The Powers That Be: Daily

Baratunde Thurston joins Peter to discuss how much A.I. will fully impact Hollywood’s epic writers’ strike, and how many other creative industries remain on the front lines of the content wars.

Eriq Gardner and Peter Hamby dig into the next act of the Disney-DeSantis cat fight. And then Ben Landy and Bill Cohan speculate about why Warren Buffet even bought into Shari Redstone’s Paramount Global in the first place.

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Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the topics that are keeping the media chattering classes chattering: Zaz’s earnings, the Paramount catastrophe, and the end of Vice as we know it.

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to dig into the Republican party’s new generation of post-Adelson benefactor zillionaires—and what they think about the Meatball. Then Tina Nguyen documents some surprisingly good news for Kevin McCarthy in conversation with Ben Landy.

For more from Teddy -

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For more from Tina -

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Tara Palmeri joins Peter to dig into the surprising operational capacity of the Trump ‘24 machine—at least for now. Then Julia Ioffe and Ben Landy discuss the latest Biden-Putin hostage swap calculation.

For more from Tara -

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For more from Julia -

https://puck.news/inside-the-gershkovich-prisoner-swap-crisis/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe20230503

Lauren Sherman and Peter Hamby pour over a sudden, and surprising, dethronement in the glossy fashion media world. Then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy analyze Wall Street’s latest anxieties.

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss Trump’s forthcoming CNN Town Hall and what it means for the network, the WBD brass, and Kaitlan Collins. Then they dig into the Vice bankruptcy.

Jon Kelly joins Peter for a rollicking conversation about Don and Tucker, the linear collapse, and what Vice’s stumbles proclaim about all of digital media.

When Elon Musk posted a video of himself arriving at Twitter HQ carrying a white sink along with the message “let that sink in!” it marked the end of a dramatic takeover. Musk had gone from Twitter critic to “Chief Twit” in the space of just a few months but his arrival didn’t put an end to questions about his motives. Musk had earned a reputation as a business maverick. From PayPal to Tesla to SpaceX, his name was synonymous with big, earth-shattering ideas. So, what did he want with a social media platform? And was this all really in the name of free speech...or was this all in the name of Elon Musk?

From Wondery, the makers of WeCrashed and In God We Lust, comes the wild story of how the richest man alive took charge of the world’s “digital public square.”

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Julia Ioffe joins Peter to share the details of her recent transatlantic trip with General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including his realpolitik views on Ukraine’s chances. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner dig into Rupert Murdoch’s next legal quagmire.