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@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: A supersized chat with one of my favorite directors. Rupert Murdoch’s origin story in INK, the UK media wars, and why he AI-ed Margaret Thatcher. Live at the London Film Fest! Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/1Fgh...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew @puck.news: What David Ellison ISN’T talking about as he smashes together 2 Hollywood studios: squashed competition, agency wars, and the future for the fired WB studio chiefs. ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/skydance-que...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: Inside the scary debt math that puts the Skydance megastudio in survival mode right from launch. With analyst @richlightshed.bsky.social. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/0TTO...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: It’s the 2026 Hollywood Stock Exchange! Buys, sells, and penny stocks… With @lucasshaw.bsky.social LIVE at @bloomberg.com Screentime event. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/3Zpz...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNews: Studio chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy are out at Warner Bros. No, it wasn't just DIGGER. Details in tonight's
@puck.news What I'm Hearing... ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/the-mike-and...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: An unnecessarily contentious sitdown with agent/mogul Ari Emanuel: CAA trash talk, Ellison advice, why he’ll never speak to his former co-CEO, and of course the probiotic worms. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/5Msi...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNews: Cindy Holland, head of Paramount's streaming content, is stepping down ahead of the merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: Two Hollywood studios are about to become one, with all the sad redundancies, desperate politicking, and executive bake-offs that entails. Pre-gaming the chaos with @lucasshaw.bsky.social. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/1F5e...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNews: Who says the massive TV overall deal is over? Disney just ponied up to lure Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy from Netflix. (This is for TV but apparently they’re happy with his Star Wars.)
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialWho’s more tone deaf, Bob Chapek for publishing the book every fired CEO writes in his head but realizes he should never publish, or Bob Iger for engaging in a sad media war with Chapek. You decide! ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/newsletter_c...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: If passed as written, today’s federal production tax incentive bill would have an immediate and massive impact on the lives of thousands of entertainment workers. With Rep. Laura Friedman. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/3VSw...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: Jeffrey Katzenberg masterfully melded tech and creativity at Disney and DreamWorks (and whiffed at Quibi). Now he thinks he’s the perfect person to bridge AI with Hollywood content. With Katzenberg and @lucasshaw.bsky.social. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/1XMY...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialDespite the Tom Cruise press blitz, DIGGER tracking has dropped to a $19M domestic opening, per NRG. (Its screening for awards press on Friday also went horribly.) Maybe the marketing pivot will turn this around?
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialLots of VERY weird things in Rob Bonta’s Paramount capitulation: “Indie” films include Sinners and Tenet, zero requirement to film in California, HQ can be anywhere, and a “recession” voids the whole thing. My breakdown with Bill Cohan, @eriqgardner.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/breaking-dow...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: A stunning capitulation by Rob Bonta leads to a WarnerMount settlement with little to no bite. What happened??? With @lucasshaw.bsky.social. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/5FSU...
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@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: Why GQ didn’t ask Cruise about Scientology. Plus: the return of the Lightning Round! With writer Zach Baron. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/17nO...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialDisney's next layoffs, Brad Pitt's final cut standoff, David Ellison's Nashville threat calculus, Netflix cancellation math... and Sydney Sweeney's new publicist! It's a jam-packed all-new @puck.news What I'm Hearing newsletter ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/newsletter_c...
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNew pod: Apple’s moment, Netflix’s split identity, Disney questions, and the triumph of Widow’s Bay, a very un-Apple show. Plus: Emmys afterparty food reviews! With @lucasshaw.bsky.social. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/s/9Vm1oFS
@mattbelloni.bsky.socialNews: HBO sent a cease and desist letter to Jake Paul's betting app over that loooong commercial starring Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier from Entourage. Will they take it down? Details ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/newsletter_c...
