The NFL’s New Moneymen & Venu’s Legal Blockade
John Ourand joins Peter Hamby to unpack the legal challenge blocking the launch of Venu, the WBD-Fox-Disney sports streamer, and whether the service will ever see the light of day. Plus, a look at whe...
21 Aug 202418min
Live from the D.N.C…
Abby Livingston links up with Peter Hamby on the convention floor in Chicago to exchange notes on the ebullient chatter they’re picking up from Dems, assess whether the excitement will inevitably be t...
20 Aug 202416min
Media Monday: DNC Kremlinology, Conde’s New Revenue Boss & More Cable Chills
Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby are reunited to discuss the media industry’s hot button issues: DNC speaker slot politics, the dark side of NBCU’s Olympics narrative, and Conde Nast’s new c-suite member.
19 Aug 202420min
Cable-pocalypse Now, Part 2
Guest host John Ourand continues his rollicking conversation with Matt Belloni about the Cable-pocalypse, breaking down what the death of linear television entails for the inevitable migration of spor...
16 Aug 202417min
Cable-pocalypse Now, Part 1
The great John Ourand, host of the forthcoming Varsity pod, sits in for Peter and chats up Matt Belloni on a host of broadcast topics: the epic $9.1 billion Zaz write-down, Paramount’s NFL out, Comcas...
15 Aug 202417min
The Harris Down-Ballot X-Factor
Abby Livingston joins Peter Hamby to reveal how the battle for Congress has shifted now that Kamala Harris is the frontrunner in the presidential race. With Harris’s momentum, can she help pull down-b...
14 Aug 202415min
Mar-a-Lago Nightmares & Kellyanne’s Boomerang
Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to divulge the latest tremors in Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster. They dig into Trump’s myriad frustrations—from his trouble defining Kamala Harris to her breathtaking fundrai...
13 Aug 202421min
Media Monday: Zaz Truthers & Axiosology
Jon Kelly joins Olympics enthusiast Peter Hamby for a check in on the Harris-Trump TikTok election, an assessment of David Zaslav's nightmare du jour, and Washington's misread of the Axios news.
12 Aug 202422min
