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June 2024
May 2024
- Showbiz Sandbox 658: Searching for Winners at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 657: New Streaming Business Models Require New Measurement Tools
April 2024
- Showbiz Sandbox 656: Yes, People Still Buy Books
- Showbiz Sandbox 655: Netflix Stops Sweating (and Reporting) Subscriber Growth
- Showbiz Sandbox 654: CinemaCon Promotes A Bright Future for Movie Theatres
- Showbiz Sandbox 653: Godzilla and Kong, Once Again, Prove Movie Theaters Aren’t Dead
March 2024
- Showbiz Sandbox 652: Comscore, Nielsen and the Battle Over TV Ratings
- Showbiz Sandbox 651: The Next Hit Song May Be Written and Performed by AI
- Showbiz Sandbox 650: “Oppenheimer” Gives Christopher Nolan His Oscar Moment
February 2024
- Showbiz Sandbox 649: Hollywood’s Superhero Movie Problem
- Showbiz Sandbox 648: Judging This Year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
- Showbiz Sandbox 647: Disney Teams Up For Sports Streaming Service
January 2024
- Showbiz Sandbox 646: A Slimmed Down Sundance Still Shines
- Showbiz Sandbox 645: Amazon Prime Video Set To Dominate Advertising Market
- Showbiz Sandbox 644: The Golden Globes Lose Their Luster
- Showbiz Sandbox 643: Linear Television Viewership Sinks to New Lows
December 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 642: What Netflix Subscribers Really Watch
- Showbiz Sandbox 641: Red Sea Film Festival Highlights Emerging Film Market
November 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 640: Hollywood Has Always Been Addicted To Sequels
- Showbiz Sandbox 639: Hollywood Deals With Post-Strike Fallout
- Showbiz Sandbox 638: What the Actors Won in Their New Contract
- Showbiz Sandbox 637: Spotify Fighting Fraud With New Payment Plan
- Showbiz Sandbox 636: Why Streaming Subscriptions Are Getting More Expensive
October 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 635: Deciphering Hollywood Hits and Misses
- Showbiz Sandbox 634: Spotify Gets Book Smart
- Showbiz Sandbox 633: Dissecting the New Writers Guild Contract
September 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 632: Pickets Down - Hollywood Writers Strike A Tentative Deal
- Showbiz Sandbox 631: Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals Kick Off Unusual Awards Season
- Showbiz Sandbox 630: Resurrecting Silent Films Can Be Profitable (Theoretically)
- Showbiz Sandbox 629: Disney vs. Charter Feud Could Finally Unbundle Cable
August 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 628: An Inside Look at Streaming’s Microscopic Residual Payments
- Showbiz Sandbox 627: Linear TV Drops Below 50% In U.S. For First Time
- Showbiz Sandbox 626: Will Disney’s Big Wager On Sports Betting Pay Off?
- Showbiz Sandbox 625: SAG-AFTRA Concerns Over AI Are Justified
- Showbiz Sandbox 624: Hollywood Is Bungling Its Barbenheimer Momentum
July 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 623: Actors Join Writers In Historic Dual-Strike
- Showbiz Sandbox 622: Actors and Writers Agree That AI Ain’t So Smart
- Showbiz Sandbox 621: Summer Box Office Is Much Cooler Than Expected
June 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 620: This Year’s Tony Awards Were Unscripted, Yet Predictable
- Showbiz Sandbox 619: Directors Strike Deal for New Contract With Producers
May 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 618: The 2023 Cannes Film Festival Lives Up to the Hype
- Showbiz Sandbox 617: Why the Writers Strike Will Last for Months, Not Weeks
- Showbiz Sandbox 616: Movie Theaters Celebrate Recovery at CinemaCon
April 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 615: Warner Bros. Takes Streaming to the Max
- Showbiz Sandbox 614: Streaming Fraud Is Costing Musicians Billions
- Showbiz Sandbox 613: Author James Patterson Questions New York Times Best Seller List
March 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 612: No Easy Cure for Concert Ticket Troubles
- Showbiz Sandbox 611: This Year’s Oscars Were Everything Everyone Could Have Asked For
- Showbiz Sandbox 610: Hollywood Writers Prep For A Contentious Strike
February 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 609: Consumers Are Spending A Fortune on Home Entertainment
- Showbiz Sandbox 608: The Television Landscape Is Changing FAST
- Showbiz Sandbox 607: AMC Sets Sights On Upending Movie Ticket Prices
- Showbiz Sandbox 606: Beyoncé Makes Grammy History As Harry Styles Wins Album of the Year
January 2023
- Showbiz Sandbox 605: The Future For This Year’s Sundance Movies
- Showbiz Sandbox 604: Which Awards Actually Matter?
- Showbiz Sandbox 603: Sports Programming Rules The Ratings In 2022
December 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 602: Avatar Sequel Makes A Splash at the Box Office
- Showbiz Sandbox 601: Middle East Film Industry On Display at Red Sea Film Festival
November 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 600: The Return of Bob Iger at Disney
- Showbiz Sandbox 599: The Grammy Awards Have A Timing Problem
- Showbiz Sandbox 598: Streaming Growth Goes International
October 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 597: Audiobooks Are Changing Our Reading Habits
- Showbiz Sandbox 596: The Compact Disc Turns 40 Years Old
September 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 595: Vinyl Sales and Payola on the Rise in Music Industry
- Showbiz Sandbox 594: Fall Film Festivals Set The Stage For Awards Season
- Showbiz Sandbox 593: This Year’s Emmy Awards Turns Into A Rerun
- Showbiz Sandbox 592: Why Is HBO Max Dumping Content?
August 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 591: Live Sports Becomes the Costliest Battle of the Streaming Wars
- Showbiz Sandbox 590: New Warner Bros. Discovery Strategy Is A Little Batty
July 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 589: Should Music Be Produced and Sold Like Fine Art?
- Showbiz Sandbox 588: Keeping Track of Ever-Shifting Streaming Strategies
June 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 587: How To Succeed on Broadway After a Global Pandemic
- Showbiz Sandbox 586: Tony Awards Help Broadway Get Its Groove Back
- Showbiz Sandbox 585: Entertainment Industry Stumble Into Sociopolitical Pitfalls
- Showbiz Sandbox: Movies Were the Stars at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
May 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 584: Cannes Film Festival Showcases Industry Revival
- Showbiz Sandbox 583: The Long and Winding Road to Box Office Recovery
- Showbiz Sandbox 582: Movie Theaters Come Roaring Back at CinemaCon
April 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 581: Streamers Double Down On Original Programming
- Showbiz Sandbox 580: Warner Bros. Enters Its Discovery Phase
- Showbiz Sandbox 579: The Award For Best Awards Show Goes To The Grammys!
