The Broadcasters Podcast

KOP talks about the media establishment and the overall state of journalism from the local to the national level with award-winning broadcast journalist Kristen L. Pope. Kristen L. Pope is an award-winning broadcast journalist. Pope has worked as a general assignment reporter for Emmy Award Winning station News 12 Westchester serving Westchester County just outside of New York City since 2014. At...

Future for the movieplex is uncertain. Media workers feel the brunt of the virus with furloughs; Podcasts Get a Push as part of the coronavirus confinement. So does Netflix and traditional TV. Moviegoers Highly Likely To Return To Theaters Upon Reopening, But More Than Half Will Wait A Bit, Study Suggests. Movie Theaters Could Face Big Trouble with Low Attendance Once They Reopen. iHeartMedia furl...

Netflix to the Rescue establishing $100M coronavirus relief fund for TV, film workers. The Coronavirus Cinema Crisis Continues with closings and changing releases. Netflix has set up a $100 million fund to help people in the TV and film industry who have lost work because of the coronavirus outbreak., film workers. Netflix also Pays Talent Guarantees As Hollywood Starts To Address Fallout From Cor...

Streaming Media Serves as Solace for Coronavirus Confinement. Nielsen explains how COVID-19 could impact media usage across the US. Consumers Nearly Twice as Likely to Spend More on Streaming Americans Following COVID-19 Pandemic Empty stadiums and online streaming: how coronavirus is affecting the media industry Hollywood Dealmakers Navigate Pandemic Amid Looming Writers’ War Virus Crisis Forces...

The news media needs to calm down on the Coronavirus clickbait. We look at all of the events and news that have culminated. Plus, we talk about what will ultimately change as a result. The Hill reports: Nearly 70,000 people have recovered from coronavirus. Amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., it’s important to remember most who become infected recover from the illness. While th...

Deadline reports: Coronavirus Concern At The Box Office After ‘No Time To Die’ Moves to November. Could ‘Black Widow’ & ‘F9’ Be Next? KOP looks at how the pandemic is affecting media. Plus: Global Film Industry Facing $5 Billion Loss Amid Coronavirus Outbreak. What Happens if Coronavirus Forces U.S. Movie Theaters to Close? Coronavirus Concerns Stymie Live Music Performances And SXSW. Major Concer...

KOP looks at Digital Trends Transforming the Media and Entertainment Industry in 2020 and How Blockchain Will Transform Media & Entertainment. Plus, Why Coronavirus Is Expected to Tank 2020’s Hollywood Studio Profits as the Observer reports: the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, costing the entertainment industry millions of dollars every day, it’s near impossible to accurately survey the la...

The WGA and the Big 3 talent agencies have agreed to try to resolve their ongoing legal dispute through mediation, says a new report WGA & Big 3 Talent Agencies Agree To Mediation, But Don’t Hold Your Breath. Report: Female Country Artists Only Get 10% Airplay. Staples is opening podcast studios in six Boston stores. A world without public service media would be a darker place Plus, KOP reflects o...

Deadline.com reports “President Donald Trump’s proposed new budget again calls for… slashing funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to PBS and NPR. “ KOP breaks down the history of public broadcasting. He also weighs the value of replacing the CPB model and giving the public airwaves back to the people. We also debate why the Public Broadcasting Act needs an up...

Hollywood Reporter reports “the Writers Guild signals it is “ready for a battle” over streaming revenue, producers are giving early series renewals and extending episode counts in preps for a Hollywood shutdown. Studios Begin Stockpiling for a Writers Strike: “We Learned the Hard Way Last Time” DGA & AMPTP To Start Contract Negotiations For New Agreement Distribution Plan And Story, Not Characters...

The radio world has been rocked by iHeartMedia’s recent announcement about nationwide layoffs in small markets. One U.S. Senator asks for answers from the iHeartMedia CEO. U.S. Senator Questions iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman About Layoffs. The PR fallout from iHeart Media’s layoffs. What Radio Stations Get It Right? RIP to New York’s Morning Mayor, Harry Harrison, passes away at 89. FCC Chairman Aji...

FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly has demanded that Sony, UMG and WMG answer new “pay to play” allegations. The Commissioner wrote about this the payola problem: “While the [RIAA] response was appreciated, RIAA claimed that it was not in a position to survey its members’ anti-payola practices and submit responses collectively. Instead, it recommended that I reach out directly to each of you to gain i...

Rolling Stone reports iHeartMedia, the largest radio company in America cut a number of employees this week, dealing a blow to local radio across the country. The largest radio conglomerate in the country, iHeartMedia, initiated a round of mass layoffs this week, cutting enough people that one former on-air host described Tuesday as “one of the worst days in on-air radio history.” The layoffs were...

