The Town with Matthew Belloni
The Town with Matthew Belloni
The Ringer
The Case for Netflix Pillaging YouTube Creators
32 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2025 at 9:10 pm.
Matt is joined by Wells Fargo media analyst Steven Cahall to talk about the possibility of Netflix going after YouTube content creators, its possible venture into short-form content, and the effects on Hollywood if this were to happen. They discuss how much (if at all) YouTube would hurt if Netflix took its top creators, the appeal for creators to make that jump, the different type of content that would be produced, and reasons why Netflix hasn't already done this
Matt finishes off the show with a weekend box office prediction for ‘F1’ and ‘M3GAN 2.0’
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Matt is joined by Wells Fargo media analyst Steven Cahall to talk about the possibility of Netflix going after YouTube content creators, its possible venture into short-form content, and the effects on Hollywood if this were to happen. They discuss how much (if at all) YouTube would hurt if Netflix took its top creators, the appeal for creators to make that jump, the different type of content that would be produced, and reasons why Netflix hasn't already done this (02:47). Matt finishes off the show with a weekend box office prediction for ‘F1’ and ‘M3GAN 2.0’ (26:16).
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Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Steven Cahall
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