Good Company with Michael Kassan

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Episodes: 64

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Marketing, media, entertainment and tech are intersecting and transforming faster than ever. How are its power players influencing change and navigating trends across these industries? Join Michael Kassan, CEO of MediaLink, a UTA Company, in the company of the strongest leaders in the industry, who are building great companies from the ground up. It’s “all good.”


Episode Date
Steve Chung: “Korean content has become almost its own genre that transcends borders, languages, and ethnic backgrounds.”
Dec 09, 2023
Patrick Harris: “It’s the time to start paying it forward and making sure we can be a lamp, a ladder, or a lifeboat to the talent in our industry.”
Dec 09, 2023
Laura Jones: “There will always be a need, and in some ways, an increased importance of true human creativity.”
Dec 09, 2023
Daniel Gilbert: “You can have whatever culture you want, but you have to decide what you want that to look like.”
Dec 09, 2023
Lucas Herscovici: “Whatever the consumer needs – for that pizza occasion, for that watching football occasion – we need to fulfill that for our consumers.”
Nov 01, 2023
Eden Bridgeman Sklenar: “Our hurdle is the fact that we’re a 70-plus-year-old start-up.”
Jul 27, 2023
Jessica Cordova Kramer & Stephanie Wittels Wachs: “We call it the saddest meet-cute that ever existed.”
Jul 27, 2023
Suzy Deering: “I was at my best when I was challenged but not defeated. I could be transparent and vulnerable. That then led to empathy across the organization.”
Apr 20, 2023
Jessica Lessin: “I realized that readers were not being well-served by the present state of business coverage.”
Apr 20, 2023
Richard Curtis: “When it comes to charity, we’ve tried to get everybody to ask themselves – what’s my particular superpower?”
Mar 17, 2023
Howard Draft: “If you can change a behavior, you can drive a brand into the stratosphere.”
Feb 01, 2023
Steven Majoros: “As marketers, you have to balance what people understand today, while moving them towards the potential for tomorrow.”
Feb 01, 2023
Jen Wong: “We often get lumped in with social media, but we’re actually not social media. We define ourselves as a community of communities.”
Feb 01, 2023
Linda Ong and Sarah Unger: “There’re all kinds of indexes that marketers and organizations use to gauge their relevance with customers—and culture is the ultimate litmus test.”
Oct 07, 2022
Spencer Rascoff: “It's important to have a couple things that you believe to be true guide your investment thesis. It's even better if that differs from what other people believe.”
Oct 07, 2022
Tony Goncalves and Jina Krause-Vilmar: “Eighty-three percent of growth in our working population is going to be immigrants and their children. How are we setting them up for success?”
Oct 07, 2022
Mark Zagorski: “The battle cry is going to be, ‘pay attention.’”
May 03, 2022
Kristi Argyilan: “There is so much room for higher quality competition, and I think retail is driving right into that opening.”
May 03, 2022
Rich Paul: “I have a master's in dealing with people from top to bottom.”
May 03, 2022
Edward Norton and Kevin Krim: “We'll throw down the glove and have an academic data science debate with anybody who wants to try to pigeonhole search into a niche.”
May 03, 2022
Nicola Mendelsohn: “The metaverse is really about letting us feel that we're experiencing moments when we're not together and actually sharing a space together.”
May 03, 2022
Wendy Clark: “I like the water just where it gets right up to [the] nose, and I can breathe, but I've got to paddle like hell.”
Jan 24, 2022
Travis Montaque: “We believe that we've achieved our mission at Group Black, where we're no longer necessary.”
Jan 24, 2022
Cristina Ferrare: “No matter what it is you do, you have to have a passion for it.”
Jan 24, 2022
Steven Wolfe Pereira: “It's very a false dichotomy that you cannot have something be both entertainment and education and deliver it through technology.”
Jan 24, 2022
Artis Stevens: “What you can do is you can make a difference in one child's life. And part of that is just showing up.”
Sep 09, 2021
Allison Statter: “People throw around the word authentic all the time, but there's a reason for it.”
Sep 09, 2021
Laura Desmond: “Let’s think bigger to get back to that golden age.”
Sep 09, 2021
Ryan Reynolds: “We find divisiveness to be really f***ing boring.”
