The Powers That Be: Daily

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss David Zaslav’s long overdue delay of Max, the colossal success of Super Mario Bros, and what to make of the early returns for Air.

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss what happens when art imitates life—particularly in the case of Rupert Murdoch, the aging mogul and boulevardier, and the succession angles of his estranged and non-estranged and semi-estranged children. Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy discuss Larry Ellison’s Tim Scott fantasy.

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Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the document leak that has official Washington in a tizzy. Then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy dig into DeSantis vs. Disney.

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Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss the non-Trump ‘24 hopefuls—enumerating their fears, hopes, dreams, and sordid ego fantasies. And, of course, whether any of them can be a credible Plan B if Trump slips on a banana peel.

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the faults in Elon Musk’s Twitter strategy, and what to expect from Trump’s cable news rendezvous.

Dylan Byers joins Peter to explain why Ari Emanuel and Endeavor went all in to acquire WWE. Then Tina Nguyen and Ben Landy philosophize about the waning DeSantasy.

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to scope out DeSantis’s post-indictment blues. And then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander dig into Amazon’s streaming challenge.

Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to hash out precisely what Elon Musk misjudged about the blue check community, how perversely he misaligned incentives, and what his Twitter is going to inevitably resemble.

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss whether Jeff Bezos can get this hands on the Commanders. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy go long on the Twitter Blue eviction phenomenon, and what it means for Musk’s investment.

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss Trump's latest media seizure and what it means for '24. Then they get after all the ABC News drama.