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WBD Sees Impressive DTC Profit in 2024

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   We now have another streamer officially in the black for an entire year— and surprisingly, it’s Warner Bros. Discovery, which likely wasn’t on many people’s bingo cards. We have Brandon Blake, entertainment lawyer Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., to share the happy news.                                                                             Brandon Blake   A Strong Year End   Warner Bros Discovery onboarded enough new streamers last year to grow their overall subscriptions to 116.9M, with an ambitious target of 150M by the end of 2026. This is on top of an announced $677M in DTC profit for the whole year. In 2023, that was just $103M, with a $55M loss in the Q4 period of that year.   This streaming subscriber growth was seen over both global and ...

Your Oscar Nominations Roundup and Films to Watch

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 Who’s who in the 2025 Oscar Season race? With the ceremony, slightly delayed due to the California wildfires, finally taking place in the first week of March this year, we take a look at the key films to know from the 97th Academy Award lineup with Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A.                                                                             Brandon Blake Where We Stand 2024 itself brought us a very unpredictable and rather turbulent, although ultimately successful, blockbuster year. Films that were meant to be blockbusters flopped, while little-considered ones saw massive popular traction. From the festival circuit, we saw some stellar titles emerge, including Anora , A Real Pain , and The Substance proving to be crowd-pleasers....