Making sense of the ‘24 Oscar noms; the future of the Netflix-WWE deal

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine media mogul Byron Allen’s offer to acquire Paramount Global. They also take a closer look at the Netflix-WWE deal in the wake of WWE founder Vince McMahon’s resignation following allegations of battery and sex trafficking.

Plus, Masters is joined by The Hollywood Reporter’s Executive Awards Editor Scott Feinberg to discuss the frontrunners, surprises, and snubs of the 2024 Academy Awards.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.
0:06.7	Oppenheimer domination, a lack of Barbie love, and a French film nominated for Best Picture that France didn't even submit for Oscar.
0:15.2	The Hollywood Reporter's Executive Awards editor, Scott Feinberg, helps us make sense of this year's Academy Awards nominees.
0:21.9	Aside from Best Picture, all the major categories are chosen just by the people who work in that
0:27.5	specific area. So when people say, oh, the Academy snubbed Greta Gerwig, well, if you feel it was
0:32.2	a snub, it's a snub by the director's branch, which is only 6% of the entire Academy.
0:37.2	An in-depth look at the 2024 Oscars, but first we banter.
0:41.1	Stick around.
0:41.7	It's the business from KCRW.
0:46.3	I am joined by my partner in banter.
0:48.6	Matt Bellany.
0:49.2	Hello, Matt.
0:49.9	Hi there.
0:50.7	So, where do we begin?
0:52.2	We begin with Paramount.
0:53.7	As we have discussed in the banter previously,
0:56.9	it appears that Sherry Redstone, who controls Paramount through her national amusements, N.A.I.
1:03.3	is facing the reality that she needs to sell. And as has been reported, David Ellison of Skydance,
1:10.4	which has been, he's been in a partnership
1:12.1	with other studios, notably Paramount, doing things like the Mission Impossible movie, billionaire
1:17.1	son of billionaire Larry Ellison. He has been reported to have kicked the tires. As you know,
1:22.9	man, I'm skeptical that that is a real thing. A lot of times it's fun to look under the hood, but I don't
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