Tony Maglio
Indiewire
New Jersey, United States
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Disney Paid Itself $10 Million for That Awkward ‘Little Mermaid’ Oscars Moment
Or like 5x what a 30-second commercial during the 95th Academy Awards cost. → Read More
Oscars Reach 18.7 Million Viewers, the Most for Any Awards Show in 3 Years
The 95th Academy Awards didn’t get every viewer everywhere all at once — but the TV audience was 12 percent larger than last year. → Read More
‘The Last of Us’ Hits New Series-High Viewership Despite Finale Airing Against the Oscars
The videogame adaptation’s Season 1 finale premiered on linear HBO and HBO Max during the 95th Academy Awards telecast. → Read More
‘Ray Donovan’ May Join the Showtime Franchise Frenzy
It sounds like the Liev Schreiber crime drama is going to get the “Billions” and “Dexter” treatment. → Read More
From NBC’s ‘Night Court’ to Fox’s ‘Accused’: How to Create a New Broadcast TV Hit in 2023
IndieWire spoke with showrunners for "Accused," "Fire Country," and "Night Court" about the challenges of broadcast TV in a streaming world. → Read More
The Story of Paramount and the $3 Billion Showtime Controversy
What would you rather have in 2023? “Billions,” or billions? → Read More
When a $217 Million Streaming Loss Is a ‘Clear Highlight’
When Wall Street expects you to lose half-a-billion dollars from streaming, you can dine out on these numbers. → Read More
Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $2.1 Billion in Q4
HBO, HBO Max, and Discovery+ ended 2022 with a combined 96.1 million direct-to-consumer subscribers. → Read More
Why Netflix Dropped Subscription Prices in More Than 100 Territories — but Not the U.S.
Sure, the password-sharing crackdown sucks — but Netflix rightsizing prices in poorer countries could help make up for that. → Read More
IMAX CEO Says 2023 Will Be a Return to Pre-Pandemic Box Office — for IMAX
Rich Gelfond, in speaking with IndieWire, expects IMAX box office to hit $1.1 billion in 2023. The exhibition industry at large won’t be so lucky. → Read More
Blumhouse Is Making (Scary AF) Video Games Now
And oh yeah, that Blumhouse merger with James Wan’s Atomic Monster is ON — and set to close this summer. → Read More
All the Ways Paramount Plans to Fix Itself
Paramount had a tough end to 2022. Here are nine ways the company plans to right the ship in 2023 — and to hopefully make a lot of money in 2024. → Read More
Does New Bundle with MGM+ Make Amazon a Potential Starz Buyer?
Amazon Prime Video is launching a bundle with Starz and its MGM+. The “long-term deal” could also be a feeler, of sorts. → Read More
The Next Big Move for Paramount+ with Showtime? Maybe Starz
When no one wanted Starz, Lionsgate the holding company focused on selling Lionsgate the studio. However, analysts see another opportunity. → Read More
DirecTV to Newsmax: Why You So Obsessed with Me?
DirecTV did not re-up Newsmax TV’s carriage deal last month. In the weeks that followed, Newsmax has acted like a scorned ex. → Read More
One Thing Bob Iger Could Do with Hulu? Trade It for ESPN
Disney and Comcast have been posturing about the future of Hulu for months now. They’ve got four options, and one is a real game-changer. → Read More
Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVII Win Scores 113 Million Viewers
Patrick Mahomes led Kansas City over the Philadelphia Eagles in a high-scoring, dramatic affair. → Read More
Seth Meyers and Fred Armisen Tell Us How They Pull Off the Best Bit in Late-Night TV
All Meyers has to do is ask his friend and “Late Night” bandleader Armisen one simple, totally secret, question. → Read More
Bob Iger Sees Disney+ as Smaller, Tighter, and Profitable — and Wall Street Loves It
Iger is already “delivering the goods,” the equity analysts at Wells Fargo wrote. Next, he’ll deliver streaming profits. → Read More
Disney+ Lost 2.4 Million Subscribers in Q1: What Happened
Disney+ Hotstar got (cricket-)paddled in and around India after losing IPL digital rights. → Read More