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L.A. fires burn away CNN's dwindling relevance, the bid to save Venu Sports goes FUBAR, and YouTube TV closes in on 9 million subscribers
Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we try to reconcile the hot political air blowing out of social media with the blowtorch that just incinerated the city we love


Netflix has the best week in video-business history, and Elon Musk takes over rural America with Starlink
Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we ponder the final dagger for net neutrality, possible bankruptcy for the Knicks' and Rangers' RSN, and the de-evolution of the Hollywood awards biz into a vertically integrated racket


What's really causing the NBA's TV ratings to brick?
Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we ponder the first round of ESPN's big $1.3 billion College Football Playoff, Max's maxed-out churn rate, and the inevitable 2025 invasion of Gen AI-created short-form video


Timothée Chalamet worship kicks into overdrive, David Zaslav gets Street cred ... and Tim Cook and ABC kiss the ring
Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom we ponder just how undervalued Disney's DTC business is, and we look at Charter's marketing plan to beat fixed wireless

Christmas miracle comebacks for Lindsay Lohan and Roku ... and is there too much powerful, impactful pandering to women by the Hollywood trades?
Our weekly newsletter focused on all things technology, media and telecom also ponders whether Trump enmity will mess with Disney succession planning ... and if we've covered our last Investor Day

How NBCU watched a $12 billion business turn to mush in just six years
Yes, (Bonnie) Hammer time is truly over, as Comcast cuts loose the vaunted cable homes of 'Suits,' 'Monk' and Rachel Maddow. We also look at The Trade Desk's (now officially announced) new TVOS platform, and DirecTV's plans after breaking up with Dish

John Malone makes the unimaginably terrifying market power of a combined Comcast-Charter seem so ... real
Also this week, our 'Next Text' column looks at 'Inside the NBA' and its big move to ESPN, Disney's huge Q3 streaming numbers, and Netflix's massive audience for a fumbled live stream of a crappy fight

Charter puts long-forsaken video back in (triple) play, Wall Street tells Roku and Fubo to go play on the freeway
Also, the resurgent World Series outpaces the NBA Finals, Comcast rides massive 'Call of Duty' file sizes to internet glory, and that dumb 'Apple Intelligence' marketing slogan helps push iPhone sales out of their slump

Did indie horror film 'Terrifier 3' just save the movie business?
Also in this week's 'Next TMT' newsletter, DTC streaming glasnost comes to the cold, dead RSN business, fixed wireless access is three years ahead of schedule, the DirecTV-Dish deal is imperiled anew, and AT&T and Verizon just quietly shedded 5,000 more jobs

DirecTV loses 10% of its 'Sunday Ticket' restaurant customers, Bally, er, FanDuel Sports loses 97% of its asset value, and Charter's SportsNet RSNs lose some employees
Plus, our Next Text column asks, why does Netflix want to stop talking about quarterly subscriber growth ... when it's absolutely killing quarterly subscriber growth?
