The Powers That Be: Daily

Jon Kelly joins Peter to explain how a media crisis fatally exacerbated SVB’s fatal liquidity crisis. Then the duo discuss the next Ben Smith.

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss all the issues stemming from the Oscars: the Tom Cruise snubs, the post-Will Smith ruckus, the big TikTok deal, and why young A-listers hate the red carpet.

Tara Palmeri joins Peter to discuss A.O.C.’s new role in Congress and address all the speculation about her future plans. Then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy dig into how Ron Conway helped save SVB.

Eriq Gardner joins Peter to hypothesize the endgame of the Fox-Dominion lawsuit. And Julia Ioffe and Ben decipher Ron DeSantis’s Putin fantasy.

Bill Cohan, perhaps the culture’s foremost expert of financial crises, shares his views on what really went down at SVB with Peter.

Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss Puck’s big night in Washington before turning their attention to a new media start-up from Jimmy Finkelstein and Richard “Mad Dawg” Beckman.

Julia Ioffe joins Peter Hamby to discuss how Putin’s nemesis turned into Oscar bait. Then Tina Nguyen and Ben Landy dig into the unraveling of CPAC.

Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to dissect the Democrat-on-Democrat Senate battle shaping up in Michigan, where the well-connected actor Hill Harper is emerging as a legitimate contender to congresswoman Elissa Slotkin. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer discuss the latest twists in S.B.F.’s fraud case and whether he would ever accept a plea bargain. 

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby to explain Semafor’s new CCP-inflected scandal. Then Ben Landy and Julia Alexander get into ESPN’s strategic reset.

Eriq Gardner joins Peter to discuss an unusual lawsuit and what it means for the league. And then Ben Landy and Bill Cohan jump into the Goldman Sachs looming questions coming out of the firm’s investor day.