Episode 260 - BuzzFeet News

BuzzFeed News is closing down. Now's time for BuzzFeet News: the hottest place to get feet news. Gross. Plus: AMC+ is also going ad supported; Netflix drops DVDs and Redbox wants them; the Writers Guild Association says it's okay to strike if they need to; and more!

• AMC+ getting ad-supported tier

• Netflix's DVD business will end in the fall

• Redbox wants the Netflix DVD business

• Hollywood writers approve of strike authorization

• Filming days in LA have dropped thanks to potential of strike

• BuzzFeed shuts down its news division

Episode 234 - Bobby Moynihan

Chad is joined by BOBBY MOYNIHAN to talk about his new Comedy Central animated series Lightning Wolves. Plus: NETFLIX gets ads; BUZZFEED’s union fights layoffs; CNN+ is no more; diversity reports and more!

• Netflix may finally get ads

• Netflix is just as fallible as other streamers

• BuzzFeed editors leave, layoffs eminent

• BuzzFeed employees say they'll fight change

• Goodbye CNN+

• Hollywood Diversity Report

• Latinx roles lagging

• BBC loses 15 women of color in less than a year

Episode 233 - Some Form of Bundling

Nobody wants to bundle C+ Comedy with its services. Not The New York Times. Not Vox. Not even Mashable wants to get in on the ground floor and they live there! Here's one last pitch. C+ Comedy can offer you periodicals what you don't have: talent! Where else are you going to find a hit online entertainment business news show like News Time? Or the leading interviews with B-list comedians? Or the single most original podcast of all time? Hello? Periodicals? Plus: HBO MAX & DISCOVERY+ merge; women get their time to shine more than men on screen; and BUZZFEED's IPO screwed over employees + more!

• HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge

• Amazon now owns MGM

• Women outnumbered men in movies but only by a little

• International audiences want more diverse casts

• BuzzFeed did wrong with employees during IPO

Episode 226 - Book Publishing Company

Hot dang, the podcast is back with all the entertainment business news you tell yourself you don’t like. Want to release your own SPAC? See how the big companies do it. It’s the hottest thing right now. Everything is SPAC this and SPAC that. I SPAC, you SPAC, we all SPAC. And we all know what it means. Yes, I do; shut up! Plus: BUZZFEED goes public and it’s not going so well; diversity in the U.K. film industry stagnates; and COMCAST is thinking about the future of its HULU deal with Disney + more!

• BuzzFeed Goes Public

• BuzzFeed shares fall on day one

• Media companies jumping into SPAC fray

• Where is U.K. diversity in TV and film now?

• French films non white characters less than 20%

• Comcast could pull NBC shows from Hulu in 2022

• Hulu doesn't need to worry about less frequent NBC shows

Episode 212 - DJ Callous

Did you know actors can sue their employers? That's exactly what Scarlett Johansson is doing to Disney due to monetary factors revolving around "Black Widow" and its streaming/box office release. Worse yet: Chad agrees with her. Plus: BUZZFEED's SPAC changes VICE and VOX's ways of getting to market; VIACOMCBS and COMCAST's international streaming plans are on hold; and disability representation on TV lags behind film.

• BuzzFeed's SPAC and how it changes VICE and Vox

• ViacomCBS and NBCUniversal streaming deal on pause due to regulatory pressure

• Disability representation lags in TV

• Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over "Black Widow" release

• The lawsuit may not have legs

• CAA backs Scarlett