The Powers That Be: Daily

Ace legal reporter Eriq Gardner joins Ben Landy to discuss how a cadre of disgraced #MeToo men are plotting their comeback. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney's battle with Charter and the decline of linear TV. The forthcoming Thompson Era at CNN. Charter Spectrum vs. ESPN and the broken cable system. The discussion on CNN plus and building a digital subscription audience. Legalities and disruptions in broadcasting. The future of CNN and the impact of Mark Tomson's arrival.

Julia Alexander and Peter Hamby breakdown the summer of Suits on Netflix. And then Teddy Schleifer and Ben Landy assess the mid-term credibility of Vivekmania.For more from Julia -https://puck.news/suits-success-the-future-of-netflixonomics/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230901For more from Teddy -https://puck.news/let-them-eat-vivek/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230901 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dylan Byers joins Peter to talk all about his exclusive report on Mark Thompson’s appointment at CNN and all the attendant shakeout and ramifications.For more from Dylan -https://puck.news/mark-thompson-gets-the-cnn-treatment/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230831 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eriq Gardner joins Peter to walk through the trial strategies, delay tactics, and countermeasures surrounding the four Trump indictments. Then Bill Cohan and Ben contemplate the P&L of ESPN+ on Amazon.For more from Bill -https://puck.news/espn-amazon-a-wall-street-fantasy-an-a-i-hack/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230830 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abby Livingston and Peter Hamby scrutinize the latest intrigue confounding Congress—including Hakeem Jeffries’ Pelosi-esque path to the top of the greasy pole. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Kelly joins Peter to dig into the news that WBD C.E.O. David Zaslav is circling Mark Thompson, the Times’ turnaround expert, as the next boss of CNN.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss Puck’s second proprietary data study of streamer sentiment—and the results will surprise you. Then Ben Landy and Teddy Schleifer dig into a bizarre startup scandal that traces its roots from Zuck to S.B.F.For more from Matt -https://puck.news/streamers-are-turning-off-their-customers/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230825For more from Teddy -https://puck.news/tales-from-the-s-b-f-bankruptcy-black-hole/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230825 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter and Julia Ioffe discuss the stunning death of Putin’s greatest nemesis.For more from Julia -https://puck.news/prigozhins-treason-the-price-of-betrayal/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230824 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eriq Gardner joins Peter Hamby to break down the weird and sad legal dispute gripping the Oher family. And then Bill Cohan and Ben Landy discuss Shari Redstone’s BET auction.For more from Eriq (and Matt) -https://puck.news/will-a-i-eat-hollywood/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230823For more from Bill -https://puck.news/paramount-existentialism-more-goldmanology/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=thepowersthatbe&utm_date=20230823 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices