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Amazon Closes a Deal to Acquire MGM. Now What?

Chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform Andy Wallenstein comes on to discuss Amazon’s $6.5 billion purchase of MGM Studios and what this means for Amazon’s future in the movie and television industry

By Matthew Belloni
Amazon To Purchase MGM Studios Photo by Kaelin Mendez/Getty Images


Matt is joined by chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform Andy Wallenstein to discuss Amazon’s $6.5 billion purchase of MGM Studios and what this means for Amazon’s future in the movie and television industry, how this will affect Amazon Prime members, and how this will play out in Hollywood.

Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Andy Wallenstein
Producer: Craig Horlbeck
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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