Podcast #884: Hollywood is Now Irrelevant

The surprising list of top Netflix shows in the US by state If you're curious whether your taste in high-priced television shows streaming on Netflix is the same as that of your neighbors, HighSpeedInternet.com has a macro-view for you: its annual look at the "Most Popular Netflix Show in each State" for 2018. "Hollywood is now irrelevant," says IAC Chairman Barry Diller Diller, the former CEO of Paramount and Fox, talks about the diminished power of movie studios and why "Netflix has won this game. It was these six movie companies essentially were able to extend their hegemony into everything else. It didn't matter that they started it. When it got big enough, they got to buy it. For the first time, they ain't buying anything. Meaning they're not buying Netflix. They are not buying Amazon.".