Sep 09, 2021
Reese Witherspoon: “If this is what is coming out of the pipeline in Hollywood, I gotta do something about it."
Sep 09, 2021
Roxy Young: “I don't think we think of ourselves as a social media company. We are a community of communities.”
Jun 28, 2021
Bob Pittman and Rich Bressler: “We’re find that people are actually […] giving up eye time for ear time.”
May 24, 2021
Jane Rosenthal: “Could we look at the city itself and could that be one giant multiplex?”
May 24, 2021
Ynon Kreiz: “The opportunity for us is to capture value outside of the toy aisles.”
May 24, 2021
Linda Yaccarino: “That human interaction by diverse groups of people is where innovation is born.”
May 24, 2021
Keith Cartwright: “Creativity has a role and actually is […] the most powerful force alive when used in the right way.”
May 24, 2021
Anna Malaika Tubbs: “I thought about motherhood being unrecognized, uncelebrated and said, ‘I'm gonna do something to change that.’”
May 07, 2021
Bill Koenigsberg: “My mantra was people before profit.”
Mar 24, 2021
Brian Stelter: “I think we're gonna come away from this period in American history with some people actually trusting media more.”
Dec 21, 2020
Shelley Zalis: “Close the gap. Will it pinch? Will it hurt? Will it cost some money? Absolutely.”
Dec 21, 2020
Deirdre Findlay: “I can't think of a more empathetic job than the job of a marketer.”
Dec 21, 2020
Rob Reilly: “I have a sense of duty to feel like we are helping companies stay in business and people feel good about their lives.”
Dec 21, 2020
John Cywinski: “Those brands that have built up goodwill and trust are going to thrive in 2021.”
Dec 21, 2020
Alan Patricof and Abby Miller Levy: “Now, we're looking in 80 years, where 50% of our population will be centenarians. So, you have to market to this group, because it's just getting bigger and bigger.”
Dec 21, 2020
Bonus Episode: Jessica Yellin: “There's a hunger for information that’s told clearly, that sort of takes the fire hose of information that’s coming at you and tells you, ‘This one matters."
Oct 27, 2020
C-Inside Series: Holding Company Titans with IPG’s Michael Roth
Sep 09, 2020
C-Inside Series: Holding Company Titans with WPP’s Mark Read
Aug 24, 2020
Senator Nikema Williams: “Vote for something, encourage other people to vote for something, and use your circle of influence. That is the most critical thing people can do right now.”
Aug 19, 2020
Ken Auletta: “If you begin by asking your toughest questions the first encounter you have with a person, you're gonna set up a wall.”
Aug 19, 2020
LL Cool J: “It's not about trying to relive yesteryear, it's about taking what we have […] and presenting it to the world in a really cool way so people can continue to enjoy it.”
Aug 19, 2020
Nancy Dubuc: “One of the most fascinating things about young people today […] is they have a very low bullshit meter […] You better be clear about your purpose, you better be clear about your intent and what your story is.
Aug 19, 2020
Janet Fitzgerald and Eliza Cohen: “The planet needed us to sit down, think about some things, and prioritize our relationships, our hearts, our spirituality.”
Aug 19, 2020
Lucas Herscovici: “Consumers are looking for health and wellness options, and CBD perfectly addresses this need. And we believe it's gonna be a big opportunity moving forward.”
Aug 19, 2020
C-Inside Series: Holding Company Titans with Stagwell Group & MDC Partners’ Mark Penn
Aug 05, 2020
C-Inside Series: Holding Company Titans
Jul 22, 2020
A Special Conversation: Taking Actions Today for a More Equitable Tomorrow
Jun 23, 2020
Good Company with Michael Kassan – Live Now!
May 27, 2020
Carolyn Everson: “We feel a huge obligation to help bring connectivity to the billions that still don't have it.”
May 27, 2020
Alicia Hatch: “A sustainable business is not just a green business. A sustainable business is one that is symbiotic with the world around it.”
May 27, 2020
Marc Pritchard: “We’ve used our voice in advertising as a way to be able to be a force for good on gender equality.”
May 27, 2020
Dr. Ruth: “We’re living in difficult times right now, but we’re going to survive.”
May 27, 2020
Rob English: “We bring that sensibility of coolness and culture and mass market appeal to things that actually matter.”
May 27, 2020
Carla Hassan: “If you give your team something to believe in, they will stay, and they will want to fight with you.”
May 27, 2020
How Might COVID-19 Shape the Future of Business?
May 27, 2020