‘If you don’t attend to it,’ the stand-up comic explains, ‘you will regret it.’ Source: NYT > Business – Burt Helm
Netflix Signs the Duo Behind HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss agreed to a deal that will have them creating new TV shows and films for the streaming giant. Source: NYT > Business – John Koblin and Nicole Sperling
HBO’s ‘Succession’ Tries to Get the Merger-Mad Media Industry Right
Hidden debt, asset swaps, corporate raids: Financial journalists and a playwright well versed in the Enron scandal watch over the show’s arcane scenarios to make sure they’re plausible. Source: NYT > Business – Edmund Lee
For Women Comics, Peak TV Has Its Troughs
The streaming era is thought to be a golden age for women. But for Kate Micucci and many of her peers, the reality is much more complicated. Source: NYT > Business – Noam Scheiber
‘Friends’ to Leave Netflix for HBO Max, AT&T’s New Streaming Service
The streaming wars are heating up and the phone giant’s new service will have “Friends” exclusively. Source: NYT > Business – Edmund Lee
HBO Pushes Back in Michael Jackson Legal Fight
Lawyers for HBO said the Jackson estate’s argument that “Leaving Neverland” violated a nondisparagement clause was a “poorly disguised and legally barred posthumous defamation claim.” Source: NYT > Business – BEN SISARIO