Episode summary
Bloomberg Businessweek Daily: Live from Screentime (Podcast)
Bloomberg Businessweek Daily
· · 40 min · Hosts: Carol Massar, Tim Stenovec · Guests: Ed Ludlow, Darren Walker, Mark Gurman, Aleen Dreksler
Summary
The episode centered on how entertainment and consumer tech are being reshaped by AI, consolidation, and changing audience behavior. On the studio side, the host and a guest argued that AI is already useful in post-production, but not in the fantasy version of instantly generating a blockbuster from a prompt. The main economic benefit, the guest said, is lower production costs and more efficient workflows rather than wholesale job replacement.
The discussion also moved to AI-company dealmaking and public-market timing, with the analyst saying Anthropic could target a mega IPO before Thanksgiving and that OpenAI investors would likely accept Anthropic going first. In media, a guest from Anonymous Content framed growth around self-sustaining economics, subscription revenue, and live events, while noting that young people still want in-person community.
A separate segment turned to Apple, where the guest was sharply skeptical of the company’s content strategy and Vision Pro push. He argued Apple TV+ is hard to justify financially, Apple’s AI position looks weak, and smart glasses are the next battleground. The final interview with Betches’ founder focused on building a brand for millennial, Gen Z and Gen Alpha women, including sports content that speaks to female fans as a distinct audience.
Key takeaways
- The guest said AI is already being used in studios mainly for post-production and cost reduction, not for fully automating filmmaking.
- The analyst said Anthropic could begin formal IPO marketing on November 9 and may go public before Thanksgiving or by year-end.
- The guest argued Apple TV+ looks strategically interesting but financially hard to defend as Apple faces pressure to raise margins.
- The guest said Apple is lagging in AI and that smart glasses, not Vision Pro, are the likely next consumer-device battleground.
- The Betches founder said the brand’s edge is speaking directly to women across Gen Z and millennials, including female sports fans.
Notable quotes
“the main economic takeaway. Like the thing about it actually is, you know, if you try and in conclusion, talk about what everyone is talking about here, they see an economic benefit”
“the definitive conclusion today is no, that's not how it's working. But there in the studios context, they are absolutely using AI”
“The quality seems good. Uh, you have shows now that are entering their seventh or eighth season race”
“they have a seat at the table in the technology industry, uh, or in the technology landscape for AI either somehow, isn't it”
How the episode opens
This is Bloomberg Businessweek daily reporting from the magazine that helps global leaders stay ahead with insight on the people, companies, and trends shaping today's complex economy, plus global business, finance and tech news. As it happens. The Bloomberg Businessweek daily podcast with Carol Massar and Tim Stead of at.
Carol Massar tips dynamic live here at Bloomberg Screen Time on the West Coast. And one of the things we love about going east to west is catching up with all of our colleagues who are based in, whether it's L.A. or San Francisco, and that includes the next guy sitting next to us.
Where in the world is at Ludlow? Really, though, because it's a game a lot. It is Bloomberg Tech Ed Ludlow.
He is going to be talking to Steven Bartlett, the host of The Diary of a CEO, later here at Screen Time, Steven Bartlett, also joining us a little later on. Ed, good to have you here. All right.
You've been at every screen time like we have to. Um, this one does feel a little bit different given the conversation around. I mean, like this is the third edition of it.
And what's interesting is like if you go back three years, it was I is if you put a prompt into an I do you get a feature film out the other side of it. This is kind of in the early days, figure models. And the definitive conclusion today is no, that's not how it's working.
But there in the studios context, they are absolutely using AI. There are so many case studies of it, they embrace it. It's not displacing jobs.
It is showing up in post-production in what they call hybrid studios, real humans on stages or in the wild filming stuff and then being put into it, maybe a different world through the use of an eye tool in that place.
From the episode’s captions: roughly the first two minutes, lightly cleaned. Keep watching on YouTube →
Topics
- entertainment studio consolidation
- live sports
- podcasting
- music
- ai impact on creative industries
Companies and tickers mentioned
- Anonymous Content
- Betches Media
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