March 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 578: The Oscars Get Slappy With It
- Showbiz Sandbox 577: Why The Biggest Japanese Game Is Actually Chinese
- Showbiz Sandbox 576: Director Frank Marshall Strikes A New Note With Jazz Fest
- Showbiz Sandbox 575: Should Movie Theaters Charge More For Blockbusters?
- Showbiz Sandbox 574: Entertainment Industry Shuns Russia
February 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 573: Paramount Takes A Global Approach to Streaming
- Showbiz Sandbox 572: Picking The Best Music From The Past Year
- Showbiz Sandbox 571: Want Ratings? Get Joe Rogan To Host The Oscars!
- Showbiz Sandbox: Streaming Through the 2022 Sundance Film Festival
January 2022
- Showbiz Sandbox 570: The Realistic Future of a Mature Netflix
- Showbiz Sandbox 569: Are Music Catalog Deals Overvalued?
- Showbiz Sandbox 568: Catalog Music Dominates Consumption on Streaming Services
- Showbiz Sandbox 567: That Time Everyone In Hollywood Got COVID
December 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 566: Spider-Man Saves The Annual Box Office From Omicron
- Showbiz Sandbox 565: Are COVID Rules Unfairly Targeting Movie Theaters?
- Showbiz Sandbox 564: Film Critics Start Selecting the Best Movies of 2021
November 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 563: The Grammy Nominations Are Bigger and More Baffling Than Ever
- Showbiz Sandbox 562: The Death of Network Television Is Greatly Exaggerated
- Showbiz Sandbox 561: After “Squid Game,” Korea Wants Netflix to Pay Up
- Showbiz Sandbox 560: Should Hollywood Get Rid of the (Real) Guns?
October 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 559: Dune Survives The Streaming Desert
- Showbiz Sandbox 558: Hollywood Workers Scrutinize Gains In New Contract
- Showbiz Sandbox 557: Talent Agents Strike A Deal… for Themselves
September 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 556: The Emmys Crown the Streaming Era
- Showbiz Sandbox 555: Modern Media Consumption Metrics Are A Big Mess
- Showbiz Sandbox 554: China’s Love Affair With Hollywood May Be Over
August 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 553: CinemaCon Makes A Case for the Big Screen
- Showbiz Sandbox 552: Disney and the Great “Shang-Chi” Experiment
- Showbiz Sandbox 551: The Significance of the Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney Lawsuit
July 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 550: The Olympics Win A Streaming Gold Medal
- Showbiz Sandbox 549: Second Guessing Disney’s “Black Widow” Distribution Strategy
- Showbiz Sandbox 548: The Cannes Film Festival in the Age of COVID
June 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 547: Is Netflix The New Kleenex?
- Showbiz Sandbox 546: The Best Music You’ve Never Heard — 100 Flop Albums
- Showbiz Sandbox 545: Writer Paul Rudnick On The Royals, Romance And Rudin
- Showbiz Sandbox 544: The Existential Crisis Facing Theatrical Movie Releases
- Showbiz Sandbox 543: Amazon Grabs a Lion’s Share of MGM
May 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 542: TV Networks Are Upfront About Streaming Plans
- Showbiz Sandbox 541: AT&T Hangs Up On WarnerMedia
- Showbiz Sandbox 540: Time’s Up for the Golden Globes
- Showbiz Sandbox 539: What the Roku and YouTube TV Dispute Means For Streamers
April 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 538: An Oscars Ceremony With An Asterisk
- Showbiz Sandbox 537: The Positive Wave of Asian Media Comes To Comic Books
- Showbiz Sandbox 536: Blockbuster Box Office Begins Pandemic Recovery
March 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 535: Theatrical Release Windows Get A Little Clearer
- Showbiz Sandbox 534: Do All The Streaming Numbers Add Up?
- Showbiz Sandbox 533: Behind The Scenes At The Most Challenging Grammys Ever
- Showbiz Sandbox 532: Hollywood Jumps On The Email Newsletter Bandwagon
- Showbiz Sandbox 531: Uncovering A Diverse Set of Problems at the Golden Globes
February 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 530: Spotify Leans Into Original Content
- Showbiz Sandbox 529: Hollywood Grapples With Cancel Culture
- Showbiz Sandbox 528: Crunching The Numbers On Cinema Attendance Trends
- Showbiz Sandbox 527: Sundance Film Festival Overcomes Pandemic Hurdle
January 2021
- Showbiz Sandbox 526: Hollywood Reshuffles 2021 Blockbusters
- Showbiz Sandbox 525: A Non-Netflix Show Finally Tops Nielsen’s Streaming Charts
- Showbiz Sandbox 524: Cable News Networks Make Big Moves
- Showbiz Sandbox 523: Who Owns The Copyright For The Ratatouille Musical?
December 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 522: Relief In Sight for Stages and Screens
- Showbiz Sandbox 521: Words In Bubbles - Behind the Scenes of the Comic Book Industry
- Showbiz Sandbox 520: Writing Hollywood’s Obituary… Again
- Showbiz Sandbox 519: A Year Without A Blockbuster Comic Book Movie
November 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 518: The Cord Cutting Epidemic Is Growing
- Showbiz Sandbox 517: Movie Theaters Brace For A Dark Winter
October 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 516: What Went Wrong With Quibi
- Showbiz Sandbox 515: Disney Restructures Its Magical Kingdom
- Showbiz Sandbox 514: Has Disney Lost Its Soul?
- Showbiz Sandbox 513: How Can Movie Theaters Survive Without Movies?
September 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 512: Pandemic Drives New York Film Festival to Push Boundaries
- Showbiz Sandbox 511: The Emmys and TIFF Pull Off the Virtual
- Showbiz Sandbox 510: Studios Play Hide and Seek With Box Office Data
- Showbiz Sandbox 509: The Five Stages of Box Office Recovery
August 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 508: The New Mutants - Agents Become Managers
- Showbiz Sandbox 507: Movie Theaters Come To Terms with Christopher Nolan’s “Tenant”
- Showbiz Sandbox 506: Apple Gets Into An Epic Battle Royale
- Showbiz Sandbox 505: The Marvel and Mao Effect: A Hollywood Exec Heads to China, Hijinks Ensue
July 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 504: Does The Entertainment Industry Need A Government Bailout?
- Showbiz Sandbox 503: An Actor’s Life During A Pandemic
- Showbiz Sandbox 502: The Entertainment Industry’s Slow News Week
- Showbiz Sandbox 501: Are Movie Studios Starting To Panic?
