Transcript: UTA vs. the Talented Mr. Kassan
The curious history of one of the media world's top connectors
Sean McNulty (00:04):
Welcome to The Ankler Podcast. This is Sean McNulty of The Wakeup newsletter here at The Ankler here in New York City on Thursday, March 28th. I'm joined by Elaine Low and Richard Rushfield in Los Angeles, as always, where thanks to the power of social media, Elaine has finally found a podcast listener that loves her tennis updates.
Elaine Low (00:24):
Yes.
Sean McNulty (00:24):
And I double checked. I double checked, is not a shadow account for Elaine Low so just for the record out there, Elaine, do you want to say hello to your partner in crime, your compadre on the tennis court?
Elaine Low (00:33):
Yes. Shout out to our one listener who is also a big tennis fan, Soman, I believe, who is as into tennis and entertainment business news as we all are here, so we appreciate you.
Sean McNulty (00:47):
Elaine has found a power for her venn diagram. Exactly.
Elaine Low (00:50):
I'm sure everyone else is just going to come out of the woodwork now, Sean.
Sean McNulty (00:53):
There's got to be more. Yeah.
Elaine Low (00:54):
I mean, listen, it's just bound to happen.
Sean McNulty (00:57):
I'll let you monitor Twitter for that one, so that's fine. But of course, before we start here, just a reminder, you can catch the Ankler crew over on LA's number one NPR station and Southern California public radio's flagship radio station 89.3 LAist throughout the day, every Thursday as part of their Entertainment Thursday programming during Morning Edition, AirTalk and All Things Considered. And you can reach us here at the podcast anytime at podcasts@theankler.com.
(01:23):
Today we're going to dive into Elaine's look at the state of the revenue prospects for many of the below-the-line industries in LA that make this town work, frankly, and it sounds like a lot of them are not working. Elaine, some fantastic reporting as always, but can I propose maybe we report on the popularity of the Easter bunny this Sunday or something a little more light, or we got to work a little more in the mix here or something.
Elaine Low (01:45):
Look, I would love more optimistic fare here. And listen, it's not all doom and gloom. There are bright spots.
Sean McNulty (01:54):
There were, I'm joking.
Elaine Low (01:55):
And we are very careful to look for the upside here.