The Movie Business is Dead
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Famed movie mogul, Barry Diller, opines the current state of the movie business. Some keen insights on how the industry has changed and where it is going. “The system is not necessarily to please anybody,” Diller said, suggesting Prime Video’s primary purpose is to get more customers to sign up for Amazon Prime. “It is to buy more Amazon stuff. That’s not a terrible thing. It just doesn’t interest me.” |
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