- Showbiz Sandbox 500: Hollywood Could Use A Social Media Coach
June 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 499: The Problems Facing Movie Theaters After They Reopen
- Showbiz Sandbox 498: Comic Book Industry Fights For Survival, Meanwhile China and US Simply Fight
- Showbiz Sandbox 497: A Status Update on the Future of Movie Theaters
- Showbiz Sandbox 496: Hollywood Jumps On the TikTok Bandwagon
May 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 495: Coming Up With A Popular Method To Calculate Streaming Residuals
- Showbiz Sandbox 494: Broadway Productions Remain In The Dark About Reopening
- Showbiz Sandbox 493: Rebooting Film and TV Production Won’t Be Easy
- Showbiz Sandbox 492: Hollywood Players Battling Pandemic… And Each Other
April 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 491: Coronavirus Is Taking Theme Parks For A Wild Ride
- Showbiz Sandbox 490: The Future of Journalism After the Coronavirus
- Showbiz Sandbox 489: Despite Coronavirus Closures, Broadway Finds A Way For The Show To Go On(line)
- Showbiz Sandbox 488: The Hollywood Reporter Falls Into A Parent Trap
- Showbiz Sandbox 487: For Performing Arts, the Show Must Go On
March 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 486: Box Office In the Age of the Coronavirus
- Showbiz Sandbox 485: Coronavirus Is Trolling the Film Industry
- Showbiz Sandbox 484: How the Coronavirus Is Roiling the Entertainment Industry
- Showbiz Sandbox 483: China Presents Hollywood With A Trillion Dollar Dilemma
February 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 482: Entertainment Industry Facing Coronavirus Challenge
- Showbiz Sandbox 481: Catty Jokes At Oscars Spur Backlash
- Showbiz Sandbox 480: “Parasite” Infects the Oscars With Historic Win
- Showbiz Sandbox 479: Are Streamers Ruining Sundance?
January 2020
- Showbiz Sandbox 478: Setting Records at Sundance and the Grammys
- Showbiz Sandbox 477: The Recording Academy Upstages Itself During Grammy Week
- Showbiz Sandbox 476: Four Movies Top This Years Oscar Nominations
- Showbiz Sandbox 475: Broadway Attendance Was Up and Box Office Was (Slightly) Down in 2019
December 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 474: YouTube and Facebook Curtail Their Streaming Subscriptions
- Showbiz Sandbox 473: There Is A Disturbance In The Chinese Force
- Showbiz Sandbox 472: The Growing Dominance of Netflix Movies During Awards Season
- Showbiz Sandbox 471: A Harsh Verdict from Former “America’s Got Talent” Judges
- Showbiz Sandbox 470: The End of the Paramount Consent Decree
November 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 469: Hollywood Unions Set For Fight Over Streaming Residual Payments
- Showbiz Sandbox 468: A Rundown of This Year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
- Showbiz Sandbox 467: Is “The Terminator” Really A Franchise Property?
October 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 466: How Hollywood Kowtows to China
- Showbiz Sandbox 465: Ang Lee’s Latest Science Project
- Showbiz Sandbox 464: Warner Bros. Gets the Last Laugh With “Joker”
September 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 463: Why the Emmy Awards Make For Such Bad Television
- Showbiz Sandbox 462: Netflix and Amazon Take Advantage of Fall Film Festivals
- Showbiz Sandbox 461: A Crazy Example of Hollywood’s Gender Pay Gap
- Showbiz Sandbox 460: Spider-Man Exits The Marvel Cinematic Universe
August 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 459: Jay-Z Gets Played By The NFL
- Showbiz Sandbox 458: The Number of Music Copyright Lawsuits Is Sure To Increase
July 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 457: The Biggest Touring Musical Acts Are Older Than Ever Before
- Showbiz Sandbox 456: The TV Shows That Will Benefit Most From An Emmy Nomination
- Showbiz Sandbox 455: The Business of Television Is Changing
- Showbiz Sandbox 454: Summer Box Office Is Heating Up
- Showbiz Sandbox 453: The Biggest Disaster in the History of the Music Industry
June 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 452: The Tony Awards Go To Hell
- Showbiz Sandbox 451: With Streaming On the Rise, Apple Kills iTunes
May 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 450: Once Upon A Time… in Cannes
- Showbiz Sandbox 449: Staying Up Late In Cannes
- Showbiz Sandbox 448: Georgia Is On Hollywood’s Mind
- Showbiz Sandbox 447: The Madness of Media Moguls Making Mega-Millions
April 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 446: How the B-Team Grew Into the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Showbiz Sandbox 445: Is Netflix Leaving Money On The Table?
- Showbiz Sandbox 444: Disney Gets Serious About Streaming
- Showbiz Sandbox 443: Netflix Dominates CinemaCon Conversation
March 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 442: Apple Finally Unveils Their Content Plans
- Showbiz Sandbox 441: Music Industry Gets Into The Stream of Things
- Showbiz Sandbox 440: Why The Writers Guild Battle With Agents Needs A Rewrite!
- Showbiz Sandbox 439: Fox Suffers “Bones” Shaking Legal Defeat
February 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 438: The Oscars Play It By The Book
- Showbiz Sandbox 437: Sinemia Seeks Profit In Subscription Moviegoing
- Showbiz Sandbox 436: A Wealth in Diversity at Sundance
January 2019
- Showbiz Sandbox 435: Netflix By The Numbers
- Showbiz Sandbox 434: The Golden Globes Are Full of Surprises
December 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 433: 2018 Was A Blockbuster Year at the Box Office
- Showbiz Sandbox 432: Peak TV Just Got Peakier
- Showbiz Sandbox 431: India Is Set for A Battle Over Streaming Market Share
November 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 430 - Taylor Swift Helps Fellow Artists With Her New Record Deal
- Showbiz Sandbox 429: Remembering the Genius of Stan Lee
- Showbiz Sandbox 428: Why Everyone Is Raving About “Red Dead Redemption 2”
October 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 427: Debating This Year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
- Showbiz Sandbox 426: China Gets A Tighter Grip On Its Entertainment Industry
September 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 425: Ticketmaster Gets Caught Abusing Its Market Domination
- Showbiz Sandbox 424: Talking Telluride, Toronto and Emmys with Indiewire’s Anne Thompson
- Showbiz Sandbox 423: After New Allegations Time Was Up For Les Moonves at CBS
- Showbiz Sandbox 422: Hollywood Ponders Second Chances In #MeToo Era
August 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 421: How "Grand Theft Auto" Got Its Groove On
- Showbiz Sandbox 420: A Closer Look at the Current State of the Publishing Industry
- Showbiz Sandbox 419: Best Popular Film Oscars Category Proves To Be Rather Unpopular
July 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 418: Fighting For Control of His Company, CBS Head Les Moonves Is Now Fighting to Keep His Job
- Showbiz Sandbox 417: On-Demand Surpasses Live TV Viewing
- Showbiz Sandbox 416: Superheroes Have Never Been More Popular, Just Not In Comic Books
- Showbiz Sandbox 415: Along With Box Office, Movie Star Salaries Are On The Rise In China
June 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 414: The MoviePass Effect Is Real and Here To Stay
- Showbiz Sandbox 413: Let the Media Merger Mania Commence
- Showbiz Sandbox 412: Canceling “Roseanne” Was A No Brainer for ABC
May 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 411: Everybody Has An Excuse For Lackluster “Solo”
- Showbiz Sandbox 410: In a Global Landscape the Cannes Film Festival Remains as Relevant as Ever
- Showbiz Sandbox 409: The Cannes Film Festival Has Its #MeToo Moment
April 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 408: CinemaCon Shrugs Off Unwanted Disruptions
- Showbiz Sandbox 407: Beyoncé Delivers A Higher Education To Coachella
- Showbiz Sandbox 406: Is Live Nation Bullying the Music Industry?
