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The 4 Streaming Commandments of 2022

One last look back at what we learned, and what comes next, after Hollywood’s streaming annus horribilis.

Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Credit: Netflix
Julia Alexander
December 20, 2022

Well, 2022 was a humbling year: Netflix’s valuation dropped by as much as 70 percent, dragging most of Hollywood down with it; Amazon bought MGM out of a post-bankruptcy reorg; The CW was sold to a broadcast chop shop; David Zaslav pulled the cost-cutting ripcord at Warner Bros. Discovery; Bob Chapek was canceled mid-season and Bob Iger was rebooted, and everyone had a Damascene conversion on advertising.