Megabanter 2024: Hollywood’s chaotic year of succession races, sports duels, and mergers

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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It’s that time of year again and we are serving up a heaping plate of 2024 Megabanter! The Paramount–Skydance merger finally lands, streamers and legacy studios duke it out for sports rights, Bob Iger makes his moves while the Disney board ramps up its succession race, and linear television continues to decline — what’s the story of the year? Banter buddies Lucas Shaw and Matt Belloni join Kim Masters to figure it out.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.
0:05.2	It's that time of year again. We're serving up a heaping plate of 2024 mega banter.
0:10.8	The Paramount Skydance merger finally lands.
0:13.8	Streamers and Legacy Studios duke it out for sports rights.
0:17.3	Bob Eager makes his moves while the Disney board ramps up its succession race, and linear television continues to decline.
0:24.1	What's the story of the year? Banter buddies Lucas Shaw and Matt Bellany, join me to figure it out.
0:30.1	I am joined by Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg. Hello, Lucas.
0:34.2	Hey, Kim.
0:34.9	And Matt Bellany of Puck. Hello, Matt.
0:38.4	Hi there, and welcome.
0:39.4	Thank you.
0:41.8	Matt is welcoming me because, guess what?
0:44.4	I am now joining Matt at Puck.
0:45.7	Forget the Megabander.
0:46.9	That is the story of the year.
0:50.0	That is the story of the year, according to Matt.
0:51.2	And Lucas.
0:53.3	I did volunteer that one.
0:54.8	I'm the last man standing here.
0:58.9	Yes, we will absorb you into the mothership shortly.
1:02.2	Or as Matt pointed out, I'll convince my bosses to buy puck.
1:03.3	That one feels more likely.
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