March 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 405: Hollywood Adopts A Queer Gaze as LGBTQ Films Go Mainstream
- Showbiz Sandbox 404: Faith-Based Films Are Competing For the Choir’s Attention
- Showbiz Sandbox 403: Justice Department Makes Its Case Against AT&T-Time Warner Merger
- Showbiz Sandbox 402: How the 90th Annual Oscars Took Shape
February 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 401: Redbox Beats Disney At Their Own Copyright Game
- Showbiz Sandbox 400: The Long, Slow Death of Barnes & Noble
- Showbiz Sandbox 399: Why Can’t Hulu and Spotify Turn A Profit?
- Showbiz Sandbox 398: Streaming Services Crowd The Field During Super Bowl
January 2018
- Showbiz Sandbox 397: Thompson On The 2018 Oscar Nominations and Sundance Film Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 396: Has the #MeToo Movement Pushed Actress Salaries Higher?
- Showbiz Sandbox 395: The Future of Television Is Now and It’s Online
- Showbiz Sandbox 394: A Golden Globes Ceremony With Perfect Timing
December 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 393: Disney Acquisition of Fox Underscores Hollywood’s Digital Transition
- Showbiz Sandbox 392: Awards Season Begins To Take Shape
- Showbiz Sandbox 391: For Your Consideration - Grammy Marketing Campaigns
November 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 390: The Government Takes Aim At Media Mega Mergers and Net Neutrality
- Showbiz Sandbox 389: The Ever-Growing List of Hollywood’s Sexual Harassment Accusations
- Showbiz Sandbox 388: Contemplating A Fox In The Mouse House
- Showbiz Sandbox 387: Has Star Wars Turned Disney Into The Evil Empire?
October 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 386: Keeping Up With Hollywood Sex Scandals Becomes A Full Time Job
- Showbiz Sandbox 385: Hollywood Finally Addresses Concerns Over Sexual Harassment
- Showbiz Sandbox 384: NBC Has A Big Megyn Kelly Problem
- Showbiz Sandbox 383: The Fall of Harvey Weinstein
- Showbiz Sandbox 382: Safety On Hollywood Sets Thrust Into Spotlight
September 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 381: Telluride and Toronto Continue To Shape Awards Season
- Showbiz Sandbox 380: Hollywood Gets Pummeled by Rotten Tomatoes
- Showbiz Sandbox 379: Springsteen and Swift Beat Scalpers and Fans Pay The Price
August 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 378: ESPN Goes Looking For Some Fights
- Showbiz Sandbox 377: Disney Breaks Up With Netflix To Launch Solo Streaming Service
- Showbiz Sandbox 376: Cord Cutters Are Using An Old Hack To Watch Television - It’s Called An Antenna
July 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 375: The Seedy Side of Show Business is Revealed in “Walking Dead” Lawsuit
- Showbiz Sandbox 374: Streaming Services Rack Up 2017 Emmy Nominations
- Showbiz Sandbox 373: Is the Academy’s Diversity Fix Misguided?
June 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 372: Firing Movie Directors Has Become A Complicated Business
- Showbiz Sandbox 371: Apple and Facebook Get Serious About Original Content
- Showbiz Sandbox 370: Tony Awards Prove Unnecessary For Some Broadway Shows
- Showbiz Sandbox 369: When the Punishment Doesn’t Fit the Comedy
May 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 368: Virtual Reality is a Big Winner at the Cannes Film Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 367: Netflix Makes Waves At the Cannes Film Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 366: Shifting TV Viewership is Affecting Ratings, Ad Sales and Future Programming Decisions
- Showbiz Sandbox 365: As Cord-Cutting Grows, Media Company Revenue Falls
- Showbiz Sandbox 364: Hollywood Averts Another Writer's Strike With Last Minute Deal
April 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 363: With Bill O’Reilly Gone, Cable News Begins A New Chapter
- Showbiz Sandbox 362: What’s The Flipping Problem With Record Store Day?
- Showbiz Sandbox 361: Forget Release Windows, CinemaCon Proves the Screen is the Future
March 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 360: Can Spotify Come To Terms With Major Record Labels?
- Showbiz Sandbox 359: Entertainment Workers Put Faith In More Perfect Unions
- Showbiz Sandbox 358: The Skinny on YouTube’s New Live TV Service
February 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 357: Oscars Can’t Win For Losing This Year
- Showbiz Sandbox 356: The Future of 4K Ultra HD Streaming Is Upon Us
- Showbiz Sandbox 355: Adele’s Big Grammy Victory Is All In the Numbers
- Showbiz Sandbox 354: Why the Entertainment Industry Should Care About Net Neutrality
January 2017
- Showbiz Sandbox 353: Streaming Giants Raise Ante at Sundance Film Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 352: 2017 Academy Award Nominations Launch #OscarsSoDiverse Trend
- Showbiz Sandbox 351: What We Know and Don’t Know About Book Publishing in 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 350: Hollywood Has Faith in Religious Marketing
- Showbiz Sandbox 349: How the 2016 Box Office Defied the Odds
December 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 348: Hollywood Studios Get Serious About Shortening Theatrical Windows
- Showbiz Sandbox 347: Who Should Perform What at the 59th Grammy Awards
- Showbiz Sandbox 346: Critics Are Mixed Up About This Year’s Best Movies
November 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 345: Awards Season Kicks Off With the Proper Spirit
- Showbiz Sandbox 344: Did the Media Bungle The 2016 Election?
- Showbiz Sandbox 343: Teamsters Play a Big Role on Broadway
October 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 342: Box Office Growth in China Begins to Fizzle
- Showbiz Sandbox 341: AT&T Deal For Time Warner Makes Vertical Integration Trendy Again
- Showbiz Sandbox 340: Bob Dylan Is A Poet and We Didn’t Know It
- Showbiz Sandbox 339: The Slow Death of a Sundance Hit
- Showbiz Sandbox 338: CBS and Viacom May Wind Up Together After All
September 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 337: Streaming Comes to the Rescue of the Music Industry (Sort Of)
- Showbiz Sandbox 336: Telluride and Toronto Reaffirm the Importance of Film Festivals
- Showbiz Sandbox 335: FCC Has Big Plans For Television Set-Top Boxes
- Showbiz Sandbox 334: Music Streaming Wars Heat Up Over Exclusive Releases
August 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 333: Predicting The Biggest Box Office Flops of 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 332: How Cable Companies Will Profit From Cord-Cutting After All
- Showbiz Sandbox 331: Apparently Warner Bros. Needs to Start Making Donuts
- Showbiz Sandbox 330: Rio Olympics Faces Competition for TV Viewers
- Showbiz Sandbox 329: Television Gets Turned Off By Apple
July 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 328: Pokémon Finally Brings Augmented Reality to Life
- Showbiz Sandbox 327: The Academy’s Class of 2016 Gets A Lot More Diverse
June 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 326: How Brexit Will Affect the Entertainment Business
- Showbiz Sandbox 325: Keeping Track of Who’s In Charge at Hollywood Studios
- Showbiz Sandbox 324: Can These 100 People Fix The Academy’s Diversity Problem?
May 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 323: Trends From the 2016 TV Upfronts
- Showbiz Sandbox 322: Cannes Film Festival Spurs Critical Debate
- Showbiz Sandbox 321: New Power Players Emerge In Cannes
- Showbiz Sandbox 320: Is Comcast the New Disney?
April 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 319: The Changing Tide of Music Distribution
- Showbiz Sandbox 318: The CinemaCon and Coachella Experience Is Priceless
- Showbiz Sandbox 317: Bundling Cable Networks May Work For Advertisers, But Not For Cable Customers
March 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 316: Indiana Jones and the Colonoscopy
- Showbiz Sandbox 315: China Becomes A Global Movie Superpower
February 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 314: As Expected, The Oscars Shine A Spotlight On Diversity
- Showbiz Sandbox 313: Is Kanye West Crazy Like A Fox, or Just Crazy?
- Showbiz Sandbox 312: Scripting Those Perfect Grammy Moments
- Showbiz Sandbox 311: Oscar Season Remains Uncharacteristically Unpredictable
- Showbiz Sandbox 310: Diversity Makes A Comeback At Sundance
January 2016
- Showbiz Sandbox 309: Getting Shutout at Sundance
- Showbiz Sandbox 308: Hollywood Thinks It Has Netflix’s Numbers
- Showbiz Sandbox 307: Can Guild Nominations Forecast Oscar Winners?
- Showbiz Sandbox 306: Deconstructing the 2015 Movie Box Office
December 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 305: Should “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Box Office Records Require An Asterisk?
- Showbiz Sandbox 304: The Music of 2015 Was Good, Not Great
- Showbiz Sandbox 303: Film Critics Disagree On The Best Movies of 2015
November 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 302: The Long Slow Death of Overnight Television Ratings
- Showbiz Sandbox 301: The Current Reality of Virtual Reality
- Showbiz Sandbox 300: What is GamerGate and Why Should You Care?
October 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 299: The Gender Pay Gap Lands A Starring Role In Hollywood
- Showbiz Sandbox 298: Predicting The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
- Showbiz Sandbox 297: Television Networks Brace For Media Measurement Mayhem
September 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 296: Entertainment Industry Numbers Are Often A Comedy of Errors
- Showbiz Sandbox 295: Thompson Keeps Tabs On Telluride and Toronto
- Showbiz Sandbox 294: As Box Office Grows In China, So Do Claims of Fraud
- Showbiz Sandbox 293: Why Forecasting Box Office Has Become So Difficult
August 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 292: There Is Simply Too Much Television
- Showbiz Sandbox 291: Media Companies Come Clean On Cord Cutting
- Showbiz Sandbox 290: Disney Plans A Trip To Star Wars Land
- Showbiz Sandbox 289: In Hollywood Fame and Fortune Is Often Relative
July 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 288: This Summer’s Box Office Is Turning Into A Blockbuster
- Showbiz Sandbox 287: The Unofficial Line On This Year’s Comic-Con
- Showbiz Sandbox 286: The 2015 Mid-Year Box Office and Music Sales Report
June 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 285: Why the Film Academy Is Becoming More Diverse and International
- Showbiz Sandbox 284: Taylor Swift Takes A Bite Out of Apple
- Showbiz Sandbox 283: Why Apple Is Cannibalizing Its Own Music Sales
- Showbiz Sandbox 282: Broadway’s Not So Big Night at the Tony Awards
- Showbiz Sandbox 281: Literati Get Down To Business at BookExpo and BookCon
May 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 280: French Films Win Big In Cannes This Year
- Showbiz Sandbox 279: “Carol”, “Amy” and “Saul” Stand Tall At Cannes
- Showbiz Sandbox 278: Grooveshark Goes Down As Periscope Comes Up
April 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 277: CinemaCon Predicts A Bright Future For Moviegoing
- Showbiz Sandbox 276: Agency Wars Have A Long History in Hollywood
March 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 275: TV Casting Isn’t Just Black and White
- Showbiz Sandbox 274: Cord-Cutting Has Never Been Easier, or More Expensive
- Showbiz Sandbox 273: Bringing The 'Blurred Lines' Verdict Into Focus
- Showbiz Sandbox 272: Why The TV Industry Is Fighting Over Your Viewing Habits
- Showbiz Sandbox 271: A Brief History of Net Neutrality
February 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 270: The Oscars Need A Reboot
- Showbiz Sandbox 269: When Journalists Make Headlines Instead of Report Them
- Showbiz Sandbox 268: Going Backstage At The Grammys With David Wild
- Showbiz Sandbox 267: VOD Helps Heat Up Sundance
January 2015
- Showbiz Sandbox 266: Sundance Becomes A Little More International
- Showbiz Sandbox 265: This Year’s Oscar Nominations Aren’t Only Racist, They’re Anti-Lego
- Showbiz Sandbox 264: Globes Have Golden Opportunity To Expand Awards Season
- Showbiz Sandbox 263: A Review of the Entertainment Industry's Annus Horribilis
December 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 262: Will “The Interview” Become A Rallying Cry For Freedom?
- Showbiz Sandbox 261: Sony Hack Gives New Meaning To The Term Box Office Bomb
- Showbiz Sandbox 260: The Race To Build A Bigger, Louder And More Expensive Movie Theater
- Showbiz Sandbox 259: Sony Hack Reveals Hollywood's Digital Dilemma
November 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 258: Bill Cosby Gets Schooled In Celebrity Social Media
- Showbiz Sandbox 257: Debating President Obama’s Position On Net Neutrality
- Showbiz Sandbox 256: A Proposal For Fixing Television Ratings
October 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 255: Better Pixels Not More Pixels - Why You'll Never Care About 4K or 8K TV
- Showbiz Sandbox 254: Are HBO and CBS Really Really Becoming Cord-Cutters?
