The Troubled Coexistence of Movie Theaters and Streaming
Matt is joined by John Fithian, the CEO and president of the National Association of Theater Owners, to discuss the current state of the theater business, its messy relationship with movie studios, an...
31 Aug 202230min
Winners and Losers of NBC Axing an Hour of Prime-Time TV
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss NBC considering eliminating their 10 p.m. programming slot and giving it back to the affiliates. Linear broadcast TV networks are in decline, but th...
29 Aug 202223min
MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes On Reinventing Moviegoing (Again)
Matt is joined by CEO and co-founder of MoviePass Stacy Spikes to talk about the upcoming relaunch of MoviePass—the disruptive movie subscription service phenomenon that swept the nation in the late 2...
26 Aug 202240min
David Zaslav Doesn’t Care About Your Favorite HBO Shows
Matt is joined by Julia Alexander from Parrot Analytics and Puck to discuss the vanishing of television shows on the HBO Max platform. They discuss Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s quest to s...
24 Aug 202228min
The 2022 Showrunner Draft
In movies, the director is king. But in television, it's the showrunner. In the past 15 years we’ve seen the rise of the showrunner as perhaps the most important job in the industry. Today Matt and Bl...
22 Aug 202237min
The Wackiest CEO in Entertainment
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Felix Gillette to discuss his latest piece on the antics of Hollywood’s most interesting CEO, Adam Aron. Aron is the CEO of AMC Entertainment and has turned his company i...
18 Aug 202232min
The Lawsuit Striking Fear Into Fox News (Plus 'LOTR' Predictions)
Matt is joined by Puck’s legal expert, Eriq Gardner, to discuss Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox news, which states that Fox aired false, far-fetched, and exaggerated claims about Dominion...
17 Aug 202231min
Should Disney Sell ESPN?
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss ESPN’s value to Disney and whether Disney should explore shopping the worldwide leader in sports. Cord cutting and the shift to streaming threaten t...
16 Aug 202229min
