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In this episode, we discuss entertainment industry dealmaking with Sky Moore, a partner in theLos Angeles law firm Greenberg Glusker, and visit with Fortune 500 consultant Shasheen Shah,author of the new book “The Kid and the King: The Hidden Inner Struggle High Achievers Must Conquer to Reignite and Reengage with Life.”
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Schuyler (Sky) Moore, Partner at Greenberg Glusker
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Shasheen Shah, Author of The Kid and the King
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Phil Hall
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This week, we’re at the movies with a look at Cinedigm Inc.’s distinctive approach to thestreaming industry and an interview with filmmaker Brent Hodge on his film “Pharma Bro”about the controversial hedge fund executive Martin Shkreli.
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Guests:
Yolanda Macias Chief Content Officer, Cinedigm Networks
Erick Opeka President, Cinedigm Networks
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Brent Hodge  Filmmaker, Director: Pharma Bro 
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On this episode, YouTube talk show host Steven Steele discusses the online world’sfascination with all things Dogecoin while Jay Silfen, editor at Belly Up Sports, offershis insight on the rapid expansion of legalized sports betting across the UnitedStates.
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Steven Steele,YouTube Talk Show Host, Recording Artist, Consultant
Jay Silfen,Editor at Belly Up Sports
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Phil Hall
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On this episode, we visit with the chief executives of two of the most popular and innovative NFT platforms: Grant Dexter, co-founder and CEO of Fanaply, and Lin Dai, co-founder and CEO of OneOf.
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Grant Dexter, CEO of Fanaply
Lin Dai, CEO of OneOf
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Phil Hall
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On this episode, we consider the success that the Walt Disney Co. has enjoyed at the box office with film critic and film festival programmer Joe Meyers, and we visit with Kirill Poskonov, founder and the host of the LikeXR.tech podcast, to discuss Facebook’s forays into the metaverse.
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Film Critic and Film Festival Programmer Joe Meyers
Founder and The Host of The LikeXR.tech Podcast Kirill Poskonov
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Phil Hall
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Welcome to Benzinga show business. I'm Phil hall and on today's show, we're going to be looking at two companies doing rather clever things later in the show. We're going to be discussing. Facebook and they are journey into the metaverse, but first we're going to be going to the movies specifically to the Disney films that have been dominating the box office.

This year. My guest on the segment is Joe Myers. He is a former film critic with the Connecticut. He's also the programmer with the focus on French film festival that takes place every April in Greenwich, Connecticut, Joe, thanks so much for being a guest on today's show business. Oh my pleasure, Phil. Well, Joe, since the movie theaters reopened this spring, Disney has been dominating the box office month after month with movies like Ryan, the last dragon Prunella black widow jungle cruise.

Free guy. And, uh, currently a shank tree is raining at the box office. What is Disney doing? Right? That the other studios aren't doing well, it seems like one of the things they've done right is combined theatrical releases with, um, movies being made available simultaneously on streaming services. You know, that old day and date, uh, thing, although as the year has progressed, You know, they've run into some bumps with that.

I mean, Scarlett Johannson has a lawsuit in progress on black widow because she said it violated the terms of her contract. You know, that she's asked she and her lawyers are estimating that they lost somewhere between 20 to $50 million by the movie, not having us a full theatrical release. And it's interesting that the last movie, the martial arts movie sham key.

Is that the title of it? Yes, it is. Yeah. I mean, that was a theatrical only, and it has made more than those other movies that they did day in date. So it looks like maybe Disney is getting back into the groove of theatrical exclusivity and then, you know, three, four months later putting it out on Disney.

Plus what I found kind of strange with the Scarlet Johansson lawsuit is that. I was out in both theatrical and streaming and Emma Stone didn't complain. And then jumble crews came out in theatrical and streaming and the rock and Dwayne Johnson and Emily blunt didn't complain about it. But black widow, uh, was the one that got.

Uh, Scarlett Johansson's law suit and also a public rebuke by the national association of theater owners against Disney for doing that. Why, what was it about black widow that, uh, uh, people, whereas the other films, nobody even thought twice about. Well, I mean, there were rumblings that Emma Stone might follow suit following the lead of Scarlet.

The difference between black widow and Cruella and jungle cruise is the black widows part of the Marvel franchise, which has always grossed astronomical business around the world theatrically before it goes to video, uh, Emma Stone's Cruella was part of the, the Disney. As was jungle cruise. And I think the bottom line is not as much money as at stake with those two movies as it would be with a Marvel

Episode Summary
On this episode, we take a look at the streaming services industry with Ian Greenblatt, managing director for technology, media and telecommunications intelligence at J.D. Power, and we consider the challenges that face WWE (NYSE:WWE) with Brandon Thurston, editor of Wrestlenomics.
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Ian Greenblatt, Managing Director at J.D. Power
Brandon Thurston, Editor of Wrestlenomics
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Phil Hall
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Hello? Hello. Hello. It is. I feel whole for yet. Another episode of Benzinga show business today, we're going to be taking a look at some home entertainment later in our show. We're going to be joined by Brandon thirst and he is the editor of wrestle Nomics. And he's going to be discussing all things WWE.

Just between you and me, you can admit that you watch WWE wrestling on TV, whether it's broadcast or streaming. I watch it every night. I'm not ashamed of that. But first up on today's program, we're going to be talking about streaming services in general. Our guest is somebody who knows a great deal on the subject.

He's Ian Greenblatt and he's managing director for technology media and telecommunications intelligence. J D power in Greenblatt. Thank you so much for being a guest on today's episode of Benzinga show business. You recently published an article called despite the return to normal people are spending more time and money on streaming services now than during the height of the pandemic.

And I found that rather curious, because here we are, uh, we're actually recording this episode at the end of August, going into September, whether it's still nice, uh, Even with the Delta variant, people are still out and about. And yet it seems from your article that more people are home watching Disney plus and Netflix and Hulu and whatever is out there.

Then they were during the height of the pandemic. How do you, how do you explain that? Well, first thank you for having. So there's a couple parts of that, right? Well, when I say it, when you said, uh, spending more time, well, it's more time, more money on streaming services now than at the pandemic site. So let's take them one by one.

So. Uh, consumers are spending more on streaming compared to six months ago. And compared to April 20, when we asked you about for the first time. So we did three, just for the sake of the viewers. We did the three pulse surveys when an April 21, December of 21 in June, it's 21 around this topic. Right? So we're charting to trend across those two time points.

When we asked them, how much time did you spend streaming compared to six months ago, a 79% of respondents, so that they're spending the same, but more time stream than they did six months ago. So that about the same categories, 35% of that 79% number. But if you're talking about, about the same or more, I mean, that's an awful lot.

And if we're talking about spending, right. Um, how much are you, how much, how much per month are you paying for all of your streaming services combined? This has gone up straight line, but since our first outing at this in April from 38 to 47 out of $55 per month on streaming. So when we take them all together, uh, we feel fairly confident in saying, yeah, they're spending more time and more money.

One of the things I found fascinating in your report was the success of the HBO max presentation of the friends reunion. I mean, I like to joke with people that friends don't watch live friends, watch friends, but in this case, a lot of people watching friends. A