- Showbiz Sandbox 253: Nielsen Is Rating TV Shows By The (Wrong) Numbers
- Showbiz Sandbox 252: Crouching Netflix, Hidden IMAX and the Myth of Broken Release Windows
September 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 251: In the Digital Age, Content Rights Are King
- Showbiz Sandbox 250: TV Ratings Have Become Messy, Misleading and Downright Maddening
- Showbiz Sandbox 249: Why Film Festivals Are More Important Than Ever
- Showbiz Sandbox 248: Hollywood Squeezes States For More Tax Breaks
- Showbiz Sandbox 247: Everything You’ve Heard About This Summer’s Box Office Is Wrong
August 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 246: The Emmys Have A Hopeless Scheduling Problem
- Showbiz Sandbox 245: Guardians of the Celluloid - Hollywood Big Shots Rally Around Film Stock
July 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 244: Hollywood Faces An Epic Struggle Over the Future of Entertainment Distribution
- Showbiz Sandbox 243: United They Stand - SAG-AFTRA Forges Ground-Breaking Contract
- Showbiz Sandbox 242: Supreme Court Fumbles Aereo Ruling
June 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 241: YouTube Gets Tough With Indie Record Labels
- Showbiz Sandbox 240: Nikki Finke Is Back! And This Time It's Personal
- Showbiz Sandbox 239: A Gentleman’s Guide To This Year’s Tony Winners
- Showbiz Sandbox 238: Movies With Subtitles - Cinéma Internationale est Morte
May 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 237: Cannes Lives Up To All The Hype
- Showbiz Sandbox 236: Getting Sleep At This Year’s Cannes Film Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 235: When Apple Can’t Beats Them, It Buys Them
- Showbiz Sandbox 234: Scandal and Politics Invade Hollywood (Again)
April 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 233: Net Neutrality - Is The Fat Lady Singing?
- Showbiz Sandbox 232: Coachella Goes Over The Top, Figuratively and Literally
- Showbiz Sandbox 231: Could Vince Vaughn Be The Next David Letterman?
March 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 230: It's Curtains For Celluloid at CinemaCon
- Showbiz Sandbox 229: Making South by Southwest A Family Affair
- Showbiz Sandbox 228: The Dish On That Disney Deal With Dish
- Showbiz Sandbox 227: The Oscars Attract Big Business, Big Ratings and Big Money
February 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 226: Back To The Future - Why TV Networks Suddenly Love Old People Again
- Showbiz Sandbox 225: Comcast and TimeWarner Cable Is A Marriage Made In….
- Showbiz Sandbox 224: How Leno's Departure Will Affect Late Night and Los Angeles
- Showbiz Sandbox 223: The 2013 Worldwide Box Office - Who Won, Who Lost and Why
January 2014
- Showbiz Sandbox 222: Grammys Spin Positive Message Into Big Ratings
- Showbiz Sandbox 221: Sundance Returns To Its Indie Roots (Again)
- Showbiz Sandbox 220: Content Owners Can’t Afford Your New 4K Ultra HD Television
- Showbiz Sandbox 219: The Business of Show Was Profitable In 2013
December 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 218: Reports of Hollywood’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
- Showbiz Sandbox 217: In Hollywood You’re Nobody Till Somebody Sues You
- Showbiz Sandbox 216: Last Year's Unknowns May Be Next Year's Grammy Winners
- Showbiz Sandbox 215: How Many Music Streaming Services Does It Take To Make A Profit?
November 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 214: Go Big Or Go Home - Why Big Budget Blockbusters Are The Safest Bet In Entertainment
- Showbiz Sandbox 213: Has Thor Brought The Hammer Down On 3D Movies?
- Showbiz Sandbox 212: Should There Be An Oscar For Casting Directors?
October 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 211: Why Movie Studios Are Playing Musical Chairs With Release Dates
- Showbiz Sandbox 210: Record Labels Look To YouTube As The New Radio
- Showbiz Sandbox 209: Why Twitter and Facebook Are Watching You Watch TV
- Showbiz Sandbox 208: Why Studios Are Reshuffling Their Executive Ranks
September 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 207: Which New TV Shows Are Hits? Ratings Alone Won't Tell You
- Showbiz Sandbox 206: Emmys Offer The Worst of Every Other Awards Show Rolled Into One
- Showbiz Sandbox 205: Awards Season Commences With Stellar Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals
- Showbiz Sandbox 204: The Argument Over Broadcast Retransmission Consent Fees
- Showbiz Sandbox 203: Star Trek Blu-Ray Leaves Frustrated Fans Lost In Space
August 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 202: Holy Overreaction, Batman!
- Showbiz Sandbox 201: Why CBS Is Winning The Battle (And The War) Over Cable Television
- Showbiz Sandbox 200: Should George Clooney Run For President?
July 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 199: Comic-Con and Hollywood Is A Match Made In Nerdvana
- Showbiz Sandbox 198: One Flop Does Not A Studio Break
- Showbiz Sandbox 197: Studios Suffer A Summer of Blockbuster Flops
June 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 196: Hollywood's Frivolous Five Year Plan
- Showbiz Sandbox 195: Hollywood Exploits 9/11 Imagery For Its Implosive Blockbusters
- Showbiz Sandbox 194: Tony Awards Prove Broadway Knows How To Put On A Show
- Showbiz Sandbox 193: Getting The Scoop On Great Live Music
May 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 192: Cannes Serves Up A True Blue Masterpiece
- Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: To Each Their Own Cannes Experience
- Showbiz Sandbox 191: The Misunderstood Math Behind Movie Ticket Prices
- Showbiz Sandbox 190: How The Academy's New Voting Rules Will Affect The Oscars?
April 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 189: Contentious CinemaCon; Corporate Coachella
- Showbiz Sandbox 188: Remembering Roger - Personal Recollections of the World’s Most Famous Film Critic
March 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 187: Does The Justice System Finally Understand Copyright?
- Showbiz Sandbox 186: Bill Carter of the NY Times on Cable Ratings, Jay Leno and the Shifting Television Landscape
- Showbiz Sandbox 185: HitBliss Bets You'll Watch Ads To Get Free Movies
- Showbiz Sandbox 184: How Authors Rig The Bestseller Lists
February 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 183: Going Inside This Year’s Oscars With Anne Thompson
- Showbiz Sandbox 182: Last Year’s Movies Provide A Wealth of Riches
- Showbiz Sandbox 181: Why The Grammys Telecast Matters More Than Ever
- Showbiz Sandbox 180: Binge-Viewing Is Transforming The Way We Watch Television
January 2013
- Showbiz Sandbox 179: How To Gamble And Win On Broadway
- Showbiz Sandbox 178: Sex Sells At Sundance
- Showbiz Sandbox 177: The Bloomin’ Onion Effect: Why Audiences Are Happy Movies Have Gotten Longer
- Showbiz Sandbox 176: Hollywood Unchained - 2012 Sets Another Box Office Record
December 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 175: Fixing Electronic Oscar Voting In One Easy Step
- Showbiz Sandbox 174: Is “The Hobbit” A Death Knell for 3D Movies?
