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Matt Belloni

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351 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

They did that zero body problem.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

What was that show?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

Oh, the one that just aired.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

I have not seen that yet.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

They paid them Game of Thrones money to do Zero Body Problem, which was not successful.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

Netflix said this at the Bloomberg conference that you were at.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

The co-CEO, Greg Peters, said there is not a good track record of media mergers.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

Comcast is the part.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

It would take the legacy studios from five down to four if you merge Paramount and Warner Brothers.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

They argue that they're going to increase the number of movies and put investment into that.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

But ultimately, you merge these services.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

If you merge the studios, it's one fewer buyers in the marketplace.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

But if you put Netflix over Warner Brothers, you could get Warner Brothers as a theatrical studio could entirely go away.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

HBO Max could entirely go away.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

I mean, it's it's that kind of a merger.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

where the fundamental playing field of Hollywood would change significantly.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

Two scenarios.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

One is it goes away.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

They absorb the subscribers.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA Six-Pack, Netflix’s WBD Pursuit, NFL Picks, and John Cena Finally Stops By, With Joe House and Matt Belloni

They transition them.