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Totally Booked with Zibby

Felix Gillette and John Koblin, IT'S NOT TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Zibby is joined by veteran media reporters Felix Gillette and John Koblin to discuss their latest book It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO, a fascinating exposé of HBO’s meteoric ascent and now, its precarious position in the market. The three talk about how the network’s innovation has helped it survive every near-fatal blow in its fifty-year history, the inspiration behind iconic series like The Sopranos, and the playbook that ensures even the strangest concepts become record-breaking, award-winning shows. They also share what their favorite HBO TV series is, and Zibby reveals she was an extra in one of them!


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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now.

0:07.8

Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

0:10.7

It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or

0:21.1

less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this

0:25.9

podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,

0:31.8

wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can

0:37.4

learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,

0:39.5

but really you're here to learn more about the authors,

0:42.2

and that is what we're going to do.

0:44.4

Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts

0:46.9

in the ZCast Podcast Network.

0:49.4

You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com

0:51.9

and definitely check out those shows as well.

0:58.2

Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Felix Gillette and John Koblin are co-authors of It's Not TV, the spectacular

1:03.3

rise, revolution, and future of HBO. Felix is the enterprise editor for Bloomberg News,

1:09.0

media entertainment, and telecom team, as well as a

1:11.5

features writer for Bloomberg Business Week. He has covered the business of media and technology

1:16.1

for over a dozen years and has worked as a staff writer at the Washington City Paper,

1:20.5

the Columbia Journalism Review, the Village Voice, and the New York Observer. John Copeland is a media

1:25.4

reporter for the New York Times covering the television

1:27.9

industry. He reports on the companies and personalities behind the scripted TV boom, as well as the

1:33.7

networks that broadcast the news. Prior to joining the Times, he covered media at the New York

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