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The Business

Content chief Susanne Daniels on growing YouTube Red and 'Cobra Kai'

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Susanne Daniels has run the entertainment divisions of The WB, Lifetime and MTV. In those days, she sometimes faced a challenge of convincing big names to come to her network. Now, she oversees original content at YouTube, and she says getting talent is not a problem. She tells us about making the transition from traditional TV to streaming, and how YouTube Red is evolving with projects like ‘Cobra Kai.’

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0:00.0

From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

0:04.8

I am not just saying this. I'm really not. I don't hear know a lot.

0:09.9

There's an enormous amount of interest in being part of YouTube.

0:14.1

I mean, I'm working with Kevin Hart. I don't think I could have gotten Kevin Hart to MTV.

0:19.1

Even if I had begged and thrown money at him.

0:21.6

Suzanne Daniels has run the entertainment divisions of the WB, Lifetime, and MTV. In those

0:28.0

jobs, she faced a constant challenge, convincing big names to come to her network. Now she oversees

0:33.8

original content at YouTube, and she says attracting talent is not a problem.

0:39.1

Daniels talks to Indie Wires Michael Schneider about the challenge of growing YouTube Red,

0:43.6

the streamer's subscription service, into something that can compete with Hulu and Amazon.

0:48.1

She also addresses YouTube stars behaving badly and talks about upcoming projects,

0:53.8

including a serious Susan Sarandon film that will be released in theaters.

0:59.0

But first on the news banter, John Lasseter's future at Disney.

1:02.8

Does he have one?

1:03.9

Stick around.

1:04.6

It's the business from KCRW.

1:15.8

I am joined by my partner in banter Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter.

1:16.3

Hello, Matt.

1:16.9

Hi there.

1:31.8

So we were talking in the aftermath of the Cosby verdict, and Me Too, we believe, as an influence on the fact that rather than the mistrial that happened before, one reason maybe it came out differently this time was because of Me Too consciousness.

1:38.8

And that leads to the potential that Harvey Weinstein will be up next and possibly Kevin Spacey down the road. So we're looking at a criminal phase of the Me Too movement.

1:42.3

But on the non-criminal side, we still have executives

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