ENCORE: Albert Brooks + Rob Reiner on their HBO doc; How is Hollywood accommodating content creators?

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It’s no surprise that a majority of Gen Z prefers content creators over traditional entertainment, but can the Hollywood establishment find a way to feed the next generation’s media diet? Matt Belloni and The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Weprin investigate.

Plus, we revisit Kim Masters’ conversation with Rob Reiner and Albert Brooks about Reiner’s HBO documentary, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. The legendary filmmakers talk about their early years in the industry and they talk about the drastically changing landscape of entertainment.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.
0:05.8	We can all use a break these days, so this week we revisit our chat with Rob Reiner and Albert Brooks.
0:12.3	Reiner's 24 HBO documentary, Albert Brooks, Defending My Life, celebrates the brilliant career of his longtime friend.
0:20.5	In a wide-ranging conversation, Brooks acknowledges
0:23.3	that the business has changed a lot in recent years in ways that might have stopped him before he got
0:28.3	started. Thinking of my early movies, I would never pass the algorithm. It had to be one person
0:35.6	who looked me in the eye and said, damn it, you're funny, go to it.
0:40.5	And, you know, that was the end of it.
0:42.8	Between them, Reiner and Brooks have about 100 years of experience in many facets of Hollywood.
0:48.0	We talk about their early years in the industry and then what happened.
0:51.9	But first we banter.
0:53.0	Stick around.
0:53.7	It's the business from KCRW.
0:57.3	I'm Matt Bellany, filling in for Kim Masters, and I'm here with Alex Weprin, who is the senior editor of media and business at The Hollywood Reporter. Welcome.
1:05.7	Hey, Matt. So there was an interesting study put out this past week that you reported on from Deloitte, and they do this every year.
1:12.7	It's their digital media trends survey where they ask consumers about their media and entertainment preferences.
1:20.2	And this year's survey found that 56% of people who identify as Gen Z and 43% of millennials find that social media content is, quote,
1:32.8	more relevant than traditional TV shows and movies, end quote. And about half of both categories
1:41.7	feel a stronger connection to social media creators than to TV personalities
1:48.3	or actors.
1:49.9	And I saw this and it just, it's just a giant red flag for Hollywood because this new generation
1:57.8	that's growing up, and we kind of know this, but they just have such a
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