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    The Business

    The Hollywood News Banter

    Kim Masters and John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, banter about some of this week's top Hollywood news stories.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kim Masters and John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, banter about some of this week's top Hollywood news stories.

    - Variety gets bought by Penske Media Group. What's next for this once-venerable Hollywood trade?

    - How are the broadcast networks doing so far this Fall Season? NBC is up but others are floundering.

    - TV alternatives: Youtube expands its original channels and Netflix announces premiere date for its House of Cards.

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      Kim Masters

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

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Ben Affleck's Career Resurrection
    1. 0:00The Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 7:27Ben Affleck
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