Does Big Tech Belong in Hollywood?

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Vox senior correspondent and 'Recode Media' host Peter Kafka to discuss the new era of tech and Hollywood, including the long-term place of Apple and Amazon in the entertainment industry, the rise of advertising in streaming, YouTube's and TikTok’s power, the complicated relationship between big tech and sports, big tech’s foray into the media ecosystem, how it will affect the traditional broadcast industry, Elon Musk's impact on Twitter and social media, and the upcoming Elon Musk movie. Matt finishes the show with a box office prediction for Disney’s ‘Wish’ and Apple’s ‘Napoleon.’ For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Peter Kafka Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:14.5	It is Wednesday, November 22nd.
0:17.8	This podcast is typically an Elon-free safe space. It's enough media coverage, especially
0:23.5	since he paid $44 billion for the website formerly known as Twitter last year. That's not going
0:29.1	great. Last week, pretty much all the Hollywood studios joined other Blue Chip advertisers in
0:34.1	pulling ads from X over anti-Semitic content that appeared next to their
0:38.5	brands.
0:39.1	Not great.
0:40.3	Then Elon, who calls himself a free speech absolutist.
0:43.8	Sued Media Matters, claiming its free speech cost him money.
0:47.7	Good luck with that.
0:49.0	But the whole Twitter circus raises an issue that we do care about on this show.
0:52.9	It actually informs most of the topics we talk about.
0:55.8	Slowly and then all at once, Hollywood has become consumed by Silicon Valley. The tech companies now
1:01.5	rule entertainment, everything from Netflix becoming the first truly global television network
1:06.2	to Apple spending billions on TV shows with A-List stars and releasing a Martin Scorsese movie,
1:12.6	to Amazon taking over with Thursday Night Football.
1:15.1	When I talk to agents and producers around town, one of their greatest fears is that Apple and
1:19.7	Amazon will soon just decide they don't want to be in Hollywood anymore.
1:23.2	It could happen, and that would have catastrophic impact.
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