Matthew Belloni
@MattBelloni
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Founding partner @pucknews, host @ringer The Town, @kcrw; Ex-editor @THR, entertainment lawyer. Get my email: https://t.co/dz6BFxPrRp
Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2008
New pod: Apple’s Eddy Cue on recent growth at AppleTV (“significantly more” than 45m subs), buying Warner Bros. (NO, he says), why they let Amazon get NFL/NBA, the movie theater strategy, and whether they’ll still care about showbiz in 10 years. Listen!
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The Town snubbed again
Netflix has inked a deal with Spotify to bring a batch of top original podcasts, including from Bill Simmons’ The Ringer, to subscribers worldwide. https://t.co/xnD9Jr5gHl
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News: A new $1B Hollywood studio is launching with executives from Disney and Lionsgate and backing from....the Saudis. Yep. Details ⬇️⬇️
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A new $1 billion studio backed by entities tied to Mohammed bin Salman and run by producer Erik Feig likely marks the largest investment in a traditional entertainment company by the controversial...
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New pod: It’s the 2025 Hollywood Stock Exchange! Buys, sells, and a few stray bullets. LIVE with @Lucas_Shaw at his event. Listen! https://t.co/CacVxkRwrz
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Hard to believe that the world’s most famous entertainer wrote a song entirely about her very famous fiancé‘s penis and SNL is like, “Yeah, we’re good. Nothing to say about that.” Dark times.
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A gripping tale of a retired Israeli general who drove, with his wife, into the teeth of the October 7 terror attack to rescue his son and family. Filmmaker Barry Avrich and retired Israeli general Noam Tibon join us. Plus Kim and @mattbelloni banter! https://t.co/iyz3qCeRYM
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Podcast Episode · The Business · 10/10/2025 · 30m
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Last week, Disney's DEI unit quietly became "Opportunity & Inclusion" for ALL. How the company's Trumpy makeover will likely impact the search for its next CEO. ⬇️⬇️
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Disney’s new H.R. policy, which comes in the wake of Kimmelgate, provides the latest sign of just how far the once proudly woke entertainment industry has pivoted during Trump II.
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New pod: Part 2 of Ari and Mark, featuring Bari Weiss, Elon Musk, and why Trump “absolutely” deserves a Nobel Prize. Plus: The lightning round! Listen!
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PSA: Tonight’s @PuckNews What I’m Hearing email will arrive in the morning due to unforeseen circumstances having nothing to do with a @BloombergLive conference or a @Dodgers game. 💫💫
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New pod: Ari Emanuel's second act. Why does a Hollywood/sports mogul want to go back to owning tons of small-time live events? With Ari Emanuel, Mark Shapiro, and a few well-placed f-bombs. Listen!
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i even showed him my wrigley field visor!...
“You’re a piece of shit for wearing a fucking Dodgers hat.” — Ari Emanuel to @MattBelloni
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Is Disney an accessible brand? "When it costs $300 per person to get a park hopper in Anaheim for the day...I don't know." @MattBelloni #bloombergscreentime ⏯️ https://t.co/QCHBagAu9Q
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Can Prime Video finally get its act together in TV? Says one producer: "I haven’t made a show with Amazon, but I would now.” New @kimmasters ⬇️⬇️
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At Netflix, Friedlander was beloved for greenlighting blockbusters and passion projects, alike. At Amazon, he’ll need to work within new constraints—and he’s never been a guy who likes saying no.
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New pod: Let’s ignore the “centrist” and “both-sides” platitudes. Why, exactly, does David Ellison want Bari Weiss at CBS News? With @semaforben. Listen!
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New pod: Put aside that one Rock movie flopped. This is A24's whole STRATEGY to justify that $3.5B valuation. Is it sustainable?? With the Monday smashing machine @Lucas_Shaw. Listen!
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at what point is taylor swift arrested for abusing her fans...
Being in the studio and creating these songs was an unforgettable experience, but luckily I don’t ever have to forget it because I was recording while we were writing - and now it’s a way to look back on the process and give you guys a glimpse into how we wrote these songs, and
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Take a break from the horror show and listen to Benny Safdie talk about The Smashing Machine, what he learned working with PTA and Christopher Nolan as an actor, and that split from brother Josh. Plus @MattBelloni and I banter our little hearts out! https://t.co/Imj5xKvR0L...
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Pretty incredible @latimes story of plaintiffs law firm fraudulently paying poor people to sue LA County for abuse, leading to $4B settlement paid by taxpayers.
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Seven people told The Times they were paid to sue L.A. County over sex abuse, raising questions about whether some claims that led to a record $4-billion settlement may have been colored by the...
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