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 202422min
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 202421min
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 202426min
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 202428min
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 202422min
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 202417min
Media Monday: NFL’s Amazon Romance & TV’s Trump-Induced Nosedive
Jon Kelly reunites with Peter to discuss the latest dramas underpinning the media industry: why TV execs believe the traditional networks are being sidelined in the NFL-Amazon partnership, the plummet...
18 Nov 202423min
A Fashion Comeback Story & Trump’s Luxury Tariffs
Lauren Sherman and Peter dig into the latest dramas percolating through the fashion industry: Gap’s attempt to revive itself as America’s favorite mall brand, the Arnault family cozying up to Donald T...
15 Nov 202425min
