The Trump Tariff Pain Index: Who Suffers the Most in Hollywood?

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to parse the media landscape and determine which companies are most vulnerable amid the Trump tariff chaos. They discuss how much this volatility will cost the entertainment industry, who is best suited to weather the storm, and if this will affect the cost of production (02:45). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about 'Saturday Night Live' headed to the U.K. (25:22). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.2	It is Monday, April 14th.
1:08.8	Man, you got a feel for our guy, David Zazloff, the CEO of Warner Brothers Discovery,
1:12.8	finally has a hit movie in Minecraft.
1:15.4	HBO and the Warner TV studio have big shows on the air,
1:18.6	but these Trump tariffs are not great for businesses that depend on advertising.
1:23.6	And Warner Discovery, along with Paramount, are more vulnerable than the other more diversified
1:28.2	Hollywood media companies. They're heavily dependent on advertising. You don't need me to tell you that
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