- Showbiz Sandbox 173: Spoiler Alert! Your Movie Has A Kicker
- Showbiz Sandbox 172: The TV Industry Has Its Head Up Its Ass
November 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 171: Cost Of Sports Could Be Cable's Unbundling
- Showbiz Sandbox 170: Why Star Wars Is Better Off Without George Lucas
October 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 169: How TV Networks Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The DVR
- Showbiz Sandbox 168: Why TV Audiences Abandoned Broadcast Networks
- Showbiz Sandbox 167: The Digital Age Crushes Variety
- Showbiz Sandbox 166: How MoviePass Unlimited Moviegoing Service Really Works
- Showbiz Sandbox 165: Neil Young Sings The Praises Of His New Digital Music Format
September 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 164: Geoff Boucher Knows More About Nothing Than Anyone
- Showbiz Sandbox 163: Plenty To Feel Good About at Telluride and Toronto
- Showbiz Sandbox 162: Did The Justice Department Destroy The Literary Ecosystem With E-Book Settlement?
- Showbiz Sandbox 161: Patrick Goldstein On Departing The L.A. Times And Seeing The Big Picture
August 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 160: Shedding Some Light On High Frame Rate Cinema
- Showbiz Sandbox 159: Raiders of the Lost Email
- Showbiz Sandbox 158: A Rundown of The Year’s Top-Earning Authors
- Showbiz Sandbox 157: Which Summer Blockbusters Will Spawn Sequels
July 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 156: Olympic Telecasts Turn Everyone Into A Sports Expert
- Showbiz Sandbox 155: How Hollywood Handles A Real-Life Tragedy
- Showbiz Sandbox 154: Understanding Comic-Con’s Tribe Mentality
- Showbiz Sandbox 153: Hollywood Loses Another Battle In The Copyright War
- Showbiz Sandbox 152: Rupert Murdoch Shows Off His Split Personality
June 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 151: Is It Time To Move Your Music To The Cloud?
- Showbiz Sandbox 150: Is George Lucas A Schmuck?
May 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 149: Cannes Falls For "Amour"
- Showbiz Sandbox 148: Soaking Up This Year's Cannes Film Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 147: TV Networks Are Upfront About Their New Schedules
- Showbiz Sandbox 146: High Frame Rate Hijinks On "The Hobbit"
April 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 145: Rise of Playlisters Marks The Death of Music Blogs
- Showbiz Sandbox 144: Measuring Media Proves Difficult In The Digital Age
- Showbiz Sandbox 143: "Mommy Porn" Is Hollywood's Hot New Trend
March 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 142: Is The MPAA Rating System Broken?
- Showbiz Sandbox 141: Mike Daisey Learns The Difference Between Journalism and Art
- Showbiz Sandbox 140: Nollywood Love - Inside The Booming Nigerian Film Industry
- Showbiz Sandbox 139: Why The Music Industry Is More Brutal Than Ever
February 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 138: Lessons Learned At This Year's Oscars
- Showbiz Sandbox 137: A Revealing Look At Who Votes For The Oscars
- Showbiz Sandbox 136: Crafting A Story For The Grammys Through Triumph and Tragedy
- Showbiz Sandbox 135: Is The SAG-AFTRA Merger Good For Hollywood?
January 2012
- Showbiz Sandbox 134: Video-On-Demand Rides To The Rescue At Sundance
- Showbiz Sandbox 133: Oscars Celebrate The Past; Sundance Discovers The Future
- Showbiz Sandbox 132: Moviegoing Is Alive And Well In The Modern Age
- Showbiz Sandbox 131: Broadway Flops Find New Life On The Road
December 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 130: It's The Data, Stupid (or Why Live Nation Bought BigChampagne)
- Showbiz Sandbox 129: Ticket Masters - The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped
- Showbiz Sandbox 128: Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas
November 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 127: Has NBC Lost Touch With Its Community?
- Showbiz Sandbox 126: Foot In Mouth Disease Sweeps Through Hollywood
- Showbiz Sandbox 125: Are Radio D.J.'s A Thing Of The Past?
October 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 124: UltraViolet Is A Solution In Search Of A Problem
- Showbiz Sandbox 123: DVR Data Can Save TV Shows From Cancellation
- Showbiz Sandbox 122: The Real Story Behind Steve Jobs And Pixar
- Showbiz Sandbox 121: Why 3D Movie Tickets Are About To Get More Expensive
September 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 120: Netflix Must Adapt To A Hollywood It Helped Create
- Showbiz Sandbox 119: Thompson On Toronto and Telluride
- Showbiz Sandbox 118: Mr. Television Rates This Year's New Shows
- Showbiz Sandbox 117: Crunching The Numbers Behind Summer's New Box Office Records
August 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 116: Will Hollywood Miss Steve Jobs?
- Showbiz Sandbox 115: Record Industry Wages A Quiet War Over Song Rights
- Showbiz Sandbox 114: Hollywood Overflows With Streaming Content Deals
July 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 113: Hollywood Studios Think Twice About Comic-Con
- Showbiz Sandbox 112: Why Netflix Had To Raise Its Prices
- Showbiz Sandbox 111: Can Paste Magazine Ignite A Digital Publishing Revolution?
- Showbiz Sandbox 110: "Transformers" Proves Mediocrity Makes Money
June 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 109: Making Grammar Fun (And F*cking Funny)
- Showbiz Sandbox 108: China Becomes Hollywood's New Best Frenemy
- Showbiz Sandbox 107: The Pros And Cons Of Cloud Music Services
- Showbiz Sandbox 106: A Tony Awards Preview Of Broadway's Billion Dollar Year
- Showbiz Sandbox 105: The Dark Truth About Digital Cinema
May 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 104: 'Pirates' Proves The Importance Of A Global Box Office
- Showbiz Sandbox 103: Midnight In Cannes - This Year's Fest Sparks Fireworks
- Showbiz Sandbox 102: Why Music Videos Matter (Again)
- Showbiz Sandbox 101: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner To Corner Office
April 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 100: In Showbiz, As In Life, Size Matters
- Showbiz Sandbox 99-B: The Special Excuse Episode
- Showbiz Sandbox 99: How To Fix Hollywood's Obsolete Residual Payments System
- Showbiz Sandbox 98: Why New Distribution Models Terrify Hollywood
March 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 97: What The Failure Of "Mars Needs Moms" Means For Hollywood
- Showbiz Sandbox 96: Why Facebook Is Becoming Your Friendly Neighborhood Video Store
- Showbiz Sandbox 95: The Media Is Charlie Sheen's Worst Enabler
- Showbiz Sandbox 94: Charlie Sheen Is More Entertaining Than The Oscars
February 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox 93: A Film Festival Fit For An iPhone
- Showbiz Sandbox 92: The Awards Otherwise Known As The Grammys
- Showbiz Sandbox 91: Super Bowl Ads Suffer Their Own Recession
- Showbiz Sandbox 90: Pick Up Artists Score At Sundance
January 2011
- Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: Dissecting This Year’s Oscar Nominations
- Showbiz Sandbox 89: The Rising Fortunes Of Lady Gaga
- Showbiz Sandbox 88: How Many Producers Does A Movie Need?
