The Broadcasters Podcast

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...

Following the epic fail of Gemini Man and the upcoming release of The Irishman, KOP looks into the new trend of de-aging in movies and why it looks troubling for content creators. Robert De Niro Thinks Technology Like De-Aging Could Make Movies ‘Cartoony’ Like Marvel. Plus, UMG content strategist says Podcasts ‘could potentially rival share of ear for music consumption’ Can Spotify be the one to f...

Joker is a box office juggernaut for $96 million domestically and a quarter billion globally this week. Plus,"How London is the Mecca for Music". Joker becomes a Box Office Juggernaut as it made an estimated $93.5 million in its first three days (and more than $234 million worldwide). That beats the previous record-holder, last year's Venom. Joker beats the $93.8 million earned by Justice League i...

The Joker Movie opens this weekend set to make a possible $150 million opening. The opening comes with a carnival filled with social and cultural controversy. KOP breaks it down. 'Joker,' Gun Violence and Warner Bros.: Inside the Tricky Marketing of a Modern Supervillain and Todd Phillips discusses Why Depiction of Realistic Violence in ‘Joker’ Is ‘Very Responsible’ Headlines: Sorry, Apple and Dis...

Controversy swirls around the upcoming screenings of the Warner Bros. film Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. TV Long View: Five Years of Network Ratings Declines in Context. Yet another season of linear ratings declines scheduled for the broadcast networks. Gary Vaynerchuk is Uncomfortably Bullish On Audio, says, " go wherever the consumers are no matter how they are consuming the audio. " Billboar...

Miami Bass, Free Speech and Hip Hop Honored in Spotify's Mogul. KOP reviews the documentary and reflects on the case study creativity vs. conformity. Mogul, an exclusive Spotify podcast series that talks about hip hop’s most iconic moments, told by the people who lived them, features the history of Luther Campbell and the 2 Live Crew in its newly released second season. KOP offers feedback and his...

KOP talks about the legacy of rock music and its raw energy with Toronto-based award-nominated digital marketing entrepreneur Lera Salt. Lera Salt is a Toronto-based digital marketing entrepreneur, event organizer and Music Director of a non-profit community rock festival Maple Rock Festival, and a passionate professionally trained indie rock singer. Headlines: Apple TV announced to launch with a...

Kevin Hart is attacked again by the cancel culture media for asking Lil Nas X when asked to explain why he grew up to hate gay people meanwhile he came out as gay at his peak of popularity. You may remember KOP's brought up a Rolling Stone article last month titled. Want to Get on the Radio? Have $50,000? Payola At Radio Never Went Away, says New Report.  Well, the FCC and RIAA are checking out so...

KOP interviews Award-Winning Television Producer Harry Lowell-founder and Executive Producer of NiteLite Pictures and documentary and television producer Ari Wilhelm, the producer of the #WELAGENTE Documentary. #WELAGENTE is a 5-minute documentary offering a non-political, positive, human look at real Hispanic immigration stories; putting a face to the diversity that adds to the fabric of America....

More of KOP's tribute to WKTU radio legend Paco Navarro, the legendary New York DJ who brought the sound of disco and dance music to a large loyal diverse listenership.  KOP continues his conversation with veteran record producer, event promoter and radio programmer Eddie Mercado. Headlines: What the music industry could learn from Old Town Road's chart-breaking success.  SpiderMan and Sony Split...

KOP pays tribute to Paco Navarro, the legendary New York DJ who brought the sound of disco and dance music to a large loyal diverse listenership. He passed away earlier this month at age 82. The New York Times wrote the following about Navarro's passing Manuel Francisco “Paco” Navarro , a disc jockey who became the sultry voice of disco in New York City in the late 1970s, helping WKTU-FM become th...

Disney+ Lays Down the Gauntlet on Netflix with a Blockbuster Bundle. Disney will offer a bundle package of its three streaming services — Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ — for $12.99 a month starting on November 12th. The Verge explains:   At $12.99, the bundle is cheaper than or on par with competitive streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. It’s also significantly cheaper than HBO...

"Old Town Road" Breaks Billboard Record and Pinnacles New Music Revolution. "Old Town Road" Breaks a Billboard Record and Revises the all-time record of the Billboard Hot 100. As Billboard stated, Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, claims one of the most prized records in the Billboard Hot 100's 60-year history as it spends an unprecedented 17th week at No. 1. "Road" bests the...

Both DirecTV and Netflix take a dive as subscribers leave the satellite but not enough go digital. Netflix loses a billion dollars in a day, and DirecTV and AT&T lose about a million subscribers according to their quarterly reports. Plus KOP analyzes how good is the chance "Old Town Road" can break the all-time Billboard Hot 100 record for the most weeks at number one. Plus, more of KOPs chat with...

KOP talks to Veteran Film and TV Actor and Comedian Jason Stuart, Author of Shut Up, I’m Talking: Coming Out in Hollywood and Making it to the Middle You’ve seen Jason Stuart before, whether you recognize him from his roles on TV shows from “My Wife and Kids” to Judd Apatow’s “Love,” his decades of prominence as one of the first openly gay stand-up comedians (he came out on “Geraldo”), or from his...