{"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":"The 3 Biggest Stories in Music: Bieber’s Payday, Ye’s Comeback, and $64B for Universal Music Group","slug":"the-3-biggest-stories-in-music-bieber-s-payday-ye-s-comeback-and-64b-for-universal-music-group","published_at":"2026-04-14T01:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/the-3-biggest-stories-in-music-bieber-s-payday-ye-s-comeback-and-64b-for-universal-music-group","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5232723928.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5232723928.mp3","summary":"Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the business behind Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance, Ye’s successful mini comeback in Los Angeles, and Bill Ackman’s $64B bid to buy UMG (02:29). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about Hollywood’s letter opposing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger (22:40). 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","meta_description":"Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the business behind Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance, Ye’s successful mini comeback in Los Angele…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1938,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/episodes/the-3-biggest-stories-in-music-bieber-s-payday-ye-s-comeback-and-64b-for-universal-music-group/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/the-3-biggest-stories-in-music-bieber-s-payday-ye-s-comeback-and-64b-for-universal-music-group.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}