# The Beatles, Ted Turner, and Ric Flair with Steve Chamberlain

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Published: 2026-03-26T04:04:00+00:00
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This week’s podcast is a conversation with my former Atlanta neighbor, Steve Chamberlain, a former media executive whose career has intersected with some of the biggest brands and celebrities in entertainment history. I originally wanted to talk to Steve because of his experience leading the go-to-market plan of The Beatles Anthology , one of the most commercially successful recording projects of all-time. It was to be the follow-up episode to last week’s interview with Peter Doggett, author of ' You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Break Up '. And while Steve and I discussed this at length, I found his experience as an executive vice president at Turner Broadcasting in the 1980s even more interesting. Working directly for Ted Turner, Steve’s responsibilities included everything from home video to cable syndication and World Championship Wrestling. He shares a great story about utilizing 1-900 telephone numbers to monetize wrestlers' smack talk. It’s a fun insight into the early days of a pre-Internet media “start-up.” Steve oversaw the 50th Anniversary celebrations for both Gone With the Wind and Casablanca , then—after Turner— went on to captain the release of Frank Sinatra’s Duets , which eventually led to his work with the Fab Four. Check it out here or wherever you get your podcast love. ✍️ Please ⁠rate and review⁠ ⁠⁠Reasonably Happy⁠ HERE⁠ (DO IT!) ✍️ 📚 Read ⁠Paul’s ⁠⁠Substack newsletter⁠⁠⁠ HERE 📚 #music #movies #film #marketing #beatles #entertainment #TedTurner #wrestling #ricflair Get full access to Reasonably Happy at words.paulollinger.com/subscribe

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