Podcast Episodes

Monetizing Media is a podcast hosted by investors Eric Cohen-Peckham and (starting Season 4) Edward Lindqvist that shares insights among business leaders in the media & entertainment industry.

By Topic

Dealmaking & Investors

Indie Film Financing & Tax Credits – with Zach Tarica (The Forest Road Company) | 28 April 2023

The Recruiting Market for Entertainment Executives – with Jonathan Davies (SRI) & Gerard Miles (Mission One) | 10 April 2023

Valuing Entertainment IP – with Andrew Kotliar (MEP Capital) & Ivar Combrinck (Salem Partners) | 5 April 2023

Why “Name, Image, and Likeness” contracts are getting more complicated – with Josh Ludmir (Greenberg Traurig) | 7 March 2023

Music Dealmaking – with Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin) | 18 February 2022

State of the Creator Economy – with Eze Vidra (Remagine) | 1 February 2022

India’s gaming startup boom – with Salone Sehgal (Lumikai Fund) | 25 January 2022

Content Financing for Creatives – with Andrew Kotliar (MEP Capital) | 12 August 2020

The Verticalization of Social Media – with Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital) | 21 July 2020

Film, TV, & Video

Indie Film Financing & Tax Credits – with Zach Tarica (The Forest Road Company) | 28 April 2023

Frontiers in Educational Content – with Andrew Sugerman (Sketchy) |6 May 2021

Interactive Shows for Kids – with James Ruben (Hellosaurus) | 5 April 2021

Virtual Production is Changing Hollywood – with Miles Perkins (Unreal Engine) | 4 December 2020

Bringing AI-Generated Humans to Hollywood – with Lisha Li (Rosebud) | 14 July 2020

Documentaries are making big money – with Bryn Mooser (XTR) | 9 July 2020

Gaming

Does Web3 Gaming have a future? – with Aaron Bush (Naavik) & Ben Cousens (Zebedee) | 21 March 2023

Game industry mega deals – with Joost van Dreunen (New Breukelen) & Mike Sepso (Vindex) | 4 February 2022

India’s gaming startup boom – with Salone Sehgal (Lumikai Fund) | 25 January 2022

Building an Iconic Brand in Tabletop Games – with Elan Lee (Exploding Kittens) | 8 April 2021

Enabling the Next Wave of Social Games – with Ryan Horrigan (Artie) | 31 March 2021

The Business of Building Games on Roblox – with Joe Ferencz (Gamefam) | 11 March 2021

Music

Music Dealmaking – with Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin) | 18 February 2022

Soundcloud’s creator services expansion – with Jeff Ponchick (Soundcloud) | 15 February 2022

Deeper Engagement & Better Monetization of Super Fans – with Jeff Kohn (TopFan) | 6 May 2021

Photography

Finding a Business Model for Free Photos – with Mikael Cho (Unsplash) | 23 July 2020

Podcasting & Other Audio

Is Podcasting Dead? A down market, expected M&A, and the evolution of the podcast biz – with Chris Peterson | 28 January 2023

Building an Audio-First Romantic Comedy Empire – with Naomi Shah (Meet Cute) | 23 March 2021

Audio as Media’s Frontier – with Arlen Marmel (TCG Capital) | 16 July 2020

Publishing & Subscription Models

Policy Magazines – with Stephanie Solomon (Foreign Affairs) & Danny Crichton (Lux Capital) | 3 March 2022

Axios’ audience funnel – with Neal Rothschild (Axios) | 28 February 2022

An OS for Creator Businesses – with Jason Bade & Rodolphe Ködderitzsch (Pico) | 18 June 2021

The World of Webcomics – with Michele Wells (Tapas) | 17 June 2021

Deeper Engagement & Better Monetization of Super Fans – with Jeff Kohn (TopFan) | 6 May 2021

Growing a newsletter business on Substack – with Polina Marinova Pompliano (The Profile) | 21 November 2020

Subscription News in the Pandemic – with James Savage (The Local) | 29 July 2020

Social Media

Exploring New Frontiers in Audience Development – with Boye Fajinmi (Future Party) | 19 June 2021

Selling Digital Fashion for Avatars – with Adriana Hoppenbrouwer (The Fabricant) | 29 March 2021

The Verticalization of Social Media – with Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital) | 21 July 2020

Technology Trends

Generative AI vs. IP Law – with Bobby Ghajar (Cooley) and Felix Hilgert (Osborne Clarke) | 11 May 2023

Chat GPT and AI’s grand arrival in media & entertainment | 22 December 2022

State of the Creator Economy – with Eze Vidra (Remagine) | 1 February 2022

XR

Bringing 3D experiences to the cloud – with Alon Grinshpoon (echo3D) | 27 January 2022

By Season

Season 4
Season 3
Season 2
Season 1