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    The Business

    Hollywood news banter

    Matt Belloni, editorial director of the Hollywood Reporter, joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

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    By Kim Masters • Feb 24, 2017 • 1 min read

    Matt Belloni, editorial director of the Hollywood Reporter, joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

    • After 12 years on the job, Brad Grey is out as CEO of Paramount Pictures. Many are amazed he hung on as long as he did, considering all the recent losses at the box office. Now that he's out, who will take his place? It's a tough job that used to have a lot of power and autonomy, but has now become more of a matter of managing up and green-lighting by committee.

    • Stephen Colbert is on fire. His show is the most-watched late night show for the third week in a row -- beating Jimmy Fallon, the longstanding leader in the pack. Donald Trump is no doubt part of the reason -- Colbert seems to have found his late-night groove in responding to Trump's antics.

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      Kim Masters

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

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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      Matthew Belloni

      founding partner of Puck News

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Cracking down on pay-to-play auditions & a bonus Oscars banter
    1. 1:02Hollywood news banterYou’re reading this
    2. 7:12Cracking down on pay-to-play auditions
    3. 19:01A historic Oscars win, couched in chaos
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