The Powers That Be: Daily

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Iger Expectations Nov 22, 2022

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Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Putin’s latest machinations, and then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy game out Bob Iger’s next moves.

Media Monday: Elon Panic & CNN Overreactions Nov 21, 2022

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Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss Elon Musk’s financial incentives to recalibrate Twitter’s valuation. Then the duo trade insider notes on the latest phase of the CNN drama.

Biden’s Russian Missile Crisis Nov 18, 2022

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Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Putin’s retreat from Kherson and how an errant missile nearly sparked WWIII. Then marketing genius Alex Bigler talks with author William D. Cohan about his newest bestselling tome, “Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.”

Trump’s Cardboard Box Nov 17, 2022

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Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss Trump’s milquetoast announcement, poor early showing, and various legal headaches. Will he regain the party or go fully carny? And then Ben Landy and Dylan Byers explain how the media is treating its third go-around.

SBF Futures Nov 16, 2022

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Bill Cohan and Teddy Schleifer join Peter to discuss the latest revelations in the FTX nightmare: the possibility of the slammer, the investigations, the pissed investors, and the future of Sand Hill Road’s relationship with crypto princes.

Zaz’s Harry Potter Fantasy Nov 15, 2022

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Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss David Zaslav’s stated interest in reviving Warner Bros. Discovery’s biggest under-monetized franchise asset—Harry Potter. Then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen discuss the game theory in the latest Trump-DeSantis battle.

Media Monday: S.B.F. or F-ing B.S.? Nov 14, 2022

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Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss S.B.F.’s fall from grace, and assess the media’s various historical metaphors for the FTX demise. Theranos? Lehman? Enron? Or is this a corporate extinction event of a wholly new historical complexity?

CNN+ or CNN-? Nov 11, 2022

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Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to discuss the latest secular chaos on CNN, and what a lousy election night portends about the future of the network.

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https://puck.news/the-cable-election-upset-of-the-age/

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The Trump Tsunami Nov 10, 2022

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Tara Palmeri, Teddy Schleifer, and Tina Nguyen join Peter to discuss the real story behind the midterms: the Trump buzzkill, the Biden messaging twists, and how how the left expects the McCarthy-led House to step on the rake.

The Elon MBA Test Nov 09, 2022

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Bill Cohan joins Teddy Schleifer for a midterm-free conversation about the real story at Twitter—whether Elon Musk can change the company’s business model mid-flight. Then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander discuss Disney’s latest streaming war strategy.

Read Bill's piece

https://puck.news/elons-folly-fed-clues-zaz-on-the-edge/

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