Kim Masters
Host at The Business (Podcast)
Hollywood Correspondent at Puck
Puck partner. Host of @KCRW’s The Business. Not a fan of this site or its owner. @kimmasters.bsky.social
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3 weeks ago |
kcrw.com | Kim Masters
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is facing heat from investors as 60% of shareholders vote against his $52 million pay package for 2024. What prompted the rare public backlash? Plus, what's behind Disney's latest wave of layoffs? Kim Masters and Matt Belloni are on it. Money talks? A recent WBD shareholders vote sends a clear message of frustration as the company's stock slides and layoffs ripple through the studio.
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3 weeks ago |
kcrw.com | Kim Masters
A shareholder revolt is underway at Warner Bros. Discovery... meaning, a 60% vote against CEO David Zaslav's $52 million pay package for 2024. What drove the investor backlash? Meanwhile, Disney is back in layoff mode, with hundreds affected in the latest wave of budget cuts. Kim Masters and Matt Belloni explain what's behind both moves. Plus, Masters talks to host Seth Meyers about how his years at both shaped and traumatized him.
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3 weeks ago |
kcrw.com | Kim Masters
As the Trump administration ups the pressure on media companies, Late Night host Seth Meyers says he and his bosses at NBC have no plans to back off the political satire (as far as he knows). "I only see one path forward for our show, which is keep doing what we're doing," Meyers notes.
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3 weeks ago |
puck.news | Kim Masters
A couple weeks ago, a woman whom I’ll call Nancy noticed that Black Entertainment Television was planning a tribute to its popular music video program 106 & Park at the BET Awards on June 9 in Los Angeles. The show, which ran from 2000 to 2014, played hours of R&B and hip-hop at a time when Britney and the Backstreet Boys dominated Total Request Live on sister network MTV.
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4 weeks ago |
kcrw.com | Kim Masters
Veteran film strategist Kevin Goetz has conducted many test film screenings over his forty years in the industry. But please don't ask him to reveal his secrets: "They'll look at me and go, 'So Kevin, what about that movie?' And I just look at them with a very, very blank stare and say, 'You know better,' jokes Goetz. "Or I'll say, 'Great. Ask me how your movie is... Great.'"Goetz shares why he pivoted from a steady career in acting to his decades-long journey into entertainment research.
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What was he thinking? My latest on longtime Democrat Brian Grazer’s political pivot and the future of his 40-year partnership with Ron Howard. https://t.co/nyD2ySZLDS
Now that our protests were a glorious success, listen to @Deggans talk to Adam Arkin about his career in front of and behind the camera, and the nepo baby rap. And @mattbelloni and I kick around the Warners split! Find me where the sky is blue. https://t.co/OXraJj94Wv
.@sethmeyers does not mince his words. We talk about the Donald’s nickname for him (Marble Mouth Meyers) and whether he’s getting corporate pressure to tone down the jokes. And @mattbelloni and I serve up the banter! https://t.co/D0dj9F9sYE
