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Byron Allen at Code 2023

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News, News Commentary, Tech News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Allen Media Group Founder, Chairman and CEO Byron Allen speaks with CNBC Correspondent Julia Boorstin at Code 2023. They discuss his bid to buy ABC, the use of AI in media, and his multiple lawsuits against McDonald's. Recorded on September 26th in Los Angeles. To join the waitlist for the 2024 Code Conference, visit https://voxmediaevents.com/code2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.0

A fascinating conversation from Code 2023 with CNBC's Julia Borsten and Media Mogul by

0:44.4

Ran Allen.

0:45.4

You hear him discuss his latest offer to Disney, a controversy with McDonald's and much more.

0:50.4

It's a must listen.

0:51.4

Hello everyone.

0:52.4

I'm so happy to be back here for day two of the new Code Conference and I'm very excited

1:00.6

to interview Byron Allen.

1:02.6

He's the founder, CEO and chairman of Allen Media Group which just had its 30-year anniversary

1:08.6

and this company is actually one of the largest privately held media companies in the country.

1:14.5

A fun fact about Byron is he started his career at 18 years old on Johnny Carson's The

1:22.6

Tonight Show back in 1979.

1:25.3

So he's originally an entertainer, a comedian, so may have some thoughts on whether or not

1:30.3

AI can be funny, which is something we are talking about backstage.

1:33.6

But more notably, he's just recently put together a bid to buy ABC and some other networks

1:40.0

from Disney and he currently owns the Weather Channel and a whole basket of local affiliates,

1:45.4

27 local broadcast stations in 21 markets.

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