The history of the entertainment industry. The businesspeople and artists who shaped it, the strategies and artistic choices they made, and the trends and forces that created opportunities.
Barry Diller expands the possibilities of storytelling on television while a young executive at ABC in the 1960s-1970s.
Who Knew, by Barry Diller: https://a.co/d/h1frVOR.Get in touch: mogulsandartists@gmail.com.
28 Jun 2025
6.3 - Bob Iger and Disney
Bob Iger's leadership at The Walt Disney Company, from acquiring Marvel to his 2020 CEO retirement, shapes the modern entertainment landscape.
15 Jun 2025
6.2 - Bob Iger and Disney
Bob Iger's leadership at Disney navigates a shareholder revolt and oversees the pivotal Pixar acquisition, marking a significant era for the company.
8 Jun 2025
6.1 - Bob Iger and Disney
Bob Iger's early career is examined, detailing his journey from a weatherman to the chairman of Disney in this episode.
6 Jun 2025
5.3 - Kirk Kerkorian and MGM
This episode examines Kirk Kerkorian's final ownership period of MGM, detailing the company's sale and subsequent long-term decline.
23 Jun 2024
5.2 - Kirk Kerkorian and MGM
Part 2 of 3 in our series about Kerkorian and MGM. Kerkorian doubles down on MGM in the 1980s, leading to internal chaos, mediocre results, and further hobbling the troubled studio.
1 Jun 2024
5.1 - Kirk Kerkorian and MGM
Chapter one of my three part series about MGM under the ownership of corporate raider Kirk Kerkorian. Covers Kerkorian's acquisition of MGM in 1969 through the end of the 1970s.
2 Nov 2023
4 - DW Griffith and "The Birth of a Nation"
DW Griffith created a film of deplorable subject matter but also opened the eyes of the world to the scale of what could be achieved, creatively and commercially, with the medium of film.
Sources:
- DW Griffith: An American Life (https://a.co/d/3oRVoSG), by Richard Schickel
- DW Griffith (https://a.co/d/3oRVoSG), by Charles River Editors
30 Oct 2023
3 - Irving Thalberg and MGM
The creative philosophy and methods of Irving Thalberg, MGM's head of production in the 1920s/1930s, who oversaw an extraordinary run of high quality and popular films, building MGM into the most powerful film studio in the world.
References:
- Thalberg: Life and Legend (https://www.amazon.com/Thalberg-Life-Legend-Bob-Thomas-ebook/dp/B007EHCER4/), by Bob Thomas
- Produced by Irving Thalberg: Theory of Studio-Era Filmmaking (https://www.amazon.com/Produced-Irving-Thalberg-Studio-Era-Filmmaking-ebook/dp/B0C1518V8P/), by Ana Salzberg
13 Oct 2023
2 - Louis B Mayer and MGM
How Louis B Mayer built MGM, the most powerful entertainment company of the 1920s-1940s.
Reference: Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B Mayer (https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Rajah-Times-Louis-Mayer-ebook/dp/B074F2QLH5/)
23 Aug 2023
1 - Lew Wasserman and MCA
How MCA, the Music Corporation of America, grew from a Chicago band booking agency in 1924 into the most powerful entertainment company in the world by the 1950s, dictating which movies and TV shows got made and by whom.
Reference: The Last Mogul, by Dennis McDougal. Buy on Amazon: https://a.co/d/iyx0yyQ.
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