Rapid Response: What’s the next Barbenheimer? with The Ankler’s Janice Min

Masters of Scale

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4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summer’s not so hot at the movie theaters, and the same goes for streaming. Nothing’s come close to last year’s Barbie-Oppenheimer success, and Janice Min of entertainment news startup Ankler Media can’t say she’s surprised. Janice vets Hollywood’s offerings for the summer entertainment cycle, weighs in on deals from Paramount/Skydance to the astronomical price of NBA rights, and lays out the financial reality for media companies in an age of scrambling for everyone’s digital attention.

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, we couldn't be more excited to announce the first round of speakers for the Masters of
0:05.9	Scale Summit, our flagship event taking place in San Francisco this October 22nd to 24th.
0:13.0	The lineup is packed with visionary leaders,
0:16.0	like Microsoft AIs, Mustafa Suleiman,
0:19.0	Reddit, Steve Huffman,
0:21.0	Pattern Beauty's Tracy Ellis Ross, and more.
0:24.0	Go to Masters of Scale.com forward slash apply
0:27.2	to see the entire first round lineup
0:29.4	and submit your application to join us live.
0:32.4	Plus, keep an eye out for even more of phenomenal speakers to be announced in the coming weeks.
0:37.0	Again, go to Masters ofScale.com forward slash apply
0:42.0	and submit your application today.
0:47.1	Going to movies now has this expectation like going to six flags like you can't just
0:51.8	ride a scary roller coaster it has to go upside down and
0:54.4	you're suspended for six seconds and then you have to go 90 miles an hour down.
0:59.3	They sort of created a bar where the experience has to be something that would not be as
1:05.6	satisfying on your television in a streaming service. Also this move towards safety
1:11.8	where the expectation of a sequel is that it makes 70% of the
1:15.5	original and in this age of studios having so much debt you're going to take that
1:21.3	bet over an original project.
1:24.0	That's Janice Min, co-founder and CEO of The Ancler, the hot new resource for Inside Hollywood Info.
1:36.0	And there is a lot going on in entertainment right now.
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