Episode 283 - I Find Shirts

Warner Bros. Discovery made one horrible mistake in gaming and one decent mistake in sports television. They're the see-saw of the media industry!

• For authors’s new deals, no upfront pay in exchange for larger profit

• Disney family backs Iger over activist investors

• Warner Bros to focus more on free to play games over AAA

• truTV will become WBD’s version of ESPN

Episode 272 - This and That and The Rest

You can't censor a De Niro. Plus: more streaming bundles on the horizon; fake Sports Illustrated articles; how TMZ stays grimey; and more!

• Important pay changes for WBD’s David Zaslav

• Paramount+ cut just as much as Max

• Apple TV and Paramount+ considering bundle

• Microsoft wants its own mobile gaming store

• Robert De Niro’s Gotham Awards speech involved politics, censored without his knowledge

• Sports Illustrated published articles with fake authors

• Abso Lutely brings UCB to the digital world

• TMZ’s connection to celebrity deaths

• YouTube is going to crackdown on deepfakes (of musicians)

Episode 236 - Robust Streaming Platform

If you hear “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” in the background of this podcast, then you know you’re in the right place! Whatever this thing is returns with hot, steamy news from the trades. Like PBS NEWSHOUR possibly getting new hosts; THE CW cancelling everything before it goes up for sale; free streamers AMAZON FREEVEE, PLUTO TV, and TUBI exploding in popularity + more!

• YouTubers quitting YouTube

• Bill Simmons leads Spotify’s international sports push

• NewsHour’s new hosts (maybe)

• The CW cancels everything. Streaming and corporate are to blame

• Crackle and Redbox are now owned by the same company

• Netflix emphasizes rule breaking but tells employees to limit spending

• Free streamers capitalize on being free

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 207 - Good Caveat

Fresh off of doing nothing, The Constitutionals is here to remind you of the news that isn't exactly news. How refreshing! Plus: WARNER BROS. & DISCOVERY's new company name is lazy; HBO MAX & PARAMOUNT+ get ad supported tiers; and THE TODAY SHOW & CNN beef up streaming offerings!

• WarnerMedia and Discovery's new company has a familiar name

• HBO Max with ads launches

• Paramount+ with ads coming next week

• New "TODAY" streaming show

• CNN readies to launch a streaming service