{"id":516,"date":"2026-07-28T20:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=516"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:17:34","slug":"organized-money-the-roll-up-of-all-media-is-no-longer-inevitable-with-adam-conover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"Organized Money: The Roll-Up of All Media Is No Longer Inevitable (with Adam Conover)"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p>Comedian and podcaster Adam Conover is here to help ruin the Paramount merger, literally! Today on the show we break down the breakdown in the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, as the state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America West lawsuits have led to a pause until next year. We cover the events leading up to this turn, then get Conover\u2019s take on the situation. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=512\">ICE Finds New Ways to Expand Detention<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conover is especially well-suited to comment on the merger, both as a creator and as board member of the Writers Guild, where he ran on an anti-consolidation platform. They discuss how the merger will result in fewer buyers, fewer platforms, and fewer opportunities in general. In this surprisingly optimistic Organized Money episode, we also get into the groundswell of anti-monopoly energy that is appearing in Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and how to channel that energy through organization.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=510\">Frederick Douglass: Indefatigable American<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2rrD3IMfFkILTa8x1XcUeR?utm_source=generator&amp;si=c1ba529bf3204ecf\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Listen via\u00a0Apple,\u00a0Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><br \/>\n<!-- .entry-footer --><br \/>\n<!-- .author-bio --><br \/>\n<!-- .author-bio --><br \/>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antitrust is poking tiny holes in oligopoly\u2019s dark cloak; is the light winning?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[250],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-tagged-antitrust-organized-money-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-writers-guild"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Organized Money: The Roll-Up of All Media Is No Longer Inevitable (with Adam Conover) - Frontier Housing Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=516\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Organized Money: The Roll-Up of All Media Is No Longer Inevitable (with Adam Conover) - Frontier Housing Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Antitrust is poking tiny holes in oligopoly\u2019s dark cloak; is the light winning?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=516\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Frontier Housing Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-28T20:17:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frontierhousingreport.com\\\/?p=516#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frontierhousingreport.com\\\/?p=516\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frontierhousingreport.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13a8c63a4bd3b73600b541c1532fc247\"},\"headline\":\"Organized Money: The Roll-Up of All Media Is No Longer Inevitable (with Adam Conover)\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-28T20:17:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frontierhousingreport.com\\\/?p=516\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frontierhousingreport.com\\\/?p=516#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frontierhousingreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/9bc93d175d5063e40da52c598bd00a4b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Tagged: antitrust,\u00a0Organized Money,\u00a0Paramount,\u00a0Warner Bros. 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