Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast
Episode 11: Billy Ray talks about divisions within the AMPTP companies.
Episode 11: Billy Ray talks about divisions within the AMPTP companies.
Throughout the duration of the Writers Guild Strike, Deadline is running a weekly podcast called Strike Talk. This week’s episode is hosted by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Billy Ray. Via Deadline about Episode 11:
For today’s episode, Ray analyzes the wildly different business models of the signatories that make up the AMPTP, positing that the alignment of traditional studios and streamers makes no sense. Joining Ray are Scott Galloway, professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business and host of the Prof G & Pivot podcasts; Michael Pachter, Managing Director at Wedbush Securities, specializing in the entertainment sector; and Joe Flint, longtime media and entertainment reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
Previous podcast episodes in the series:
I strongly recommend you add Deadline Strike Talk to your podcast list and listen to it every week.
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UPDATE: To Billy’s point, check out this chart:
Apart from being a potential buyer of product, why don’t the legacy studios see Netflix being what it is: A competitor which wants to crush them? They’re fundamentally enemies, not allies. How can they possibly negotiate with any sense of unanimity?