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Journalist covering the film biz, Disney and more for . Author of movie business book "The Big Picture," available now.

L.A., CA, USA
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 8

    "If you’re a film fan, The Big Picture is a must-read. It’s an informative, entertaining, often maddening look at how the film industry ended up where it is today." Wow, thanks!

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  2. Aug 10

    Read all the way to the bottom of my story on the weirdness these days at Fox's movie studio these days and here's some fun stuff you may not have known

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  3. Aug 10

    Like every movie studio, Fox runs it business by planning two, three, even four years in advance, because that's how long it takes to develop and make a film. But, uhhh, Fox will probably stop existing in about one year.

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  4. Aug 9

    She saw the trust!

    Exclusive: Sumner Redstone’s trust bars his trustees from entering into any mergers that would leave National Amusements with less than 30% voting control of the resulting company. Severely limits options for CBS and Viacom unless amended. via
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  5. Retweeted
    Aug 6

    Facebook — and Google and Amazon — are seeking financial data

    Big scoop from Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about customers as it seeks to boost user engagement
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  6. Aug 6

    OK so the MoviePass story was totally worth poking my head up into the world. But now back to my social media-free vacation.

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  7. Aug 6

    No more blackouts, CEO Mitch Lowe told me. But the ban on repeat viewing remains.

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    Any idea if they will still limit movies to "some showings". That's the biggest issue people have now. You go to check in and only certain showings are available on moviepass (e.g. 10PM on a weeknight or 3 am on the weekend 🙄). What about movie repeats?
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  8. Aug 6

    Since some have asked me: Annual MoviePass subscribers won’t be transitioned to 3 per month until their full year ends, CEO Mitch Lowe told me. Couldn’t fit that in the article.

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  9. Aug 6

    “We’ve been whipsawing people back and forth,” admits MoviePass CEO in first interview discussing the recent chaos and the change to three films per month.

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  10. Aug 6

    Back to $9.95 per month, no more peak pricing or tickets stub photos. But only three films per month. Our MoviePass scoop and exclusive interview with its CEO, who admits recent mistakes.

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  11. Aug 6

    MoviePass rescinds price increase, will limit subscribers to THREE films per month. "They’ll stop hearing MoviePass is going out of business," CEO says in first interview since recent crisis. Scoop:

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    Jul 31

    In California, more fires prompt evacuations via

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  13. Jul 31

    MoviePass announces plan to raise prices, limit access to new movies in a bid to stay afload. Investors send parent company's stock plummeting once again. Market cap is now less than $1 million. Not a typo.

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  14. Jul 30

    Which would possibly be an improvement over how the app is currently performing (or not)

    MoviePass CEO announces in all-hands meeting that tickets to big upcoming movies will not be available on the app
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  15. Jul 30

    " I read this book in one sitting, unable to put it down, grimly fascinated with the Hollywood machine and, like a car crash, I was unable to look away." Thank you!

    My first piece for (and hopefully there will be many to come). Please check out great book "The Big Picture" as its truly great stuff!
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  16. Jul 30

    Wal-Mart planning for its own video streaming service with family-friendly programming targeting Middle America

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  17. Retweeted
    Jul 27

    A 12-year-old who spent the night in a parking lot waiting for her mother. A mother who was reunited with the wrong child: A deeply reported explanation of all the ways and reasons reunification went wrong.

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  18. Jul 27

    Former Lions Gate general counsel Wayne Levin was paid $4.67 million last fiscal year including $1.5 million of severance, the company disclosed today. Our story on the circumstances of his departure:

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  19. Jul 27

    This is MoviePass's not-super-clear way of saying that, except for theaters it has direct deals with, you can't use it to see Mission: Impossible this weekend.

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  20. Jul 27

    Star Wars Episode IX starts shooting August 1. Billy Dee Williams is in it, as is... Mark Hamill (?). Carrie Fisher will be in it as Leia using unreleased footage shot for "The Force Awakens."

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  21. Jul 27

    The Trump administration was totally prepped to separate families at the border, but spiraled into chaos when it came time to reunite them. Great reporting in this deep dive by and

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