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Mon. 12/21 - How Will Movie Theaters Stay Afloat Post-Pandemic?

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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What will movie theaters look like in a post-pandemic world? And what do companies need to do to weather the storm? New research that suggests our early human ancestors could have hibernated. And the pyrotechnic German punch that Atlas Obscura describes as “mulled wine’s metal cousin.” Sponsors: NordVPN, Get 68% off plus FOUR additional free months––at nordvpn.com/kottke or use coupon KOTTKE BitTrust IRA, Waive your signup fee BitTrustIRA.com/kottke Links: How movie theaters will survive beyond the Covid-19 era (Quartz) Early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating (The Guardian) The Flaming Cocktail Cauldrons of German Christmas (Atlas Obscura) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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welcome to the codkey ride home for Monday, December 21st, 2020.

0:40.8

I'm Jackson Bird.

0:42.3

What will movie theaters look like in a post-pandemic world, and what do companies need to do to weather the storm?

0:50.3

New research suggests our early human ancestors could have hibernated,

0:56.0

and the pyrotechnic German punch that Atlas Obscira describes as Mold Wines Medal Cousin.

1:04.1

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:09.5

In a normal year, a ton of us would be headed to the movie theater at some point this week,

1:14.9

and while there's good reason to hope it will be safe enough to do so again this time next year,

1:19.7

the real question, sadly, will be how many movie theaters actually survive for us to go to come December 2021.

1:28.5

That movie theaters in general, as an experience, are going to survive.

1:32.4

As a new article in Courts points out, they've survived massive changes in consumer behavior

1:36.8

before, the advent of television and then VCRs and cable movie channels.

1:42.4

But this one-to punch of streaming giants and a pandemic will no doubt change the industry

1:48.2

in some big ways.

1:50.5

So first, despite think pieces for years talking about how the popularity of streaming services

1:54.9

could kill the movie theater, experts think it's unlikely to happen.

1:59.3

For one, the average movie makes a third of its lifetime revenue

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