The Broadcasters Podcast

Louie CK and the Invasion of political correctness to destroy comedy as KOP discusses how social justice warriors are riding the wave of PC to further destroy an already blackballed comedian in Louis CK.  We also look at what some of the biggest names in comedy have said about how political correctness is hurting comedy.  Support the Broadcasters Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to ...

New Poll: People Tired Of #PoliticalCorrectness. Is Entertainment to Blame? KOP examines this poll that might have gotten lost in the middle of the holiday rush.  Welcome to Marwen is massacred in the box office. Plus, future labor issues on the horizon in the ad and writers front, and does TV need to lighten up in 2019?  Support the Broadcasters Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to h...

TVs Bull Busted By #MeToo as Actress Eliza Dushku was paid a secret settlement of $9.5 million to quiet reports of sexual harassment she allegedly received from Bull star Michael Weatherly while filming a number of episodes of the CBS show  Plus, KOP rants by asking "Where is the Social Outcry for Segregation in Music Radio?!" KOP discusses how radio needs to get ahead of digital streaming and sta...

Actors and Athletes Under Attack and thus Forced To not just accept or tolerate but now must Surrender to any outcry of Social Justice. KOP weighs the attacks on Kevin Hart and Kyler Murray. Is political anger being used to fuel more people to lose their freedom of thought and expression to the throne of political correctness? Support the Broadcasters Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going...

Netflix and Spotify: Streaming Media Striving for Success or Surviving in Debt as KOP goes through where these two companies look to serve content creators while taking a big financial hit. Plus, the FCC looks to revisit rules on regulation and ownership. KOP make his argument on what they should do for the good of all things radio. Support the Creative Not Corporate podcast by: Sending a PayPal d...

Bonuses for Top Brass Bosses at Bankrupt IHeartMedia as Bankrupt iHeartMedia Wants to Pay Top Brass Up to $33 Million in Bonuses. KOP chimes in. Plus, Netflix has a promotions problem and an uninhibited look at how actress Amanda Bynes reflects on her past mistakes and lessons she learned now after becoming a very successful child star. Support the Creative Not Corporate podcast by: Sending a PayP...

iHeartMedia remains delusional making new deals while being bailed out of bankruptcy. Why would the likes of Apple and High Times want to make deals with the Titanic of Radio? Plus, Network TV continues to be in FreeFall with new shows not doing the job keeping viewers. We look at how the new shows have underperformed, and how network tv has given the best show creators no choice but to move to di...

KOP looks at the real takeaways from the passing of Stan Lee, the comic-book creator of  Marvel Comics turned movie mogul of Marvel Studios. What are the real-life characteristics that we should appreciate and cherish about the career he left behind?  Support the Creative Not Corporate podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to  https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts Shopping at Amazon throug...

Apple Wants a Piece of IHeart as iHeartMedia’s creditors are reaching out to Apple. KOP rails against all the breaks iHeart keep getting when it should be made to implode from its burden of debt. Plus, Breaking Bad Going Big Screen as Series Creator Vince Gilligan is working on a creating a full-length feature movie of ‘Breaking Bad’. Support the Creative Not Corporate podcast by: Sending a PayPal...

The Tampa Bay times asks what happened to Bubba the Love Sponge? KOP looks back at this rollercoaster career... from Tampa Bay's top CHR night time rebel to being anointed by Howard Stern to carry the torch for the next generation of shock jocks.  KOP explains how this has happened to a lot of veteran radio talent and how some are given multiple chances, regardless of all their transgressions. The...

Netflix New Debt Gamble For New Content as they announce plans to raise $2 billion in financing through debt securities to fund more content. More Reboots Good and Bad as Halloween rolls to the top of the box office 40 years later while Lebron James looks to reboot the Friday the 13th Franchise.  Help support the Creative Not Corporate podcast by doing any of the following: Send a PayPal donation...

Crowded Movie Week Cripples #FirstMan While #AStarIsBorn Soundtrack Soars as KOP unpacks the mess the movie moguls made by cluttering the box office. First Man falls short next to Venom and A Star is Born, the latter doing great thanks to its top charting soundtrack. Send a PayPal donation by going to  https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts Shopping at Amazon through our special link  http://www.kin...

Taylor Swift and the Sacrifice of Creativity for Public Political Scrutiny as after years of political silence, the singer went public with a big statement. We look back and compare this moment to the eventual demise of the Dixie Chicks and how public speaking out on politics, in general, can seriously shadow a content creator's creativity for the length of their career.  Support the Creative Not...