Ricky Gervais teaches Hollywood what speaking truth to power really means and why his Criticism of Hollywood Is So Satisfying. Top Hollywood Execs Look Ahead to a Year of Disruption. You Weren’t Imagining Things—Women Didn’t Talk Much in 2019 Movies. National CineMedia CEO Touts Big-Screen Advertising Closer to Movies Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers. U.S. Musi...

KOP deeps dives into the looming Hollywood labor crisis and how the digital disruption will affect all areas of entertainment behind the scenes and our movie, TV and smart device screens. Disruptor Of The Decade: How Streaming Changed Everything And Will Do It Again In The 2020s Pro Says To Expect More M&A Deals In Streaming Media WGA And Big 3 Agencies Aiming At March 2021 Trial Start Netflix cou...

A New York Times Writer Writes about broken media, radio ownership rules are reinstated, and a cash course of the streaming media cash grab. The Media Is Broken And not for the reasons you think. 2016 Quadrennial Media Ownership Rules are Reinstated Why There’s ‘No Magic Bullet’ Solution to Music Industry’s Distribution Problem Streaming won’t get easier or cheaper…at some point, companies need to...

Who else could talk about the future of podcasting in 2020 but the KingOfPodcasts. New stories depicting podcasting in a negative light need to debunked. The big story of podcasting in 2019 was all about Spotify. Will 2020 be the year Apple strikes back? Are Podcasts Threatening the Growth of the Music Industry? Radio’s Blame for Tom Joyner’s Retirement Ann Ligouri Plus, KOP presents part 1 of his...

Trade Unions Toughen Up For Talks for WGA, ATA, SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP and others. Plus the outlook for Streaming Media Survival in 2020 here on the 100th Episode of the Broadcasters Podcast. Writers Guild of America starts contract talks as streaming pay takes center stage while WGA West Reports “Record” Employment Of Members, But Says Writers’ Pay Is “Not Where It Should Be”. Impending Problems For Yo...

Forbes reports the media industry in 2020 may bring a different sort of change from what we have seen over the past 10-plus years as digital has disrupted media. Hollywood Shows How Antitrust Laws Can Flop Bob Pittman says “TV’s Downfall Is Radio’s Opportunity” New streaming services change media industry Plus, KOP welcomes Brant Pinvidic, an award-winning film director, veteran television produce...

Deadline reports as WGA’s current film and TV contract is set to expire, and AMPTP only five months away, the TV studios are starting to prepare for a potential strike. Plus, DOJ looks to end Paramount Consent Decrees. Indiewire reports that ” Maybe that means small theaters will find it impossible to get big movies, and small distributors will lose access to big chains. Maybe studios will try to...

New legislation introduced in both houses of Congress introduces the AM-FM Act to Get Artists & Labels Paid for Radio Play The Ask Musicians for Music Act (AM-FM) would require radio stations to get consent from recording artists to play their music. The legislation was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and in the House by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who called the current c...

KOP looks in the headlines encompassing the state of the Music Industry in 2019: Artists Leaving. Pop Stars Plotting. Streaming Succeeding. Summer Walker Says She’s Done With the Music Industry. She tells Teen Vogue, “Y’all can have the music and I’ma just head out.” Taylor Swift Talks about Changing the Music Industry, Taking Control. She tells Billboard I’m One of the Only People… Who Can Be Lou...

Lee Abrams writes an epic Facebook rant on the state of radio and the red flags that need to be addressed. Plus, an interview with Media Consultant, Author, and Speaker Paula Rizzo. Radio programming pioneer and XM Satellite Radio co-founder Lee Abrams recently sounded off on in a Facebook rant saying: “Radio is in an undeniable position of strength in terms of accessibly, but as a fan of the medi...

How Politics Destroyed Deadspin due to a content dispute and a writer walkout; WGA-ATA strike spreads to studios as contract talks with studios commence. WGA Gearing Up For Contract Talks With Studios – And A Possible Strike In May – Amid Ongoing Battle With Agencies. Deadspin’s Public Execution Reveals A Media Industry Dying From The Inside. Executives told their employees to stop doing what they...

If Spotify is the Savior of the Music Industry. Can It Save Itself? We look at how the Profits are hard to come by—and how Apple and Amazon aren’t going away. New White Paper says: Underrepesented Moviegoers Expand Box Office When They Are Reflected on Screen. CASE Act: The Bill Every Musician Needs To Know About Spotify Saved the Music Industry. Now What? Remi Jones Plus, KOP welcomes a rising ra...