The Stranglehold of Streaming, With United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Matt is joined by the CEO of United Talent Agency (UTA) Jeremy Zimmer to discuss how the financial downturn of the streaming model has trickled down to talent agencies, why pivoting for back-end profit participation in streaming makes sense, the looming possibility of a writers' strike, and more. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Jeremy Zimmer Producer: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.8	It's Friday, December 16th, which is actually the last workday of the year for Hollywood's major talent agencies.
1:08.5	They traditionally close for the final two weeks of the year.
1:10.9	The agent set off to Aspen or the Four Seasons Maui that read scripts or strategize about how to
1:16.4	steal clients and their rivals. This has been quite a monumental year in the agency world.
1:21.0	The market for talent has absolutely shifted. Many studios and streaming services are now
1:25.4	watching their budgets more closely.
1:28.6	The great Netflix correction.
1:35.3	All of Hollywood is sort of in this weird transitional slash buildings on fire phase.
1:39.9	HBO Max just unrenewed a couple shows, part of its cost-cutting efforts.
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