This week on my weekly Substack Live video series, Amazon Studios founder Roy Price joined me for a sprawling conversation on how to save Hollywood. Price relates the fascinating backstory of how he anticipated Amazon’s entry into the entertainment world before it happened — and then how he became the one to launch it. Then we bring things into the now, delving into Price’s incisive thinking about the future of this business, which he routinely shares in his Price Point newsletter. We also dig into his major, recent essays “How Amazon can stop losing in TV” and “How to fix all of Hollywood’s woes.”
I go live each week every Wednesday at 11 a.m. PT. Subscribers receive an email alert when The Rushfield Lunch has begun, and paid subs can join our conversation.
Up next: Actor-writer-director-producer Lena Dunham — who in addition to all that also has her own Substack, Good Thing Going — will join me on The Rushfield Lunch on Wednesday, April 16, at 11 a.m. PT. You can watch at The Ankler’s website or on the Substack app.
If you’ve missed an episode of The Rushfield Lunch, grab a bite and catch up to some of my earlier chats, which have featured Substack cofounder Hamish McKenzie, longtime film producer and executive Ted Hope, and author and Atlantic writer Olga Khazan exploring the science of changing your personality. All episodes are archived on our YouTube page.
Can’t afford The Ankler right now? If you’re an assistant, student, or getting your foot in the door, and want help navigating the craziness of this business but don’t have the money to spare, drop me a line at richard@theankler.com and we’ll work it out. No mogul or mogul-to-be left behind here at The Ankler.
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