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Sam Reich

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
549 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Anti-Pulitzer & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Sam Reich

If I was injecting athletes with experimental drugs and putting them anywhere, the first thing I would do as a producer of content is say, don't make it live because we don't know what's going to happen.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Anti-Pulitzer & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Sam Reich

And the second thing that I would do is I would say, don't show me behind-the-scenes footage because I don't want to know what's going on back there.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Anti-Pulitzer & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Sam Reich

You can only watch it on Zoop.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Anti-Pulitzer & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Sam Reich

And also the people who have injected themselves with Zoop are going to say, only on Zoop.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Anti-Pulitzer & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Sam Reich

I've had a lot of fun here today, and I feel like my contribution is any indication.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Anti-Pulitzer & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Sam Reich

You should not have that thing, but I'm willing to imagine that this show is more than just me and my call.

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

Sometimes some people call me the founder of Dropout, which actually is not true.

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

Dropout- Oh, well, I- You beg to differ.

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

I do.

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

Great.

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

I'll take it.

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

Listen, Dropout was a priority that came out of IAC, who was our corporate parent at the time.

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

This is who owned CollegeHumor.

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

And for years and years, IAC was trying to figure out how

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

we would make not just a lot of money, but a lot, a lot of money.

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

And there was always kind of a โ€“ a cynic might call it a get-rich-quick scheme of the time.

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

And it was ad sales, and then social media took a big chomp out of ad sales.

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

And then it was television, and it turned out television production didn't scale very effectively.

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

And then finally, the idea was let's try going direct to audience.

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

Right.