A (Potential) Thanksgiving Blockbuster Bonanza
Matt Belloni joins Peter to crunch the numbers on the stellar box office returns from this past weekend, led by blockbuster hits “Gladiator II” and “Wicked.” With “Moana 2” slated to debut tomorrow, c...
26 Nov 202421min
Media Monday: Comcast’s Cable Questions & Netflix’s Nielsen Drama
Jon Kelly reunites with Peter to dissect Comcast’s seismic spinoff. Is this the beginning of the end for news networks like CNBC and MSNBC? Then they scrutinize Netflix’s viewership numbers for the Ty...
25 Nov 202424min
Johnson’s Margin & The Senate Succession
In a special Saturday episode, Abby Livingston joins Ben to war game what John Thune’s elevation to majority leader portends for the Senate’s looming confirmation battles with Trump. Then they discuss...
23 Nov 202423min
Condé in Crisis & LVMH Succession Games
Lauren Sherman joins Peter to discuss Vanity Fair’s anxiety-stoking decision to publish its annual Hollywood Issue three months early, raising questions about Condé Nast’s shaky financials. Then Laure...
22 Nov 202428min
Brian Roberts' Seismic Spin-Off
Dylan Byers joins Peter to decipher Brian Roberts’ decision to spin off NBCUniversal’s declining cable assets and explain why this is a landmark moment in the history of the media industry. Then Dylan...
21 Nov 202430min
The Musk-Trump Market Singularity
Bill Cohan joins Peter to put a number on Elon Musk’s growing political clout in Trump’s social orbit—raising the intriguing possibility that Musk’s indebted X, and Trump’s overvalued meme-stock DJT, ...
20 Nov 202424min
A G.O.P. Senate Rebellion
Abby Livingston joins Peter to dissect Trump’s latest power move in Washington: attempting to push his controversial cabinet picks through the Senate without confirmation hearings. They dive into the ...
19 Nov 202419min
