Showbiz Sandbox
J. Sperling Reich & Michael Giltz
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04/23/24 • 52 min
Netflix first quarter earnings report showed growth in all areas from subscribers, to revenue and income. But with Netflix clearly dominating competitors and entering a mature market, the streaming giant will no longer provide subscriber figures on a regular basis. Instead, Netflix will concentrate on profit and the amount of time each of their 270 [...]
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03/19/24 • 60 min
In what Rolling Stone magazine has dubbed ChatGPT for music, a new service called Suno is trying to democratic music by using artificial intelligence to allow anyone to create a hit song. With no need to learn how to play an instrument or sing, the latest advances in generative AI are creating tunes with a [...]
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11/28/23 • 64 min
If moviegoers have grown tired of endless sequels and franchise reboots, as some will have you believe, then Hollywood studios may be in big trouble. In 2024, a new sequel will be released every other week, including another Godzilla movie, Dune 2, a new Ghostbusters, a new Kung Fu Panda, another Mad Max film, Deadpool [...]
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07/04/23 • 87 min
In a year which boasted a bevy of summer blockbusters, moviegoers haven’t been turning up at theaters for some of the more highly anticipated releases. Instead, big budget titles such as “The Little Mermaid,” “Elemental,” “The Flash,” and even “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” among others have all had underwhelming opening weekends. Is [...]
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Showbiz Sandbox 635: Deciphering Hollywood Hits and Misses
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10/17/23 • 69 min
Hollywood studios often try to camouflage the success or failure of their movies. Sometimes they claim a film is unprofitable, yet go on to make several sequels, as Nu Image did with the “Has Fallen” franchise. Other times a studio insists a movie is a modest box office hit despite paying hundreds of millions for [...]
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01/04/24 • 74 min
Two annual ratings roundups of television viewing in the United States show that audiences for traditional broadcast and linear cable are in serious decline. The list of the 100 most watched broadcast episodes is mostly sports. And the top ranked channels reveal cable isn’t even really trying to program their networks anymore. Meanwhile, the domestic [...]
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05/29/24 • 93 min
The general consensus among attendees was that, unlike last year, the 2024 Cannes Film Festival was not one of its strongest editions. Few of the selections made a huge impact and, indeed, there were a few titles that left festival goers scratching their heads. Yet, it seemed more indicative of a general malaise affecting the [...]
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05/07/24 • 67 min
Streaming services seem to have settled on engagement as the metric by which to measure the success of a series or movie or even the platform itself. However, the industry has yet to decide a method for how to measure and report such figures in a consistent way. Some services publish random viewership figures citing [...]
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Showbiz Sandbox 656: Yes, People Still Buy Books
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04/30/24 • 66 min
Two recent opinion pieces stirred up some heated debate in the book publishing business. One insists no one buys books anymore. The other says the proliferation of book roundup lists is a bunch of nonsense. One is very wrong, even when it’s right. The other is right, but for the wrong reasons. Michael is our [...]
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07/20/22 • 73 min
In an effort to make music valuable again, producer T Bone Burnett is getting behind a technology that allowed him and Bob Dylan to create a one-off re-recording of “Blowin’ In The Wind” and then auction it off for $1.8 million. But can recordings be treated the same way as paintings are in the art [...]
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FAQ
How many episodes does Showbiz Sandbox have?
Showbiz Sandbox currently has 74 episodes available.
What topics does Showbiz Sandbox cover?
The podcast is about Film, Music, Theater, Entertainment, Television, Podcasts, Movies, Tv, Arts, Broadway and Tv & Film.
What is the most popular episode on Showbiz Sandbox?
The episode title 'Showbiz Sandbox 658: Searching for Winners at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Showbiz Sandbox?
The average episode length on Showbiz Sandbox is 77 minutes.
How often are episodes of Showbiz Sandbox released?
Episodes of Showbiz Sandbox are typically released every 7 days, 9 hours.
When was the first episode of Showbiz Sandbox?
The first episode of Showbiz Sandbox was released on Jun 14, 2022.
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