The Powers That Be: Daily

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the next steps in Iger’s return, and where the calculus sits a week after the stunning announcement. They also chew over Elon the C.E.O. vs Elon the Narcissist and the collapse of Protocol, D.C.’s attempt at The Information. Give the Powers That Be a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to discuss the G.O.P.'s Kevin McCarthy compromise: the party's inside conversation about the reality behind the policy-light, ideology-free, newscycle-obsessed career pol who just wants the gavel. Then they get into the Trump of it all. Is he running to win in 2024, or just to outpace DeSantis and his lawyers? And is he already out of gas? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the latest Iger intrigue and talk around town regarding the only thing people care about: what’s next at Disney. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss S.B.F. post-FTX’s collapse—what lessons has he learned, how is he responding, what are his parents doing? Then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander get into Bob Iger’s new mandate at Disney. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Putin’s latest machinations, and then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy game out Bob Iger’s next moves. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Read Dylan's Piece https://puck.news/the-cable-election-upset-of-the-age/ Leave a 5-star review on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily/id1586269186 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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/ Read Julia's piece https://puck.news/bob-chapeks-new-streaming-moneyball/ Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily/id1586269186 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Ioffe joins Teddy Schleifer to discuss the appetite for supporting Ukraine in a future Republican-controlled House. Then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy discuss Apple’s epic lawsuit. Read Julia's Newsletter https://puck.news/author/julia-ioffe/ Read Eriq's Piece https://puck.news/the-apple-epic-grudge-match-round-two/ Give us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily/id1586269186 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss a plethora of dispiriting issues—Elon’s moves, Zaz’s earnings report, Paramount and Comcast woes—and what they mean for the industry. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss Chris Licht’s mounting crisis at CNN—declining revenue, sagging ratings, and dwindling loyalty. Is a recovery possible? Then marketing living legend Alex Bigler discusses Puck’s niche in D.C.. Read Dylan's story at Puck https://puck.news/a-licht-in-the-attic Leave a 5-star review! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-powers-that-be-daily/id1586269186 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss D.C.’s preemptive decision that the G.O.P. has won the House. Then Tina Nguyen and Ben Landy discuss the fresh hell that is in store for the new majority leader. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to discuss the real inside story of the Kanye West crisis. Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy discuss the most exclusive club on Earth. Read Baratunde's Piece https://puck.news/when-it-all-falls-down/ Read Teddy's Piece https://puck.news/eric-schmidts-exclusive-new-club/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Alexander joins Peter to discuss Peacock’s necessary moves, and imminent agonies. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy discuss the ways Elon Musk could win, or lose, Twitter. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss their expectations regarding the early days of the Elon Regime at Twitter. Then they discuss the latest oscillations in the creator economy, particularly what it means for the journalism business. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to discuss the Axel Springer-and-KKR-fueled resurgence at Politico, the new University of Kentucky of journalism. Then marketing luminary Alex Bigler chats with Matt Belloni about the origin story of What I’m Hearing. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here’s a preview of a new podcast, Story of the Week. Each week, journalist Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times we’ll find a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through. In this preview, Joel is joined by Douglas Rushkoff to talk about his experience speaking to a group of tech billionaires in the middle of the desert. He thought he’d be chatting about the latest in tech advancements, but all these guys wanted to talk about was building doomsday bunkers. Hear the full episode, and more from Story of the Week, at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/sotw?sid=powers. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss Dr. Oz’s ascendance in the Pennsylvania Senate race after John Fetterman’s disastrous debate. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer discuss Hillary Clinton’s legacy-making moves. Read Teddy's Piece https://puck.news/hillarys-new-play-newsoms-midterm-post-mortem-a-thiel-shake-up/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter cost-cutting bloodlust. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner get into the Ye insanity. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to dive into the Ukraine escalation question. Then Julia Alexander and Ben Landy chat about Disney’s Star War IP wars. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss Semafor’s launch, and what the industry is extrapolating. Then they chat about The Brothers Cuomo, and their various media ambitions. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss Chris Licht’s latest programming choices and non-choices. Then Peter and marketing heroine Alex Bigler dig into the latest Feedback Friday. Read Dylan's Piece https://puck.news/the-murdoch-succession-moment-arrives/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a very very special episode, Tara Palmeri and Teddy Schleifer join Peter to discuss Biden’s massive donor pivot and what it means for the donor industrial complex in both Washington and San Francisco. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss Nikki Finke’s complex legacy as a bile-spilling, news-breaking Hollywood mouthpiece and vixen. