The Emmys, Taylor Swift & celebrity endorsements (with The Ankler's Janice Min) | Rapid Response
About Janice
- CEO & editor-in-chief of Ankler Media, a trusted entertainment industry voice
- Emmy winner
- Led Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Entertainment Group as longtime co-president
- Engineered The Hollywood Reporter's "stunning transformation" — NYT
- Transformed modern celebrity culture as editor-in-chief of Us Weekly
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While Shōgun, Hacks, and Baby Reindeer bask in their success at The Emmys, the awards reveal deeper lessons about TV’s future. Janice Min, co-founder and CEO of The Ankler, guides us through the key storylines, from Disney to HBO to Netflix. We also dig deep on Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and what it says about the politics of celebrity in 2024 — for stars and for CEOs.
Chapters
00:00 Recapping The Emmys
02:56 What The Emmys reveals about the entertainment industry
06:52 Shouldn’t the TV awards people know how to make better TV?”
08:08 HBO’s transformation: From premium to basic cable
10:09 Inside Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris
13:48 Viewer fatigue of politics right now
15:56 Hollywood’s fear of supporting Trump
17:56 Why some stars are refusing to take political stances
20:35 The emergence of stars in Hollywood & politics
