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AMC Says It Will Continue To Close Movie Theatres

For the company’s Q4 2025, which ended on December 31, AMC reported total revenue of $1.28 billion. That’s a drop of 1.4% from the $1.3 billion the company reported for the same quarter a year earlier. - Fast Company

Republican Attorneys General Oppose Netflix Warner Deal

“We, the undersigned Attorneys General, write to express our concerns that the proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Brothers will likely result in undue market concentration that stifles competition and therefore creates higher prices, lower reliability, and less innovation for one of America’s major industries." - Deadline

CBS News Insiders Worry That “60 Minutes” As We’ve Known It Is Doomed

“As Bari Weiss seeks to reimagine CBS News, staffers are preparing for … 60 Minutes, arguably the most influential news program in all of TV, to be ‘revolutionized’ along with it. … Recent months have seen a flurry of events that portend a very different 60 Minutes in the not-too-distant future.” - The Hollywood Reporter

Paramount Increases Its Bid For Warner Bros. Yet Again

New studio mogul David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has increased its unsolicited offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery from $30 to $31 in cash per share — increasing the total value of the offer (including assuming $33 billion in debt) to $111 billion. - Variety

Berlin Film Festival Winners: “Yellow Letters”, Sandra Hüller, “Salvation”, “Queen At Sea”

Oscar-nominated İlker Çatak’s film about a Turkish theater couple persecuted by the government, Yellow Letters, took the Golden Bear for best feature. The number-two award, the Grand Jury Prize, went to Emin Alper’s Salvation; the third-place Jury Prize went to Lance Hammer’s Queen at Sea. Sandra Hüller won Best Leading Performance honors for Rose. - Variety

Why The Uproar About The Tourette’s/N-Word Incident At The BAFTAs Isn’t Dying Down

“If you wanted to write a scabrous, over-the-top satire on liberal attitudes, you could hardly do better than use this weekend’s BAFTA ceremony. … Of course, it is complicated. A case of competing sensitivities and the now livewire issue of omissions, snubs and complicity-through-silence.” - The Guardian

No Truly Great Movie Can Stop One Battle After Another, According To The BAFTAs

The heavy-handed adaptation of Vineland won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director — and best adapted screenplay. Hamnet won best British film (& Jesse Buckley best actress), which, sure. Wunmi Motaku took home the sole acting award from Sinners, and Ryan Coogler won for best original screenplay. - BBC

The Vegas Sphere Generates $1.2 Billion In Income In 2025

The company reported adjusted operating profit of $261.8 million for FY 2025, which was up 138% YoY. - Music Business Worldwide

FCC Pushes TV Programmers To Produce Patriotic Content

Suggestions of pro-America content the department made include running public service announcements, short segments, or full specials specifically promoting civic education, inspiring local stories, and American history or starting each broadcast day with “The Star Spangled Banner” or Pledge of Allegiance. - The Hill

Is Streaming The Key For Cable’s Survival?

The gains validate a bold bet by Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey: that cable could survive, if no longer thrive, by embracing the apps that had begun to supplant the traditional TV bundle. - The Wall Street Journal

Movie Promotions Have Gotten Completely Out Of Control, But Why?

Think color, branding, social media - and publicists. - El País English

K-Pop Demon Hunters Dominates The Annies

Does any other animated film have a chance at an award this year? The film “won in every category in which it was nominated,” equalling ten of the twelve awards (Arco and Bad Guys 2 won the categories in which Demon Hunters wasn’t nominated). - The Wrap

The Federal Communications Commission In The U.S. Is Going In On The ‘Must Be Patriotic’ Thing

The FCC chair asked broadcasters to sign a pledge, and said they should “inform and entertain audiences by upping programming that ‘celebrates the American journey and inspires its citizens by highlighting the historic accomplishments of this great nation.’” - NPR

The New Wuthering Heights Treats One Of Its Women Very, Very Badly

“The film Isabella is a narrative tool for Heathcliff rather than developing in her own right. She becomes another victim of ‘fridging,’ a term coined by Gail Simone that references the way in which many female characters are disposable, depthless plot devices.” - The Guardian (UK)

James Cameron Slams Netflix And Weighs In On The Side Of Paramount For Warner Bros

Cameron even wants the U.S. Senate to block the Netflix bid. Either way, “the clock is ticking, but for those who may not be following the corporate back-and-forth closely, here's a look at what each deal could mean.” - CBC

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