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Industry leaders converse about business deals, strategy and the future of media and entertainment.

  1. 1d ago

    Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith

    On today's episode, Variety's Todd Spangler analyzes the latest moves in Paramount Skydance's quest to close its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion. And Dodger great Orel Hershiser talks baseball, broadcasting, business and faith as he prepares to receive his Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Aug. 13 for his work as a sportscaster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith

  2. 1d ago

    Daily Variety -- Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith

    On today's episode, Variety's Todd Spangler analyzes the latest moves in Paramount Skydance's quest to close its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion. And Dodger great Orel Hershiser talks baseball, broadcasting, business and faith as he prepares to receive his Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Aug. 13 for his work as a sportscaster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Daily Variety -- Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith

  3. 3d ago

    Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

    On today's episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety's Rebecca Rubin reports that the good news keeps on coming for the movie biz as "Spider Man: Brand New Day" soars in weekend two and "The Odyssey" becomes Christopher Nolan's highest-grossing film. Most important, the summer tally to date has already reached the $4 billion benchmark that was the norm pre-COVID. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

  4. 3d ago

    Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

    On today's episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety's Rebecca Rubin reports that the good news keeps on coming for the movie biz as "Spider Man: Brand New Day" soars in weekend two and "The Odyssey" becomes Christopher Nolan's highest-grossing film. Most important, the summer tally to date has already reached the $4 billion benchmark that was the norm pre-COVID. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

  5. 6d ago

    NBCUniversal Media Group Chief Matt Strauss on Growing Peacock, Testing Membership Rewards and Becoming a Daily Habit With Users

    On today's episode of Variety's "Strictly Business," Matt Strauss, chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group, details the evolution of the Peacock streamer and his view of the "the great re-bundling" that is underway for streaming media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. Aug 6

    Daily Variety -- Fear, Loathing and Endless Potential: AI4 Conference Takes Stock of Transformative Technologies

    On today’s episode, Variety’s Corbin Bolies reports from Las Vegas where he is covering the AI4 conference with a slew of top leaders and true believers. The excitement around generative AI is still as hot as the temperature in Sin City, but the polarizing effect of the technology is evident as well, Bolies reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Daily Variety -- Fear, Loathing and Endless Potential: AI4 Conference Takes Stock of Transformative Technologies

  7. Aug 5

    Daily Variety – It’s Tick-Tock Time for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger as Judge Sets March Trial Date

    On today’s episode,Variety's Todd Spangler offers an update on where things stand for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger process now that a judge has set a March trial start date for the antitrust case brought by 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America. “I think he feels like he’s been misunderstood,” Spangler says of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Daily Variety – It’s Tick-Tock Time for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger as Judge Sets March Trial Date

  8. Aug 4

    Daily Variety -- National Comedy Center's Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History

    On today’s episode, Journey Gunderson, executive director of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y. – Lucille Ball’s hometown -- explains why it’s important to have an institution devoted to the study of comedy. Jamestown will be abuzz with laughs as the center hosts the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Aug. 7-9 headlined by Jerry Seinfeld, Bert Kreischer and Seth Meyers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Daily Variety -- National Comedy Center's Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History
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Industry leaders converse about business deals, strategy and the future of media and entertainment.

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  • Channel
    Variety
  • Creator
    Variety
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    108
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