The Powers That Be: Daily11 Feb 2022

Oscars nominations & the Jeff Zucker succession race

Join Puck writers Peter Hamby, Matt Belloni, Julia Ioffe, and Dylan Byers for an expert discussion about these topics and more: The 2022 Oscar nominations are out, and all eyes are on the tech giants: Apple, Amazon, and Netflix The relevance question: It's even harder to see all the Best Picture nominees in the age of streaming After the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the Academy has tried to diversify itself; how has that affected the nominees? The odds of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have shifted — but the situation there has gotten no less dangerous What Russia really, really wants: To be taken as seriously in the US as it was during the Cold War France's Emmanuel Macron got played by the Kremlin, while the Brits are ready to unleash hell if the invasion happens The fallout from Jeff Zucker's firing, and the loyalists who are all but mourning him on-air and on Twitter How would CNN anchors be covering this story if it weren't about their own ex-boss? The candidates to replace Zucker atop the masthead all check some of the right boxes ... but not all of them Puck's team writes about the inside conversation happening in Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. https://puck.news/subscribe/ (Become a Puck member) starting at $12.99/month or $100/year for daily articles and breaking news from Peter, Matt, Julia, Dylan, and more.

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