John Horn is an entertainment reporter with the Los Angeles Times, who writes about movies, agencies and Hollywood.

Show Notes:

4:50 - Horn discusses the sustainability of the newspaper business.

6:13 - Horn speaks about what he finds surprising in the talent agency business.

7:57 - Horn on how agencies attempt to promote themselves and influence his coverage.

10:35 - Horn on how talent agencies are able to avoid the online information age.

12:45 - Horn on how talent agents continue to make themselves valuable.

15:54 - Horn on whether agencies are good or bad for the creative process.

18:40 - Horn on what he does and doesn’t want to hear from PR people.

21:25 - Horn on his access people in the industry.

23:09 - Horn on the paranoia of the entertainment industry.

25:03 - End

Schwartzman is the founder of online press room management service iPressroom.