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The 5 Biggest Narratives After Week 1 of the Writers Strike

The 5 Biggest Narratives After Week 1 of the Writers Strike

The Town with Matthew Belloni

May 8, 202332m 23s

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Show Notes

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the most popular narratives that emerged after week 1 of the writers strike, including who is winning the social media war and if it matters, huge paydays for media CEOs despite layoffs and and cost cutting across the industry, the stalemate over AI, the messy situation for writer-producers, and more. Matt finishes the show with a prediction on Kevin Costner’s fate on the final season of ‘Yellowstone’.


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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Lucas Shaw


Producer: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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