- Showbiz Sandbox 87: The Oscars Have A Mommy Complex
- Showbiz Sandbox 86: Why TV Viewing Is Rising As Moviegoing Declines
December 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 85: How To Save The Movie Business
- Showbiz Sandbox 84: A Black List Every Screenwriter Wants To Be On
- Showbiz Sandbox 83: The Social Network Tops Critics Year-End Picks
- Showbiz Sandbox 82: Training For The Awards Season Marathon
November 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 81: Kanye West Spins His Own Hype
- Showbiz Sandbox 80: Disney Dumps Fairy Tales For Original Stories
- Showbiz Sandbox 79: A New Social Music Chart To Rival Billboard?
- Showbiz Sandbox 78: The Fight Over Streaming Television Online
- Showbiz Sandbox 77: It's Official - Hollywood To Make Nothing But Sequels
October 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 76: Taking On The Hobbit And Ticketmaster Down Under
- Showbiz Sandbox 75: Hollywood Stunned By A Jackass (And It's Not Perez Hilton!)
- Showbiz Sandbox 74: Showbiz News Gets A Reboot
September 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 73: Handicapping This Season's New TV Shows
- Showbiz Sandbox 72: Grading The Toronto and Venice Film Festivals
- Showbiz Sandbox 71: Missing Good Movies In Toronto, Eh?
- Showbiz Sandbox 70: Digital or Bust - The Future of Reading
August 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 69: The Emmys Shine In Google TV's Shadow
- Showbiz Sandbox 68: Who Said Jennifer Aniston Was A Movie Star?
- Showbiz Sandbox 67: Cheap Digital Music Downloads Are On (Arcade) Fire
- Showbiz Sandbox 66: Why Audiences Are Avoiding 3D Movies
- Showbiz Sandbox 65: Hollywood's Love/Hate Relationship With Twitter
July 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 64: Buzzing About Comic-Con, Digital Comics and E-Books
- Showbiz Sandbox 63: Mel Gibson Wishes It Were All A Dream
- Showbiz Sandbox 62: The Secret Behind Hollywood’s Accounting Practices
- Showbiz Sandbox 61: Andrew Garfield Fills Spider-Man's Reboots
June 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 60: Reality TV Doesn't Kid Around
- Showbiz Sandbox 59: Movie Piracy Becomes Unthinkable
- Showbiz Sandbox 58: Celebrities Take Over Broadway
- Showbiz Sandbox 57: A Memo From James Cameron
- Showbiz Sandbox 56: What You Talkin' Bout Guillermo?!
May 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 55: I Want My Google TV
- Showbiz Sandbox 54: Le Petit Cannes - Downsizing The Festival
- Showbiz Sandbox 53: I'm Sleeping With Richard Dreyfuss
- Showbiz Sandbox 52: Recruiting Sandra Bullock's Baby
April 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 51: Ridley Scott Believes 3D Is An "Alien" Concept
- Showbiz Sandbox 50: Coachella Gets Its Crowd On
- Showbiz Sandbox 49: Hollywood Experiences Premature Sequalization
- Showbiz Sandbox 48: The Justin Bieber Swagger
March 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 47: Movie Ticket Prices Get Super Sized
- Showbiz Sandbox 46: Hollywood's Latest Meme Is 3D
- Showbiz Sandbox 45: Changing Faces At Variety
- Showbiz Sandbox 44: And The (Six) Oscars Go To... "Hurt Locker"
- Showbiz Sandbox 43: The Obligatory Oscar Predictions Episode
February 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 42: Tom Cruise Takes A Pay Cut, And Other Indignities
- Showbiz Sandbox 41: Live Nation Becomes The Master Of Tickets
- Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: And The Oscar Nominations Go To....
- Showbiz Sandbox 40: Taylor Ain't Swift At The Grammys
January 2010
- Showbiz Sandbox 39: Chez Sundance
- Showbiz Sandbox 38: Gender Matters In Hollywood
- Showbiz Sandbox 37: Conan and Leno's Late Shift Shrift
- Showbiz Sandbox 36: Can "Avatar" Beat "Titanic"? Heck No!
December 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 35: Women In Hollywood... It's Complicated
- Showbiz Sandbox 34: Hollywood's Box Office Billions Set New Record
- Showbiz Sandbox 33: "Avatar" Is A $100 Hamburger
- Showbiz Sandbox 32: Grammys and Spirits and Comcast, Oh My!
November 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 31: Blind Sided By Adam Lambert's Double Standard
- Showbiz Sandbox 30: "Modern Warfare" Stuns Hollywood
- Showbiz Sandbox 29: Camped Out For "Twilight: New Moon"
- Showbiz Sandbox 28: Why Spider-Man Is Hard Up For $52 Million
- Showbiz Sandbox 27: That's It For "This Is It"
October 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 26: Hollywood Struggles With New Business Models
- Showbiz Sandbox 25: Mr. Television Grades Freshman TV Shows (and Leno Flunks)
- Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: Are Bloggers Breaking The Rules?
- Showbiz Sandbox 24: How To Get A Hero Complex
- Showbiz Sandbox 23: Letterman and Polanski Go To The Dogs
September 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 22: The Trouble With Indie Films, Roman Polanski and Hollywood Guilds
- Showbiz Sandbox 21: Name Dropping At The Emmys and Toronto
- Showbiz Sandbox 20: Judging Ellen DeGeneres and 3D TV
- Showbiz Sandbox 19: The Beatles Get Mono (and Stereo!)
- Showbiz Sandbox 18: It's All Fun And Games Until Celebrities Start Dyin'
August 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 17: Twitter Makes Movie Critics Important Again
- Showbiz Sandbox 16: Hollywood Thinks Outside The Redbox
- Showbiz Sandbox 15: Ferris Bueller Is A Jerk!
- Showbiz Sandbox 14: Zooey Deschanel Proves It's Twee To Be You And Me
July 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 13: Hooliganism At Comic-Con (Or Lack Thereof)
- Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: A Look Inside TMZ's Michael Jackson Scoop
- Showbiz Sandbox 12: I Want To Be Korbi!
- Showbiz Sandbox 11: Wild About Michael Jackson (...and Neil Diamond)
June 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 10: The Death Of Pop, Pinup Girls and (Possibly) 2D Movies
- Showbiz Sandbox 9: I Loves Me A Good Ouster Story
- Showbiz Sandbox 8: Everybody's A Critic On The Internet
- Showbiz Sandbox 7: Talkin' Tonys And Trailers
- Showbiz Sandbox 6: Down With 'Up' And Other Contrarian Opinions
May 2009
- Showbiz Sandbox 5: A Travesty Of American Idol Justice
- Showbiz Sandbox 4: Yes We Cannes!
- Showbiz Sandbox 3: Award Season Redux
- Showbiz Sandbox 2: Disney Hearts Hulu, Endeavor Hearts William Morris
