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
Disney+ and the Streaming Price Hike
Matt is joined by Jessica Reif Ehrlich, an analyst at B of A Securities, to break down the state of the streaming world after Disney's announcement that it will be raising the Disney+ subscription fee...
11 Aug 202231min
TikTok’s Dominance and Hollywood’s Place in the Creator Economy
Matt is joined by Taylor Lorenz from The Washington Post to talk all things creator economy, including how influencers make money, Triller’s attempt to rival TikTok, what Hollywood can learn from the ...
10 Aug 202227min
Springsteen and the Scourge of Concert Ticket Pricing
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the demand-driven dynamic pricing system that recently set prices as high as $5,000 for Bruce Springsteen tickets. They get into the surge in concer...
8 Aug 202225min
