uncharted” at the box office last month came a happy sign that moviegoing is back to normal-ish levels as families returned to multiplexes for the Tom Holland-starrer based on the PlayStation video game franchise.Behind the scenes, “Uncharted” is also a textbook case of a movie that needed seasoned and…