Nilay Patel

JK Rowling has very loud politics that are turning off a lot of younger consumers, right?

Her transphobia is turning off a lot of younger consumers.

This is why I'm talking about fandoms coming to an end.

I can see in the feedback we get about when we write about Harry Potter, younger people saying, why would I support this fandom?

Why would I support this IP?

And maybe she should just shut up and it would be fine and it would become the power center that it is.

But you've got creatives on your team, right?

The last time you were on the show, you talked about being stewards of inclusion.

How do you make this decision when the creator of the property is sort of actively reducing the fandom and, in fact, hurting a lot of people in that fandom?

How do you think broadly about, again, when I say new IP...

All the people who make new IP are also out on the platforms, right?

Every new creator is an influencer, and they have a huge library of things they've said and done in the past.

Is that something that you think of as a danger?

Is that something that you're on the lookout for?

Or is it you're laser focused on the commercial potential of the franchise?

What should we be looking out for?

Well, you're going to have to come back sooner than three years.

Thank you so much for being at Decoder.

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