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Sam Reich

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Yeah.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I would say so, yeah.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

A bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy there.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Where it's like the most popular shows, the most watched on the platform, tend to have the biggest social channels, tend also to drive the most viewers, yeah.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I mean, no show that's currently on the platform doesn't have its own hardcore dedicated audience.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

You know, if a show isn't collecting audience.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Yeah, I mean, we have not exactly formally canceled, but we have sort of paused production, sidelined, put on the back burner shows that didn't collect audience as well.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

The most popular shows on the platform are Dimension 20 and Game Changer.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

And then the second most popular shows on the platform are some combination of smarty pants, very important people and make some noise.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

That makes sense to me.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

For sure, for sure.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

We have.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

We are.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I think the reason why it's tricky is because we consider social marketing to be a big differentiator in terms of how we do things.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

And if we were to go license a mainstream show, there's no way that they would allow us to power their social channels.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Yes.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

So there is no point to us doing that unless we get to do that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I mean, OK, the other reason the other reasons are out there, too, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Like if we just license anything under the sun, does it dilute the brand?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

We're not trying to be a utility.