# Could Hollywood Actually De-Monopolize?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/could-hollywood-actually-de-monopolize
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/could-hollywood-actually-de-monopolize.md
Podcast: [The Town with Matthew Belloni](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688)
Published: 2026-04-20T21:51:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6595579543.mp3?updated=1776808459
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6595579543.mp3?updated=1776808459
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/episodes/could-hollywood-actually-de-monopolize
Duration seconds: 2067

## Resource

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the state of the various high-profile antitrust cases in Hollywood, particularly how skeptical the states are of the Tegna-Nexstar and Live Nation–Ticketmaster mergers. Is this a new twist in how big media mergers are going to be treated? If so, what does this mean for Paramount–Warner Bros. (00:00)? Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the Academy Awards and AI (28:21). Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Matt Pevic Theme Song: Devon Renaldo This episode is brought to you by AMC+. Start your free trial today at join.amcplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/episodes/could-hollywood-actually-de-monopolize/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/could-hollywood-actually-de-monopolize.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.