Better Call Paul

Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger has joined the board of Genies, a company that creates avatars to move through the metaverse. Celebrities have been promoting NFTs for a while now and are actively taking a bigger stand, but making a personal investment and taking a board seat makes a big statement. M&A is continuing to heat up in the streaming wars with Discovery and Warner Media combining force...

There’s been a constant stream of legal cases suing high profile artists: Dua Lipa has been sued TWICE by two separate groups for stealing the same song! Ed Sheeren has been accused for stealing parts of his 2017 hit Shape of You. Katy Perry won her appeal. Why does this keep happening? How difficult is it to win a copyright infringement case against an artist? Is it simply a money grab or is ther...

Unions are a hot topic this week. Even though Hollywood is a heavily unionized industry, Netflix canceled Nailed It! Haloween, a popular show in its seventh season, after crew members decided to walk off the set midseason in hopes of unionizing and re-negotiating their contracts. Rick and Morty's animators also protest for fairer pay and more rights in a lawsuit against Adult Swim. MLB is also in...

The Champions League Final was moved from Russia to Paris as a show of solidarity against the Russian government, but what goes into such a decision? Big sporting events are a well-choreographed set of negotiations involving everyone from the venue, to the international broadcast teams, to the global and local sponsors, to the fans and making last minute changes can throw any or all of those into...

Paul and Mesh break down the legal differences between aspiration and fraud. Sure Inventing Anna and the Tinder Swindler are popular today, but they are far from the exception. Paul and Mesh discuss how actor Zachary Horwitz was able to create a Ponzi Scheme that left more than 200 Hollywood investors stunned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this premiere episode of BETTER CALL PAUL, we dive into how things have changed since streaming platforms have entered the space and what this means for production companies, actors/actresses, and their compensation, and why these streaming services are now being sued. We also talk about the Olympics on Peacock and how that deal looks different now that everyone is pushing content to their subs...

BETTER CALL PAUL, the new podcast from Lola Media hosted by former Marvel entertainment lawyer Paul Sarker and entertainment enthusiast Mesh Lakhani will delve into the business and legal issues at play behind the glitz and glam. This show takes you beyond the catchy headlines to find out what’s really at play behind the scenes and gives you an introduction to the business side of show business. L...