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Today, we will talk about the fascinating business history behind South Park.
Also this week:
Harvard’s $600m Exec Degree Status Business
Was GPT-5 a flop or not?
…and them wild posts (including the Slopbowl recession)
Trey and Matt getting their cardboard cut-outs on in 1997 (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
The legendary South Park guys have officially joined the Tres Comma Club, with Matt Stone and Trey Parker each worth $1.2B per Forbes.
Stone and Parker are also officially the first billionaires to have ever previously shown up at the Oscar’s high on acid after taking LSD sugar cube while wearing designer women dresses.
They hit this financial milestone after signing a development deal with Paramount (which recently merged with Skydance Media in an $8.4B deal) and a $1.5B exclusive streaming agreement with Paramount+ (which has mostly been a vehicle for Taylor Sheridan projects but did just add UFC rights for $7.7B over 7 years).
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