The best writing on entertainment strategy including a weekly "Streaming Ratings Report", unpacking what shows and films are winning the streaming wars.

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Honest thoughts and analysis about films and documentaries, film distribution, film festivals, and the independent film industry from journalist, author, professor, and programmer Anthony Kaufman.

We need a vibrant alternative to mainstream culture, especially a non-dependent cinema ecosystem. Let's build it together & examine what got us here in the first place -- including how we can each build our own sustainable & generative creative practices.

Helping to create the multicultural world we need to see. Sharing the tools, the journey, and providing resources to build authentic stories that need to be archived.

The best movie box office information available anywhere. Our readers? Studio heads and streaming bosses; award-winning filmmakers and artists; film distribution & marketing leaders; the best journalists; Wall Street professionals; movie lovers; and you.

honest advice about making a career as an author today

Reports from the War for Our Attention from Media Cartographer Evan Shapiro.

How do you recover from setbacks? Resilience takes many forms. In this Substack I give this theme a good kicking. With feelings.