Episode Notes:

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Best of the Week / Worst of the Week (BOW-WOW):

• BOW:  Holiday shopping is changing amid COVID-19 pandemic with Best Buy, Kohl’s, Walmart, Target closed Thanksgiving – USA Today
• WOW:  Bankrupt Neiman Marcus to vacate the Hudson Yards mall in New York – CNBC

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Going to the Movies:

• In the Age of Digital Streaming, Are Movie Theaters Still Relevant? – NY Times
  
• Netflix Closes Deal to Buy Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre – Variety
  
• Wait, Why Does Netflix Want to Buy a Movie Theater? – Vulture
  
• Netflix takes over New York’s iconic Paris theater for movie screenings – CNBC
  
• Why is Netflix buying cinemas? The answer is Martin Scorsese – Wired UK
  
• AMC Tells Universal It Won’t License Studio’s Movies, After CEO’s Statements On Windows & ‘Trolls World Tour’ – Deadline
  
• AMC and Universal agree to let movies go from theaters to digital rentals much sooner – The Verge
  
• Walmart transforming 160 store parking lots into drive-ins – Washington Post
  
• Floating movie theater with socially distant boats coming to Paris river – NY Post
  
• Richard Linklater Talks the Future of Cinema—in His Own Empty Theatre – The New Yorker

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