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Showbiz Sandbox 531: Uncovering A Diverse Set of Problems at the Golden Globes
A week before the Golden Globes, Stacy Perman and Josh Rottenberg of the Los Angeles Times wrote investigative pieces detailing conflicts of interest and a lack of diversity within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association; the tight knit and tight-lippe...
Showbiz Sandbox 530: Spotify Leans Into Original Content
Spotify continues to be the most popular music streaming service in the world growing 24% over the past year to 155 million paid subscribers. However as the subscriber count rises, so too does the amount Spotify must pay in royalties.
Showbiz Sandbox 529: Hollywood Grapples With Cancel Culture
Whether it’s sexual misconduct, misogynistic behavior or social media missteps, the careers of numerous entertainment industry figures have recently been upended after allegations of their moral misbehavior surfaced.
Showbiz Sandbox 528: Crunching The Numbers On Cinema Attendance Trends
With media reports constantly declaring that cinema admissions have been steadily declining for the past two decades, we set out to determine if such proclamations are actually true. Has moviegoing kept pace with population growth or fallen off?
Showbiz Sandbox 527: Sundance Film Festival Overcomes Pandemic Hurdle
How do you hold a film in the midst of an infectious health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic? Just ask the Sundance Film Festival who managed to pull off a virtual film festival that felt quite similar to the real deal right down to the blockbuster...
Showbiz Sandbox 526: Hollywood Reshuffles 2021 Blockbusters
The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc throughout the film industry. With most movie theatres around the world currently closed due to COVID, Hollywood studios have delayed almost all of their major releases into the latter half of this year...
Showbiz Sandbox 525: A Non-Netflix Show Finally Tops Nielsen’s Streaming Charts
For the first time in history, or at least since Nielsen started its U.S. weekly streaming chart, a non-Netflix show claimed the top spot. For the week ending December 20th “The Mandalorian” was the number one steamed show in the nation, with over 1.
Showbiz Sandbox 524: Cable News Networks Make Big Moves
Thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and amped up political unrest, viewership of cable news networks has reached record levels. Now that the presidential election is over in the United States, some are making changes to both their anchor and pro...
Showbiz Sandbox 523: Who Owns The Copyright For The Ratatouille Musical?
The Pixar film “Ratatouille” is enjoying new life. The tale of a rat who becomes a gourmet Parisian chef has gone from one of Pixar’s animated blockbusters, to a TikTok meme taken on by a collaborative community to an actual honest to goodness online m...
Showbiz Sandbox 522: Relief In Sight for Stages and Screens
Just in time for the holidays, the United States Congress finally passed a COVID relief bill which will help independent concert halls, live theatres and movie theaters with some $15 billion in grants and loans.