Bari Deal Heat & Trump v. Murdoch
Julia Alexander reunites with Dylan to chew over the media industry’s latest soap operas: South Park’s satirical take on Trump and Paramount, the unfolding legal battle between Trump and Rupert Murdoc...
25 Juli 202549min
Substackonomics
Dylan sits down with an anonymous, plugged-in investment banker in the media space to peel back the curtain on Substack’s recent $100 million raise—and the staggering $1.1 billion valuation that came ...
22 Juli 202541min
Substack’s $1B Paper Trail & The Weiss Effect
Julia Alexander reunites with Dylan for a wide-ranging chat about the most pressing plotlines consuming the media industry: what Substack’s recent $1.1 billion evaluation portends for the creator econ...
18 Juli 202556min
F1’s Apple Pie & ESPN’s Austerity Era
John Ourand joins Dylan to dissect Apple’s $150 million bid for F1’s U.S. media rights—and what it reveals about the company’s growing ambitions in live sports. They also examine why ESPN, facing a ne...
15 Juli 202543min
Google’s Kill Switch & Sun Valley Signals
Julia Alexander reunites with Dylan to delve into how A.I. services like ChatGPT are cutting into Google’s search market share—and how Google’s new A.I. tools may be cannibalizing its own business. Th...
11 Juli 20251h 1min
Paramount’s Settlement Math & Murdoch’s Trump-Era Journal
Wall Street Journal’s Josh Dawsey joins Dylan to discuss how the recent $16 million settlement between Trump and Paramount came to fruition—a far cry from Trump’s initial demand of $100 million. They ...
8 Juli 202535min
The Creator Economy's Indie Illusion
Julia Alexander rejoins Dylan to pick up where they left off on Tuesday, shifting the focus to legacy media’s slow unraveling and the uphill climb of the creator economy in the news space. They dig in...
4 Juli 202537min
YouTube’s Niche Trap & A.I. Copyright Complexifiers
Julia Alexander reunites with Dylan to address a handful of media industry questions and provocations: why YouTube’s success with niche content doesn’t mean Netflix should necessarily follow suit, how...
1 Juli 202543min
