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    The Business

    Mega banter year in review: 2017 edition

    It's time for that annual tradition--the year-end mega-banter! Kim Masters, Matthew Belloni and Michael Schneider take stock of the year that was in Hollywood.

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    By Kim Masters • Dec 25, 2017 • 28m Listen

    Banter buddies Matthew Belloni of The Hollywood Reporter and Michael Schneider of IndieWire join Kim Masters to mega-banter the year that was 2017 in film and television. Women--and some men--spoke up, Harvey Weinstein went down, and then came the tidal wave. Meanwhile, the Mouse ate the Fox.

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      The 2017 mega banter

      The fall of Harvey Weinstein and everything after. The Mouse ate the Fox as streaming TV gets bigger than ever. Major departures at multiple studios. Soul searching in the stunt community. Kim, Matt and Mike tackle it all on this year’s mega banter.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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      Matthew Belloni

      founding partner of Puck News

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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    1. 0:2228 min

      The 2017 mega banter

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