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# Puck podcast asks: could reviving Fin-Syn rules save Hollywood?
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/puck-podcast-asks-could-reviving-fin-syn-rules-save-hollywood/
- Published: 2026-10-21T13:19:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T13:19:29.000Z
- Description: Puck’s podcast reports that UTA business affairs head Rich Shuter and producer Cathy Schulman argue for reinstating the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, blaming vertical integration and consolidation for squeezing producers.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Puck podcast asks: could reviving Fin-Syn rules save Hollywood?

**Why it matters.** If regulators revisit Fin-Syn, studios that now own both production and distribution would lose leverage over producers they currently control end to end.

*Signal from* [*puck.news*](https://puck.news/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*read the original*](https://puck.news/podcast%5Fepisode/bring-back-fin-syn-the-forgotten-rule-that-could-save-hollywood/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*