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Inside the Paramount Offer Dec 15, 2023

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Tina Nguyen and Peter Hamby dive into the warring shadow bureaucracies vying to influence Trump. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy assess David Ellison and Gerry Cardinale’s efforts to acquire the Redstone family’s stake in Paramount.

Tucker Puckers Up Dec 14, 2023

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Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby discuss the launch of Tucker Carlson Network, and then dig into The New York Times’ latest fetish.

Altman’s Other Controversy Dec 13, 2023

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Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss Sam Altman’s newest controversy: an anti-Biden Super PAC that has the Valley liberal in crowd in a twist. Then Eriq Gardner handicaps Trump’s legal odds

Nate Silver-ing the Biden Polls Dec 12, 2023

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Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss his latest piece on the cacophony of Biden polling woes, and how to sort the signal from the noise. Then the two dig into the House G.O.P.’s impeachment fantasies.

Media Monday: Shari’s Deal Options & Debate Shenanigans Dec 11, 2023

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Jon Kelly joins Peter to explore all the angles of Shari Redstone’s Paramount sales process, and then dig in on the network presidentialdebate scheduling melee.

Zaz’s Big Year & Zucker’s Deal Flow Dec 08, 2023

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Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss David Zaslav’s year of magical thinking and Jeff Zucker’s U.K. deal heat.

Julia on the Hostage Horrors Dec 07, 2023

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Julia Ioffe and Peter discuss the horrors of the hostage crisis in Gaza and how it has been politicized in the U.S. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy chat about Ari Emanuel’s effort to take Endeavor private.

Iger’s Un-Wokening Dec 06, 2023

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In a special episode, Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss Bob Iger’s strategic decision to eject Disney from the culture wars. Then the duo wade into the streamers’ holiday movie economic strategy.

House of Blues Dec 05, 2023

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Abby Livingston joins Peter to discuss how House Republicans transformed Congress into the world’s worst workplace. Then Eriq Gardner and Ben break down a Russian oligarch art world caper for the ages.

Media Monday: Elon Psychology & Conde De-Mythology Dec 04, 2023

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Jon Kelly joins Peter to dissect that garden variety psycho Dealbook segment, and deduce Elon Musk’s real three dimensional chess play at Twitter. Then they weigh into the Conde Nast layoffs.

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