Who is Listening to Radio and Can Radio Play Nice with Podcasting? KOP runs down the facts and lays out the obstacles that radio fails to understand. Plus, Night School Schools the Box Office, the impact of Pay TV, Spotify does some good for the world of music and what young rappers need to know before coming into the business from one of the top rap stars. Support the Creative Not Corporate Podca...

Network TV is nearing its Near End with Reboots & Remakes, while Basic Cable & Streaming are in Complete Control. A Decider article says it best when "Predictable plots. Clumsy dialogue. Stiff and guessable procedural mysteries. Big sitcom jokes that fall flat despite the guffawing laugh track. Premises that feel uninspired and derivative. It feels like the networks just went through the motions,...

#Emmys were given out this week and creators should sense the signal of streaming services superiority of the medium. Plus, Eminem explains #Kamikaze and KOP gives his take on the new album.  KOP also reviews White Boy Rick, and an update on the Music Modernization Act. Support the Creative Not Corporate Podcast by going to http://www.creativenotcorporate.com/sponsors Doing your Amazon shopping th...

KOP is Positive on #Peppermint, but why are the critics so negative on it? Plus we reflect on the passing of screen legend Burt Reynolds, one of the best-beloved actors on our movie screen.  Plus, are we in the golden age of audio? KOP reviews White Boy Rick and recaps the debut of Mayans MC and the season finale of Power.  Support the Creative Not Corporate Podcast by going to  http://www.creativ...

Corporate Creative Choices Create Unnecessary Outrage and Controversy. KOP explains two examples, First Man and the Colin Kaepernick Nike campaign, how corporate choices screwed these well-intentioned projects. Don't believe everything you have read, and hear the argument for yourself.  Plus, the feel-good story about Geoffrey Owens, another Diehard movie ready to go, plus Drake breaks more record...

Big Bang Theory Hatred examined as the CBS is set to finish after season 12, Summer Movies have a positive trend and More than Seven Dirty Words, the new FCC podcast debuts. Plus, more manipulation by the corporate-controlled American Top 40 chart so out of touch behind the Billboard Hot 100. Support the Creative Not Corporate Podcast by going to  http://www.creativenotcorporate.com/sponsors Doing...

#VMAS Puts Microscope On Degrading Image of Pop Culture and Music as Looks and image as long as you're not on regular television but on social media don't matter anymore. KOP ponders if that's why musicians are not striving to be glamorous and good-looking anymore. How much does this affect younger people and is it really creative or is it just more destructive. Plus, was BlacKKKlansman Fabricated...

KOP discusses the habits of podcast listeners and TV viewers, how they might be changing and how it affects what you do creatively or how you produce it. Plus, why podcasters should diversify which apps they distribute their content too, most notably the new Google Podcasts app.  Also, KOP reviews BlacKKKlansman, and disputes if the Charlottesville clouded the clear-well conceived message within t...

#Billboard 's #Hot100Turns60 as KOP counts down the chart's all-time top 600 songs, unfortunately without the music. Movie Subscriptions after #MoviePass will be a thing going forward, but KOP explains how that plan would still hinder the creativity of the movie business. Support the Creative Not Corporate Podcast by going to  http://www.creativenotcorporate.com/sponsors Doing your Amazon shopping...

#MoviePass Has A Really Bad Week as in just under a week, MoviePass ran out of money and required a loan in order to keep itself in business. Plus, they blocked out folks trying to see Mission: Impossible – Fallout, saw shares of Helios and Matheson (its parent company) plunge below $1, had a system-wide crash and apparently announced that it wouldn’t support the newest releases on opening weekend...

KOP reviews Sorry to Bother You and discusses why the movie's creativity leads to a counterproductive social commentary.  KOP disputes the ongoing socio-economic narrative that there are deadly conditions of working-class life and the only way to break out of it somehow by lottery-winning luck or through supposed merit. He also disputes the idea the writer/director Boots Riley tries to make that r...

Is There Marvel Cinematic Universe Fatigue? Are You Kidding?! KOP takes to task a ScreenRant article that disputes an argument that the Marvel formula is wearing off.  KOP discusses why there is no fatigue, why Marvel's injected humor works while DC movies miss the mark, and why the writer doesn't understand how Marvel comics became popular.  Plus, upcoming NetFlix and Network TV talk, MTV VMAs an...