The Powers That Be: Daily

Julia Alexander joins Teddy to dig into Netflix’s numbers and explain what they really foreshadow about its growth. And then ace marketing exec Alex Bigler gets the backstory from Teddy on the career he almost pursued over journalism. 

Dylan Byers joins Teddy Schleifer to discuss Chris Licht’s new significant personnel announcement at CNN, what it means for the network, and what to expect next. 

Tina Nguyen joins Peter to discuss the bizarre, lightning rod-esque, conspiracy theory-filled marriage of Ginni and Clarence Thomas and how each influences the other. Then Eriq Gardner swings by to detail the biggest suit in publishing history.

Bill Cohan joins Peter to unpack the Musk imbroglio—his suit, the settlement math, Twitter’s legal strategy, and how the world’s richest man can reasonably exit this storm.

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the intrigue over the Netflix-Microsoft deal, Apple and Amazon’s battle for the NFL, and the ways in which the League could screw everyone over.

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss Emmy nominations season—the surprises, the shockers, Netflix’s disappointment, HBO’s mega-success, and more. And then Puck’s world-famous marketing executive, Alex Bigler, swings by to discuss the latest behind-the-scenes details at the company.

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the vicissitudes of the Brittney Griner case: the legal hellscape of Russia’s judicial system, Biden’s behind-the-scenes diplomacy, and more.

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss the bildungsroman of Sam Bankman-Fried—his upbringing, the zillions he’s made via FTX, his current investments, his quixotic investments on the future—plus a little futurecasting about his next endeavors.

Bill Cohan and Eriq Gardner join Peter to assess Elon Musk’s legal jihad and explain how much he’ll end up paying Twitter to make it go away.

Dylan Byers joins Jon Kelly, filling in for Peter Hamby, to discuss the latest dish emanating from Sun Valley, which includes some hair-raising hypothetical question. And then they discuss a more minor drama roiling The Washington Post.