The Business; Hosted by Kim Masters, Saturdays on KCRW
The Spin-Off; Hosted by Joe Adalian & Mike Schneider on KCRW
(nb. while The Spin-Off is currently off the air and not updating, the archives are still up and contain a treasure trove of information and reflections on the state of television)
Media Business Matters with Amanda Lotz and Alex Intner
Bonus Podcast:
On The Media; Hosted by Brooke Gladstone & Bob Garfield, Fridays on WNYC
As we said in class, please subscribe to
The Business and
Media Business Matters and listen to new episodes regularly throughout the semester. Episodes are 30 minutes each so easily digestible. In any case definitely do listen to the opening 'News Banter' section in The Business but stay on for the in depth interviews with industry people (producers, showrunners, directors, writers, media executives, etc.). This is a chance to hear talk about film and television that goes beyond the gossip platitudes or faux-criticism that we usually get about the media. Host Kim Masters asks the right questions in regards to deals, arrangements, finacing, etc. and Amanda Lotz and her co-host dig deep into the industrial and infrastructural transformations of the media industries.
In addition to the new episodes here are some past episodes that can complement your readings and our discussions in class in these first weeks of the semester.
(In addition to KCRW's website you can find The Business on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play)
from The Business:
The Year in Film and Television: 2015 Edition (from Dec. 28, 2015)
The Year in Film and Television: 2016 Edition (Dec. 26, 2016)
Lessons Learned: Industry Insights from Memorable Guests (from Oct. 9, 2017)
Mega Banter Year In Review 2017 (from Dec. 25, 2017)
from Media Business Matters listen to the Media Business Year in Review episode as well as the episodes on
-Open TV and the Creative Possibilities of Internet-Distributed Television
-The Business of YouTube and Social Media Entertainment
plus the in-depth interview with Amanda Lotz herself about her new book We Now Disrupt This Broadcast
from The Spin-Off:
Summer 2015's TCA's: Streaming Media Boom & Networks as Brands (from Aug. 13, 2015)
Fall TV Fails to Excite; New Faces in Late Night (from Oct. 1, 2015)
TV Development Trends and Behind-the-Scenes Drama (from Oct. 28, 2015)
The Evolution of Streaming and a Late Night Check-In (from Nov. 17, 2015)
The Year That Was Peak TV, Tackling Tough Social Issues (from Dec. 23, 2015)
Cord Cobblers and What TV Can Learn from 'Making a Murderer' (from Jan. 20, 2016)
The Year in Television (from Dec. 21, 2016).
As a bonus check out some of the bloggers mentioned in this Complex article:
The 25 Best TV Bloggers.
Finally, remember that the treasure trove about everything TV is Twitter. If you are on Twitter you might want to start following the various hosts of The Business and The Spin-Off and branch out from there (see who they follow, who they retweet, etc).
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