Disney’s ambitious streaming goals with Lon Harris + Dressd Founder Capri Wheaton | E1481

Today, Lon Harris joins for This Week in Streaming and we talk about Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 4 (1:49), then we cover some Disney news as they fire their head of General Entertainment Content, Peter Rice (43:05), and enter a bidding war to keep their rights to Indian Cricket (48:30). We wrap with a segment of OK Boomer: this week Producer Rachel sits down with Capri Wheaton, founder, and CEO of Dressd, a peer-to-peer clothing rental service (1:06:37).

(0:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s show!
(1:49) This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris: “Obi-Wan Kenobi” ep. 4 (SPOILERS)
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(14:22) Predicting where “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is headed
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(35:48) What’s working with “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, what isn’t working?
(43:05) Disney has fired Peter Rice, who was Chairman of Disney’s General Entertainment Content (basically the head of Disney’s TV division)
(48:30) Disney is about to enter a bidding war to keep its rights to Indian cricket, which is HUGE for its Disney Plus subscriber count
(1:01:50) Toss to OK Boomer with Producer Rachel and Capri Wheaton
(1:06:37) OKB: Capri Wheaton, founder + CEO of Dressd (peer-to-peer clothing rental)