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The LBX Show #92 - Rerun: Annual Predictions Episode 2026!
Sound Off #130 – Disney layoffs, KW visits London’s social competition scene, & more!
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On this week’s show we ask whether entertainment leaders can still understand what modern audiences want when guest behavior keeps shifting toward faster, more interactive play. We track the business fallout across studios and location-based entertainment, then end on a real-world London walkthrough that tests what concepts stay busy in an overcrowded market.
•generational expectations for passive vs interactive entertainment
•why C-suites must understand gamification and play friction
•Paramount-Warner discovery merger pause and antitrust risk
•Disney layoffs and the tension between restructuring and storytelling strength
•Sixes administration as a competitive socializing failure case study
•physical media decline and why retail pivots into LBE often fail
•pizza as an FEC revenue driver and what sales rankings reveal
•guerrilla marketing that backfires and how to be “fun edgy”
•London as a competitive socializing crucible and what crowding signals
•Poolhouse funding, VR headset supplier changes, and tech platform uncertainty
•transmedia media networks, measurement, and why data is king
•AI limitations in strategy and why expert guidance still matters
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