Summary: Spotify, the music streaming service, is going all in on audiobooks in hopes of attracting and maintaining subscribers. Previously, Spotify offered some audiobooks for sale. Now the company’s 220 million premium subscribers get 15 hours of free audiobook listening each month. The service is launching with 150,000 titles and will pay publishers based on consumption.<br> Meanwhile, while the writers’ strike may be over, actors continue to walk picket lines outside Hollywood studios, networks and streamers. The good news is that SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP are finally sitting down to negotiate a new contract.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how Taylor Swift’s film is breaking records even before its release, Dreamworks Animation plans to outsource production and why Wall Street financiers are souring on investing in entertainment companies.<br> <br> <br> ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Scares Up $45M WW Debut; ‘PAW Patrol’ Nears $100M; WB Crosses $2B Overseas For 2023 To Date<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/10/the-exorcist-believer-opening-paw-patrol-the-mighty-movie-jawan-global-international-box-office-1235567119/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2023/10/the-exorcist-believer-opening-paw-patrol-the-mighty-movie-jawan-global-international-box-office-1235567119/</a><br> ‘Exorcist’ Box Office: ‘The Believer’ Delivers $27.2M Opening Before Taylor Swift Storm Arrives<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/exorcist-the-believer-box-office-opening-1235611963/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/exorcist-the-believer-box-office-opening-1235611963/</a><br> Hi, ‘Barbie’! Russian Theaters Find Ways to Screen Blockbusters Amid Sanctions.<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/world/europe/barbie-russia-hollywood-ukraine-war.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/world/europe/barbie-russia-hollywood-ukraine-war.html</a><br> Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/walt-disney-pictures-vfx-workers-unionize-1235730179/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/walt-disney-pictures-vfx-workers-unionize-1235730179/</a><br> ‘Drew Barrymore Show’ Head Writers Decline to Return After Host’s WGA Strike Controversy<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-writers-decline-return-strike-1235745464/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-writers-decline-return-strike-1235745464/</a><br> CAA, Disney Sued For Allegedly Enabling Sex Crimes By Harvey Weinstein<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/caa-sued-harvey-weinstein-julia-ormond-1235608906/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/caa-sued-harvey-weinstein-julia-ormond-1235608906/</a><br> CAA Claims Julia Ormond Wanted $15M To Keep Agency Out Of Harvey Weinstein Lawsuit<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/10/caa-julia-ormond-lawsuit-response-harvey-weinstein-assault-1235564520/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2023/10/caa-julia-ormond-lawsuit-response-harvey-weinstein-assault-1235564520/</a><br> J-Pop Agency Johnny & Associates To Change Name Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/j-pop-talent-agency-johnny-associates-change-name-sexual-abuse-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/j-pop-talent-agency-johnny-associates-change-name-sexual-abuse-scandal</a><br> Johnny’s Founder Accused of Sexually Abusing Teen in NHK Bathroom<br> <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/10/japan/johnnys-sex-abuse-nhk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nor..."></a>
