From KCRW in Santa Monica and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want next time.

Everybody takes your business, business, really, really, all white life.

He doesn't clean.

What's with him?

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood.

This week on the business, thanks to the recession and the digital revolution, studios are slashing costs.

And that's transforming the lives of screenwriters in film and television.

But first on the Hollywood news banter, shakeups at Disney and Universal sent early Halloween shivers through the industry.

Stay close. It's the business from KCRW.

You can imagine Hollywood everything is really driven by making money.

What's with him?

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone to Hollywood. Hollywood.

I'm joined by guest banterer John Horn of the L.A. Times.

We connect with him today by the miracle of technology in Abu Dhabi.

John, why are you in Abu Dhabi?

I am here for the weather.

No, I'm here for the Circle Conference and the Middle East Film Festival.

This is where a lot of money and a lot of productions happening in the world, and I wanted to come see what it's all about.

So we will revisit this when you've been there for a week, because since you've just arrived.

But meanwhile, let's talk about the news.

And topic A would be changing of the guards.

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