The Powers That Be: Daily

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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https://puck.news/the-cable-election-upset-of-the-age/

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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.

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/

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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/

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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.