Media Monday: TV’s Hard Reset & CNN’s New Moat

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the topics roiling the media industry this week: Don Lemon’s boneheaded comments, the Spotify correction, and Chris Christie’s 2024 multi-level political-media fantasy...

20 Feb 202325min

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Washington's balloon obsession, whether Biden overreacted, whether the entire town overreacted, and what this panic demonstrates about this town. Then Ben Landy and ...

17 Feb 202323min

In a special election-season-beckoning episode, Tara Palmeri joins Peter to delve into the Sinema wars, some Trump philosophizing, and a discussion about whether this is the cycle for a third party ca...

16 Feb 202319min

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss Ron DeSantis's ascent on the G.O.P. mega-donor money train. Will it offer him a '24 moat, or is this the second coming of Jeb(!)? Then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy...

15 Feb 202327min

Dylan Byers sits down with Peter Hamby to discuss the real winner of Sunday’s game—the ad market—and presage when the Super Bowl will be aired on Amazon Prime. Then Bill Cohan digs into the Shari oppo...

14 Feb 202327min

Jon Kelly joins Peter to chew over a packed week in the industry: Iger’s Peltz deterrent, Meredith Kopit-Levien’s baller moves, and Penske’s surprise descent into Vox. To learn more about listener d...

13 Feb 202321min

Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to discuss the international fallout from last weekend's cross-continental balloon drama. Then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen dig into the latest battle of the Trump-DeSantis ...

10 Feb 202327min

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss CNN C.E.O Chris Licht’s latest plans to produce his way through the business’s’ challenges. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer discuss the latest game of G.O.P. dono...

9 Feb 202325min