This week: It’s magical times at Disney! Just don’t look too closely.  

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Show Notes  

Disney Powers Ahead In Streaming, With Disney+ Reaching 164.2M Subscribers, But Key Fiscal Q4 Results Fall Short Of Wall Street Targets – Deadline  

ESPN sells majority interest in X Games to MSP Sports Capital  

Indiana Jones TV Series Eyed for Disney+ - Variety  

'Doctor Who' Heads to Disney+ Internationally - Variety  

Warner Bros Discovery Board Member John Malone Says David Zaslav's Streaming Strategy Will Succeed “If He Makes Good Stuff”  

Warner Bros Discovery Boss David Zaslav Holds Town Hall With New DC Heads James Gunn & Peter Safran About New Cohesive Universe  

HBO's Harry Potter Show, And Just Like That Season 2 Explained by Exec - Variety  

Warner Bros. Discovery Launches First Entertainment FAST Channel - Variety  

Steven Spielberg: Streamers Like HBO Max 'Threw My Best Filmmaker Friends Under the Bus'  

The CW To Shed WBD, Paramount Content In 2023-24 Season; Former Owners “Not Precluded From Selling Us Programming” If It's “A Deal We Like,” Says Nexstar CEO  

AMC is turning movie theaters into Zoom Rooms for big-screen videoconferencing - The Verge  

AMC CEO Says a Lack of New Movies, Not COVID or Streaming, Is the Real Threat to Theaters  

Chris Rock Sets Live Netflix Comedy Special - Variety  

Netflix explores investing in live sports, bids for streaming rights- WSJ | Reuters  

Comcast And Charter Name Their Streaming Joint Venture Xumo, Set Related Rebrand Of Flex And XClass TV And Outline Plans For Timing Of Launch – Deadline  

'Monster' Renewed for Season 2 & 3 at Netflix as Anthology, 'The Watcher' Renewed for Season 2  

Gears of War Is Netflix's Latest Gaming Adaptation  

Netflix confirms a Stranger Things VR game is coming in 'late 2023' | Engadget  

‘Partner Track’ & ‘The Imperfects’ Canceled By Netflix After 1 Season – Deadline  

‘The Empress’: Netflix Orders Season 2 – The Hollywood Reporter  

‘Carnival Row’ To End With Season 2 At Amazon – Deadline  

‘Dr. Death’ TV Series Casts Edgar Ramirez For Season 2 – Deadline  

‘Community’ Movie Is Finally Real: Peacock Orders Feature With Original Stars – Deadline  

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