Episode 4: TV Execs Lead Industry Forward

Alex and Amanda talk about the thought leadership offered by current television execs including John Landgraf, Ted Sarandos, Charlie Collier, and Les Moonves that suggests future directions for television. Discussion draws from these interviews and articles:

Charlie Collier, The Waltons to Walter White: The Rise of Immersive Content, ReDEF, Jan. 26. 2016

Alan Sepinwall, Ted Talk: State of the Netflix Union Discussion with Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, HitFix, Jan 26, 2016

Lacey Rose and Marissa Guthrie, FX Chief John Landgraf on Content Bubble: This is Simply Too Much Television, The Hollywood Reporter, Aug. 7, 2015

Oriana Schwindt, Here's Why CBS Is the Future of Television No One Saw Coming (Except Les Moonves) International Business Times, Feb. 12, 2016

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The podcast that explores why recent news in the media business matters to people who love media

You’ve already heard what happened this week, but we take the next steps of explaining why it matters and why you should care. This isn’t a place of pontificating and empty predictions, but of getting to the meat of what is going on in media today and the implications for media businesses and media consumers. Knowledgeable outsiders, Alex, a journalist, and Amanda, a professor, consider emerging changes without a stake in the disruptions to explore why the transformative shifts experienced by media today matter to you.

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About Amanda and Alex

Amanda Lotz is a professor of media studies at the University of Michigan and author of several books about media and media industries including The Television Will Be Revolutionized  and Portals: A Treatise on Internet-Distributed Television.

Alex Intner is a journalist who specializes in reporting on the arts and media industries. You can find his writing in The Michigan Daily, where he was an arts writer and web developer.