Disney’s ESPN Fight and Taylor’s Movie Takeover

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the ongoing dispute between Charter and Disney and why this one might be different because it might not be just about the money. They wonder whether this has the possibility to blow up the cable model, who has the leverage, and whether an end is in sight. Then they pivot to Taylor Swift’s disruptive deal with AMC Theatres and the choice to bypass a studio distributor and take her concert film directly to theaters. They talk about why she and her family opted to do this, what the economics look like for Taylor, whether other artists will follow in her footsteps, and whether it will land on streaming. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	For all your fantasy football needs, check out the Ringer Fantasy Football Show with me, Danny Highfitz and Craig Horrellbeck.
0:07.9	That's the Ringer Fantasy Football Show on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast.
0:13.2	Being a marketer is no sweat.
0:15.4	You just have to manage dozens of channels, launch hundreds of campaigns, score thousands of leads, and...
0:19.5	Okay, fine. It's a lot of sweat.
0:21.5	Unless you have HubSpot's AI-powered marketing tools to help you do all that and more.
0:26.0	Get started at HubSpot.com slash marketers.
0:29.0	Whether it's smashing a workout, running a 5K, or just staying active, all that movement can
0:34.4	leave your muscle sore, your sleep disrupted and your body stressed.
0:38.5	That's where Therobody Therogun Prime Plus comes in.
0:41.8	It delivers deep tissue heated massage to help you prepare better, recover faster and relieve pain and soreness.
0:48.6	Unlike other massage guns with Therogun's unique triangle design, you can reach anywhere on your body.
0:54.2	Head to Therobody.com and feel the Therogun difference.
0:59.6	It is Tuesday, September 5th.
1:02.2	What does Taylor Swift have in common with charter communications, the cable TV company?
1:07.1	I've recently given both of them a lot of money, of course.
1:09.7	But they also both just did something that challenges the norms of the entertainment
1:14.2	business.
1:15.1	Let's start with Charter, which has about 14 million pay TV subscribers under the Spectrum brand.
1:20.2	I'm one of them.
1:21.4	You've probably right about the standoff with Disney over carriage fees for the Disney
1:24.9	networks, ESPN, ABC, FX, the others, all dark on Spectrum right now.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.