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner discuss the Fortune 500 woke wars. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss why Elon Musk might want to carry Putin’s water—and on Twitter of all places. Then Bill Cohan and Teddy Schleifer discuss the other M&A deal of the season. Read Julia's Newsletter https://puck.news/newsletter_content/elons-twitter-plans-ozs-romney-resurrection/ Read Bill's Piece https://puck.news/morgan-stanleys-twitter-dynamite-hedge-fund-hunger-games/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss NBCU’s streaming woes and then the latest inside conversation within The New York Times. Read Julia Alexander's Piece! https://puck.news/peacock-curiosity-paramounts-future-the-great-streaming-rebundling/ Ready Dylan's Piece https://puck.news/timesism-its-discontents/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tara Palmeri and Peter Hamby discuss whether Gavin Newsom poses a material threat to Joe Biden. Then marketing legend Alex Bigler chats with Tina Nguyen about her early years in the conservative movement. Read Tara and Peter's Piece! https://puck.news/bidens-24-math-the-newsom-shadow-campaign/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss The New York Times’s new paradox—its never been stronger and yet its top talent is simultaneously searching for better financial and creative opportunities. And then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner discuss Bill Murray’s movie-wrecking behavior. Read Dylan's Piece https://puck.news/timesism-its-discontents/ Read Eriq's Piece https://puck.news/the-secret-bill-murray-settlement-revealed/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss the dynamite stick in Elon Musk’s Twitter deal, and how much it might cost him. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer weigh in on his geopolitics. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the re-escalation in Russia’s war on Ukraine, including Putin’s sinister revenge for the bridge bombing seen around the world. And then Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen discuss Elon Musk’s political id. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the extraordinary contempt for Elon Musk in the media, part of which is deserved and yet some of which is misguided. Then they chat about the many agonizing decisions facing NBC News. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Belloni joins Peter to unfurl the crisis stemming from Billy Eichner’s new film, which tanked at the box office last weekend. Is 2022 America really not ready for a gay romantic comedy, or is the broader rom-com genre just truly embattled? Then Ben Landy and marketing legend Alex Bigler discuss Puck’s apolitical bent. Check out Eriq's article! https://puck.news/elons-secret-wall-street-pact/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss the unfolding Herschel Walker imbroglio and what it means for Mitch McConnell. And then, sticking with the political theme, Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen discuss the G.O.P.’s plan for Trumpism after Trump. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss Donald Trump’s bizarre new litigation against CNN. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner get into the Elon of it all. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to explain the rash thoughtlessness that apparently fueled Elon Musk’s Twitter bid. Then Ben Landy and Bill Cohan discuss the long tail of Kim Kardashian’s crypto misdeeds. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the latest manifestation of the linear big bang theory—Trevor Noah’s departure and the looming end of late night. The duo also turn their attention to the NFL’s media accountability challenge. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss the new primo silent auction prize for the three comma club: the Phoenix Suns. Then Tara Palmeri and Alex Bigler settle a massive Puck mystery. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tara Palmeri swings by to chat with Peter about the behind-the-scenes politics about where to hold the ‘24 DNC convention—a seemingly innocuous decision that requires feverish favor-trading and political calculation. Then Tina Nguyen talks with Ben Landy about the genesis of Tucker Carlson. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter to offer the inside story on Wall Street’s growing impatience with David Zaslav’s transformation efforts at Warner Bros. Discovery, the frankenmedia conglomerate of our time. Then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander discuss Hollywood’s latest horror feel good strategy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the massive game change in Moscow—the male migration to Georgia, the flagging enthusiasm, and the nuclear question. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy discuss the Chamath-inflected bottom of the SPAC market. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the ascent of Jake Tapper in the Licht era at CNN, where he is now undoubtedly the face of the network. And then they check in on the latest inside chatter about the Biden media narrative To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tara Palmeri chats with Peter about all the insidious politicking in Congress regarding who will replace Nancy Pelosi as leader. And then brand marketing legend Alex Bigler talks to Peter about CNN, Twitter, and Puck inside baseball. Not subscribed to Puck? Take 21% off an annual subscription with the code 2022BDAY https://puck.news/puckis1 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss the severity of NY AG Tish James’s three-years-in-the-making lawsuit against Donald Trump. Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy assess the challenges of Gavin ‘24. Not subscribed to Puck? Take 21% off an annual subscription with the code 2022BDAY https://puck.news/puckis1 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Ioffe drops by to discuss Putin’s increasingly precarious position—both abroad and at home. And ace media savant Dylan Byers reveals what’s going down at The Washington Post. Not subscribed to Puck? Take 21% off an annual subscription with the code 2022BDAY https://puck.news/puckis1 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices