{"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 Case Against WarnerMount, with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta","slug":"the-case-against-warnermount-with-ca-attorney-general-rob-bonta","published_at":"2026-07-14T04:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/the-case-against-warnermount-with-ca-attorney-general-rob-bonta","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1587023685.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1587023685.mp3","summary":"Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw are joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to discuss California’s new lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. They talk about what the lawsuit highlights and avoids, Paramount’s response, and the impact the acquisition would have on Hollywood (02:51). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the future of Disney live-action remakes after a weak opening weekend for 'Moana' (35:03). Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw, Rob Bonta Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jessie Lopez, and Stefano Sanchez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo This episode is brought to you by AMC+. Start your free trial today at join.amcplus.com This episode is brought to you by Accenture. https://Accenture.com/Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw are joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to discuss California’s new lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's acqu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2454,"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-case-against-warnermount-with-ca-attorney-general-rob-bonta/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-case-against-warnermount-with-ca-attorney-general-rob-bonta.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}