The Disney Proxy War: Does Peltz Have a Shot Against Iger?
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss what’s at stake in Disney’s proxy battle with billionaire corporate raider Nelson Peltz. With the annual shareholder meeting coming up this week, th...
1 Apr 202432min
Inside TMZ’s Cozy Relationship With Hollywood
Matt is joined by Van Lathan to discuss the complicated and nuanced relationship between TMZ and Hollywood. As a former TMZ employee, Van walks us through how the sausage is made at TMZ and outlines i...
29 Mar 202432min
The Battle for Attention: Streaming Vs. Social
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the battle for time in the attention economy of streaming and social media. They parse through the latest data on how people spend their time and wo...
25 Mar 202432min
How AI Is Already Transforming Moviemaking
Matt is joined by Matt Panousis, the COO and cofounder of VFX and AI technology company MARZ, to discuss how AI is currently being implemented in Hollywood. Matt outlines the recent innovations and th...
21 Mar 202432min
Lemon, Tucker, and the Cable News Star Turned Influencer
Matt is joined by Puck’s Dylan Byers to check in on the world of television news and anchors like Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson exiting their perches and starting new careers on social media platforms ...
20 Mar 202432min
The Juice List: The Most Powerful People in Hollywood
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to craft The Town’s first ever Hollywood Power List: their definitive (and subjective!) ranking of who has the most “juice” a.k.a. the most influential figures...
18 Mar 202431min
‘The Holdovers’ Plagiarism Claim and How to Protect Your Script
Matt is joined by Jeremiah Reynolds, partner at Eisner LLP and copyright law expert, to untangle the recent plagiarism accusation by screenwriter Simon Stephenson over Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers...
15 Mar 202431min
Inside Netflix’s Calculated Sports Strategy
Matt is joined by Julia Alexander from Puck and Parrot Analytics to discuss what is and isn’t working in Netflix’s foray into live sports and sports-adjacent programming, and they outline how Netflix ...
14 Mar 202432min
