The NFL’s New Moneymen & Venu’s Legal Blockade
John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to unpack the legal challenge blocking the launch of Venu, the WBD-Fox-Disney sports streamer, and whether the service will ever see the light of day. Plus, a look at whe...
21 Elo 202420min
Live from the D.N.C…
Abby Livingston links up with Peter Hamby on the convention floor in Chicago to exchange notes on the ebullient chatter they’re picking up from Dems, assess whether the excitement will inevitably be t...
20 Elo 202418min
Media Monday: DNC Kremlinology, Conde’s New Revenue Boss & More Cable Chills
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby are reunited to discuss the media industry’s hot button issues: DNC speaker slot politics, the dark side of NBCU’s Olympics narrative, and Conde Nast’s new c-suite member. ...
19 Elo 202422min
Cable-pocalypse Now, Part 2
Guest host John Ourand continues his rollicking conversation with Matt Belloni about the Cable-pocalypse, breaking down what the death of linear television entails for the inevitable migration of spor...
16 Elo 202419min
Cable-pocalypse Now, Part 1
The great John Ourand, host of the forthcoming Varsity pod, sits in for Peter and chats up Matt Belloni on a host of broadcast topics: the epic $9.1 billion Zaz write-down, Paramount’s NFL out, Comcas...
15 Elo 202419min
The Harris Down-Ballot X-Factor
Abby Livingston joins Peter Hamby to reveal how the battle for Congress has shifted now that Kamala Harris is the frontrunner in the presidential race. With Harris’s momentum, can she help pull down-b...
14 Elo 202417min
Mar-a-Lago Nightmares & Kellyanne’s Boomerang
Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to divulge the latest tremors in Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster. They dig into Trump’s myriad frustrations—from his trouble defining Kamala Harris to her breathtaking fundrai...
13 Elo 202423min
Media Monday: Zaz Truthers & Axiosology
Jon Kelly joins Olympics enthusiast Peter Hamby for a check in on the Harris-Trump TikTok election, an assessment of David Zaslav's nightmare du jour, and Washington's misread of the Axios news. To ...
12 Elo 202424min
