The Memorial Day Box Office Meltdown

The Memorial Day Box Office Meltdown

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Amazon Won’t Release Its Sam Altman Movie. Will Anyone?

Matt is joined by Keach Hagey, a journalist at The Wall Street Journal and author of 'The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future,' to discuss Amazon abandoning Luca Guadagnino’s movie ‘Artificial’ and looking to sell it to another studio to distribute. Th ...  Show more

The Secret Industry That Makes Movies Go Viral

Matt is joined by journalist Lane Brown from New York Magazine to discuss his latest article digging into the insidious world of online clipping and narrative campaigning. Lane explains how virality and popularity are manufactured and engineered to resemble the improvised enthusi ...  Show more

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