M g m film library includes over four thousand titles. They also own the handmaid's taile, which is doing fantastic on hooloo. Stargate, very much beloved, multi franchise t v show. Robo cop, legally blond shark, tank and survivor. This would give amazon access to just a huge library that they could make part of amazon prime videoa nThey could license it to other people,. It starts to give them an i p catalogue that is nowhere near disney plus, but its kindo puts em on netflix level, doesn't it? So this is a major move. Can't believe that, you know, somebody like netflicks didn't
Jason covers Amazon's talks to acquire MGM, AT&T's spin-off of WarnerMedia to Discovery, and Dapper Labs lawsuit about the nature of NFTs (1:00). Then, NYT journalist Taylor Lorenz joins to discuss the implications of social media & its more reckless influencers (15:21), why she prefers to write for the New York Times instead of a lucrative Substack offer (48:50), and more!