{"podcast":{"title":"The Town with Matthew Belloni","slug":"the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688","podcast_index_feed_id":5195688,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/the-town-with-matthew-belloni","website_url":"https://www.theringer.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/65cb6846-98da-11ec-ae8b-ab10844a5b35/image/e456b199da9e844e69ab254d298a82ee.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Ringer","episode_count":649,"summary":"Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni takes you inside Hollywood, using exclusive reporting and insight to explain the backstories on everything from Marvel movies to streaming wars. Multiple times each week, Matt is joined by major executives, dealmakers, and journalists, to discuss what is getting made and why, who is winning and losing, and what people in show business are actually talking about.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:18:12.465083+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688"},"episode":{"title":"Is the ‘60 Minutes’ Blowup a Threat to Ellison’s Empire?","slug":"is-the-60-minutes-blowup-a-threat-to-ellison-s-empire","published_at":"2026-06-09T01:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/is-the-60-minutes-blowup-a-threat-to-ellison-s-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2523094451.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2523094451.mp3","summary":"Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the ongoing disruption at ‘60 Minutes,’ most recently the hiring of Nick Bilton as EP, and the firing of correspondent Scott Pelley. They dig into what the plan to \"modernize '60 Minutes'” actually means, what this says about David Ellison’s leadership, if this threatens the Ellison media empire, and ultimately if this could stop the WarnerMount merger (02:48). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about who will attend the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday, June 12 (28:59). Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jessie Lopez, and Matt Pevic Theme Song: Devon Renaldo For more information visit Hulu.com/FYC In this darkly comedic series, a love triangle ends in death. Watch now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the ongoing disruption at ‘60 Minutes,’ most recently the hiring of Nick Bilton as EP, and the firing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2171,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/episodes/is-the-60-minutes-blowup-a-threat-to-ellison-s-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/is-the-60-minutes-blowup-a-threat-to-ellison-s-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}