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THB #165: Toby and Johnny and Amber... OH MY!

THB #165: Toby and Johnny and Amber... OH MY!

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David Poland
Jun 02, 2022
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I woke up Wednesday morning thinking about making a very cogent argument about how stock prices are not affected by content successes. Paramount and Netflix and Disney and IMAX were all down today, giving up whatever stock bumps they got from Top Gun Maverick, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Stranger Things. (A Jedi, a guy with a big smile, and a bunch of kids walk into a bar with a really big screen…)

But the day had other plans. Verdicts in the case of Warner Bros and the Heard/Depp trial made themselves apparent over my first cup of coffee.

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