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Jon Steinberg: Why Digital Media has Become Akin to the ‘Drug Discovery Business’
Episode 68
Jon Steinberg, founder and CEO of digital business news startup Cheddar, discusses the company’s recent sale to cable operator Altice USA for $200 mi…
7 years ago
Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch Spots An Opening in the Global Streaming Market
Episode 67
Streaming content is about as competitive as a business gets these days, but don't tell that to Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch. He's aggressively moving to…
7 years ago
Anatomy of a Reboot: How MTV Found New Gold in 'The Hills'
Episode 66
Jacqueline Parkes, chief marketing office and executive vp of digital studios for Viacom's MTV VHI CMT and Logo Group, breaks down the marketing camp…
7 years ago
How Scopely Turns Hollywood IP Into Videogame Gold
Episode 65
Star Trek, The Walking Dead and Wheel of Fortune are more than just iconic TV brands; they’re the intellectual property powering mobile games on cour…
7 years ago
Can a Studio Make Movies for VR?
STX Entertainment is best known for movies like "The Upside" and "Ugly Dolls," but it also has a division dedicated to creating virtual-reality movie…
7 years, 1 month ago
Disney's Dana Walden on tackling TV's 'existential crisis'
Dana Walden was already one of the industry’s most powerful television executives when she was co-head of Fox television Group prior to Disney’s acqu…
7 years, 1 month ago
Cannes Lions Preview with MediaLink's Michael Kassan
The Cannes Lions festival will get underway next week at a time when media industry turbulence is at its peak, according to MediaLink CEO Michael Kas…
7 years, 1 month ago
Mass Appeal CEO on building a hip-hop brand and content factory
Mass Appeal CEO Peter Bittenbender discusses the relaunch of the one-time hip-hop fanzine as a content business active in music, digital, film and TV…
7 years, 1 month ago
Fixing Hollywood's Supply Chain with Data and Deals
Producer Jeff Valdez discusses his detailed study examining the root causes of the dearth of U.S.-born Latinx creative talent working in film and TV.…
7 years, 1 month ago
Listen: Spielberg's Amblin Chief on Making 'Movies in the Middle'
Episode 59
Amblin Partners co-CEO Jeff Small oversees a bustling production powerhouse alongside Steven Spielberg that manages to make movies like the new seque…
7 years, 2 months ago