Infidels at the Gates
Bill Cohan joins Ben to discuss how the triple threat of Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet have forced the legacy TV incumbents—Comcast, WBD, Disney, and Paramount—to countenance their own M&A visions of w...
3 Tammi 202522min
Secrets of Victoria’s Secret
In a special best-of replay episode, Lauren Sherman drops by to discuss the rise and fall of Victoria’s Secret, Les Wexner’s apparel empire, and the Epstein mystery. Then Lauren and Peter dig into a d...
2 Tammi 202524min
A New Year's Replay: The A.I. Search Wars
From the archives: Baratunde Thurston joins Peter Hamby to dissect the heated A.I. arms race between Google, Meta, and OpenAl, and how a new wave of generative search tools, like Perplexity AI, are ma...
1 Tammi 202526min
Holiday Replay: Michael Rubin's Legal Woes & A Skydance Scoop
From the archives: Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to unwind the myriad legal challenges facing sports business behemoth Fanatics and its brash billionaire founder Michael Rubin. Plus, news on an under...
31 Joulu 202419min
The Grill Room: Allison Roman Chops It Up
It’s a food media-themed doubleheader in The Grill Room! First, Dylan convenes with The Infatuation C.E.O. Paul Needham, who discusses the economics of his restaurant recommendation empire. Then accla...
30 Joulu 20241h 6min
Versace M&A Murmurs & Nordstrom's Big Miss
Lauren Sherman joins Ben to dish about what's next for Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Kors after their $8.5 billion merger with Tapestry fell apart. Plus: How shareholders lost out on billions as No...
27 Joulu 202421min
Sotheby’s New Year Resolutions
Marion Maneker joins Ben for a rollicking deep dive into everything that's gone wrong at Sotheby's: the layoffs, the Emirati entanglement, and why C.E.O. Charles Stewart suddenly reversed course on th...
26 Joulu 202429min
The Varsity: An ESPN-TNT Crossover
In this special replay of The Varsity, Former Turner Network prez David Levy joins John Ourand for a rollicking discussion of Comcast’s bombshell decision to spin off its cable channels, Amazon’s move...
25 Joulu 202448min
