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Film budgets are treated as critical information, yet (as @StephenFollows has flagged) the public data has been in freefall for years. Ironically, the numbers have never been more accessible, if you know where to look. I'm trying to pull back the curtain filmfoia.substack.com/p/nobo…
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Professional news!
SO excited to announce that I will be manning @cspan’s first-ever election night big board, the DEMOCRACY DASHBOARD, next month along with the great Jon McArdle.
E-Day lineup is stacked too, with @kirk_bado, @ercovey, @JessicaTaylor, @abbyyturner_ and more>>
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Blog Post: Comparing Statcast Fielding Run Value (FRV) to DRS
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I created the Lahman Baseball Database nearly 30 years ago. It’s pretty gratifying to see it still being used, maintained, and now getting a major modernization. @SABR has announced some big changes coming with the 2026 update. sabr.org/latest/sabrs-lahman…
In case anyone missed it, here's the primary source being cited in writeups of Paramount/WB merger
deadline.com/wp-content/uplo…
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Nielsen's change mean's they're posting public results 11 days (vs 25 days) after the measured week ends.
As part of this same change, they're providing their subscribers *next day* data, so expect to see a lot more streaming show PR going forward from everybody.
Nielsen US Streaming Video Top 10s, viewing via TVs, week ending 9/6/26
#Reacher (#1 original)
#TheBigBangTheory (#1 acquired)
#TheWhisperMan(#1 movie)
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I think everyone is aware that offense is up across MiLB.
I don't think most are aware of how much it is up.
It's the highest run environment since the current MiLB system was formed in 1963. It's higher than any MLB season other than 1930.
Story:
baseballamerica.com/stories/…
Those financial reasons being a near $40M loss for Hasbro on the first film.
'Dungeons & Dragons' Sequel Was Written but May Never Be Filmed Due to 'Financial Reasons' variety.com/2026/film/news/d…
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Everything is a strategy until it’s no longer advantageous. Big bummer for us data nerds. Anyone in favor of performance transparency, especially talent representation, should be bummed as well.
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"Americans using prediction markets to bet on the World Cup may face a lighter tax burden than peers wagering through sportsbooks thanks to tax breaks aimed at investments."
There's always a tax angle, from @reilly_cait
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Google is investing about $75 million in "Backrooms" studio A24 as part of a far-reaching and possibly controversial AI research partnership between the two companies. Scoop here: wsj.com/tech/ai/google-inves…
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This is my magnum opus, my Pulitzer Prize-winner.
The internet says @iamSauceGardner is 25. He says he’s 24.
@TheAthletic went down the age discrepancy rabbit hole. What we learned is that “you can’t believe everything you see on the internet.” 😂 nytimes.com/athletic/7367046…
I saw Disclosure Day (good though with caveats for Coleman Domingo's character) and stuck around to the end of the credits to help me refine my estimate of the film's budget. H/T production designer Stockhausen's interview which clarified production info
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prior to this, I had been struggling to nail down a high quality source talking about the film's physical production location splits.
I took a look at what tax credits can tell us about Spielberg's most recent films. Short answer - West Side Story was much more expensive than the $100M reported in the press while Disclosure Day is likely mildly undershot.
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Out of 202 movie geologists found in 141 movies released between 1919 and 2023, 69 die on screen or are found dead—a mortality rate of about one-third, according to a new paper.
The authors, several geologists–slash–movie buffs, began their analysis more than a decade ago and have provided regular updates, although this is the first in a scientific journal.
Learn more: scim.ag/4tWvqIv @NewsfromScience
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Among films that A) opened on at least 600 screens and B) didn’t open prior to Thanksgiving weekend or days before/on Christmas Day, #Obsession just had the second-best second-weekend hold (behind 1987’s ‘Adventures in Babysitting’). It jumped 39% for a $23.9M Fri-Sun gross.