{"id":4517,"date":"2025-07-28T02:01:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:00:02","slug":"state-of-the-industry-2025-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/?p=4517","title":{"rendered":"State of the Industry: 2025-07"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John and Eric discuss the state of the industry in light of the purchase of Diamond Comic Distributor after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 14th, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/EpisodeArchive\/RoundTableDiscussions\/Images\/StateoftheIndustry2025-07.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time Codes:<br \/>\n0:00:00 Intro<br \/>\n0:00:36 State of the Industry: 2025-07<br \/>\n1:03:21 Previews Spotlight reminder<br \/>\n1:03:49 Wrap up<br \/>\n1:04:25 End of episode.<\/p>\n<p>Email us at <a href=\"mailto:TheGuys@ComicBookPage.com\">TheGuys@ComicBookPage.com<\/a><br \/>\nJoin the discussion on our forum at: <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.comicbookpage.com\">http:\/\/forum.comicbookpage.com<\/a><br \/>\nJoin the Comic Book Page Slack channel: <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookpage.com\/cbp_slack_request.php\">http:\/\/comicbookpage.com\/cbp_slack_request.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast episode originated on the Comic Book Page website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookpage.com\">http:\/\/www.ComicBookPage.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_398\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4517-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/EpisodeArchive\/RoundTableDiscussions\/StateOfTheIndustry-2025-07.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/EpisodeArchive\/RoundTableDiscussions\/StateOfTheIndustry-2025-07.mp3\">http:\/\/www.comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/EpisodeArchive\/RoundTableDiscussions\/StateOfTheIndustry-2025-07.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/EpisodeArchive\/RoundTableDiscussions\/StateOfTheIndustry-2025-07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=4517-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/EpisodeArchive\/RoundTableDiscussions\/StateOfTheIndustry-2025-07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"StateOfTheIndustry-2025-07.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookpage.com\/Podcast\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John and Eric discuss the state of the industry in light of the purchase of Diamond Comic Distributor after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 14th, 2025. 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