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Paramount+ launches tomorrow. How many streaming services is too many?


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You have to answer that one for yourself. But as the streaming market gets even more crowded with Paramount+ arriving tomorrow, we have a listener who wants to know what will happen to Netflix — how long does the first-mover advantage last? Plus, your questions about the COVID relief bill, consumer spending and electric cars.

Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

What’s in the House’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan” from The Washington Post

Senate Democrats still finishing their Covid relief bill as vote timing creeps toward the weekend” from CNN

Auto industry wants more government support for electric vehicles” from CNBC

We’re buying a lot more stuff these days” from Marketplace

Netflix broke subscriber records in 2020. Will it slow down?” from the LA Times

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