Bill Cohan joins Peter Hamby to unpack Shari Redstone’s controversial choice to entertain the David Ellison-Skydance bid for Paramount over Apollo Global Management’s $27 billion offer for the whole enchilada. Then they dig into Bill’s newsmaking interview with former Apollo chief Leon Black concerning his association with Jeffery Epstein.
 
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Paramount Anxieties & Leon’s Epstein Diaries

Join Emmy Award-winning journalist Peter Hamby, along with the team of expert journalists at Puck, as they let you in on the real conversations insiders are having across the four corners of power in America: Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Puck's contributors will bring you smart conversation around the inside stories happening in these worlds. Presented in partnership with Audacy, new episodes publish daily, Monday-Friday.

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Baratunde Thurston joins Peter Hamby to dissect the heated A.I. arms race between Google, Meta, and Open A.I., and how a new wave of generative search tools, like Perplexity A.I., are making it difficult for tech incumbents to outpace disruptors.
 
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The A.I. Search Wars

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to break down how CNN and ABC News scored the coveted Biden-Trump debates, what it means for their network rivals, and their predictions for the looming showdowns.
 
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The CNN-ABC Debate Coup

Julia Alexander joins Peter Hamby to dissect the flawed notion that modern streaming services—and the dynamics of bundling, in particular—approximate the linear ecosystem of yore. Then she reveals what advertisers are really thinking during Upfront Week in New York.
 
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Streaming’s Cable Fable & Upfront Inside Chatter

Bill Cohan joins Peter to share all the riveting details about his recent visit with Sam Bankman-Fried: the rice-bartering, his new life behind bars, and his belief in how he got there.
 
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S.B.F. Live from Prison

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss Netflix’s bid to produce two NFL Christmas Day games—the price tag, logistics, and deal quirks. And then the duo chew over the latest CNN murmurs.
 
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Paramount Anxieties & Leon’s Epstein Diaries

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