Media Monday: TikTok Slippage, Times Drama & Netflix-Paramount Intrigue
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to project the biggest media storylines of 2026: who will win the Warner Bros. Discovery auction; who will ascend the greasy pole at The New York Times Company; the f...
29 Dec 202526min
Best of Puck: Emma Tucker’s WSJ Renaissance
As we wind down the year, revisit this special Grill Room episode with controversial Wall Street Journal top editor Emma Tucker, who joins Dylan Byers for a candid discussion about evolving the histor...
26 Dec 202546min
Best of Puck: A Sports Legend’s Second Act
In this special episode from The Varsity archive, Sally Jenkins, perhaps the best sports columnist in the business, joins John for a candid conversation about her decision to leave The Washington Post...
25 Dec 202551min
Best of Puck: Goodbye, Mr. Armani, Hello Chloe Malle
From the Fashion People archives: Lauren is joined by Gene Pressman, grandson of the founder of Barneys New York and author of They All Came to Barneys: A Personal History of the World’s Greatest Stor...
24 Dec 20251h 20min
Best of Puck: Hollywood’s Sora 2 Panic
In this special episode from The Grill Room archive, Julia and Dylan dive into the launch of OpenAI’s new video-generation app, Sora 2, and Mark Zuckerberg’s A.I. social media platform, Vibes. They ex...
23 Dec 20251h 2min
Media Monday: Bari’s Secret Vision & Semafor of Arabia
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby share some yuletide warmth and share their impressions of Bari Weiss’s evolving plans at CBS News, which are starting to become clear. Then the duo pivot to Semafor’s surpris...
22 Dec 202527min
Media’s Anxiety Index
Orchestra C.E.O. Jonathan Rosen and Jon Kelly join Dylan live from New York to walk through new survey data capturing the media industry’s state of mind. They dig into the rise of subscription-based m...
21 Dec 202539min
Barstool’s Netflix Era & ’26 Media Predictions
Julia Alexander joins Peter to break down Barstool’s new multi-year deal with Netflix and the Oscars’ jump to YouTube—and what both moves reveal about two giants in the middle of an identity swap. Jul...
19 Dec 202523min
