{"podcast":{"title":"Ankler Agenda","slug":"ankler-agenda-5321489","podcast_index_feed_id":5321489,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AMI5751986813","website_url":"https://theankler.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ff02eff8-72b2-11ee-a400-dfd4969bb866/image/c2e1da7ba6823bddbc9d93bd93127a4b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TheAnkler.com","episode_count":264,"summary":"\"Ankler Agenda\" breaks down the headlines, trends and creativity shaping the evolution of Hollywood, the creator economy and entertainment. The show is hosted by Elaine Low, author of Ankler Media’s popular “Series Business” Substack newsletter, who is joined weekly by her colleagues Sean McNulty (“The Wakeup”) and Natalie Jarvey (“Like & Subscribe”) -- in addition to Richard Rushfield, the Ankler himself. Episodes will also be available every Thursday on YouTube.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T18:17:31.300895+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ankler-agenda-5321489"},"episode":{"title":"BONUS EP: Markiplier, M3GAN and the Scary-Smart Business of Horror","slug":"bonus-ep-markiplier-m3gan-and-the-scary-smart-business-of-horror","published_at":"2026-05-20T19:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ankler-agenda-5321489/bonus-ep-markiplier-m3gan-and-the-scary-smart-business-of-horror","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ankler-agenda-5321489","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMI3266996115.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMI3266996115.mp3","summary":"People still want to be scared out of their minds together, and Atomic Monster president Michael Clear, M3GAN writer Akela Cooper and YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Mark Fischbach (aka Markiplier) are all in the business of giving audiences those thrills. Their conversation, which was moderated by Like & Subscribe’s Natalie Jarvey on the Ankler’s Business of Media and Entertainment Stage at NAB Show in April, also highlights how horror is opening new doors into Hollywood. Fischbach details how fan demand helped boost his self-distributed film, Iron Lung, to $50 million at the global box office, while Clear points to more YouTube creators like Backrooms filmmaker Kane Parsons disrupting Hollywood's horror pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"People still want to be scared out of their minds together, and Atomic Monster president Michael Clear, M3GAN writer Akela Cooper and YouTuber-turned-film…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2505,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ankler-agenda-5321489/episodes/bonus-ep-markiplier-m3gan-and-the-scary-smart-business-of-horror/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ankler-agenda-5321489/bonus-ep-markiplier-m3gan-and-the-scary-smart-business-of-horror.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}