Stuck In Development Carl Szmutko & Eitan Rovero-Shein

Buying Paramount's a lot trickier than you'd expect. Carl & Eitan detail the potential paths for Skydance, Apollo and/or Sony to acquire the Redstone's National Amusements holding company and/or Paramount outright. The boys also discuss Netflix's latest investor obfuscation tactic and Alex Garland's brilliant Civil War.

We start the episode with Eitan recounting an unconventional book presentation experience, and then launching into a conversation on some of the nuances in book distribution and overall business tactics in the current literary world.



The boys then dive into spoiler-free analyses of their recent silver screen experiences. Hear Eitan's thoughts on 'Monkey Man', Dev Patel’s intriguing directorial debut, alongside Carl's perspectives on 'Civil War', the gripping new picture by SID-darling Alex Garland.

On the boys' first-ever Friday episode, Carl & Eitan loopily discuss Cinemacon announcements & early reviews of the Humane Ai Pin.

A 20-rundown of the latest big media and entertainment business news? You got it!



Carl and Eitan start by exploring the news and impact of Endeavour, Ari Emmanuel's modern media conglomerate, being taken private by Silver Lake for $13B.

After that, they check in on the latest of Disney's corporate drama and their proxy fight with activist investors.

Finally, they close out with more thoughts on Netflix's 3 Body Problem!

This week, Carl & Eitan look into rumors surrounding a potential exit for Alamo Drafthouse from its private equity overlords. They also catch up on Shogun and 3 Body Problem in a quick WAW segment.

Paramount Mountain is starting to look like a hill.

In this week's episode Carl and Eitan analyze the bid to acquire Paramount's studios business by private equity giant Apollo.

After that, they preview a potential DOJ suit against Apple.

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