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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are going on a (legally mandated) break. Cracker Barrel gets a new CEO. Again. Big layoffs at Byron Allen’s latest buys; Buzzfeed, Huffpo and Tasty Paramount/Warner Bros. deal paused indefinitely Some WBD execs want the deal to fail ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 1 Sep 2026 · 1 hr
Episode 127 - John Ternus Takes Over Apple
Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook is looking to give incoming CEO John Ternus a "smooth" transition into the position. Is hardware Ternus ready to take on a trillion dollar company looking to make a statement on AI? John Ternus is now the big Apple boss What Tim Cook brought to the table Ternus takes over at a good time for Apple, bad time for tech ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 25 Aug 2026 · 26 min
Episode 126 - How Karen Attiah Got Her Job Back
Ex-Washington Post Journalist Karen Attiah won her case against the paper after she was fired for comments surrounding Charlie Kirk's death. Companies and judges are finally standing up to the Trump administration. Ghost jobs are getting cracked down WaPo has to reinstate fired columnist with back pay over ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 18 Aug 2026 · 46 min
Episode 125 - Lionsgate's Next Move
Plagiarism is wrong. Paramount Skydance is threatening a "cost saving" move. And Lionsgate is one of the last independent-ish studios. Can it stay that way? Will it want to? NY Mag lets a writer go who couldn’t source 67 of his articles A state move for Paramount Skydance wouldn’t help with taxes Paramount says States should pay for Warner Bros deal delay Can and will Lionsgate sell? ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 11 Aug 2026 · 40 min
Episode 124 - Influencers Aren’t Making That Much Money
It turns out that so-called "creators" aren't making "money." Employers are hiring less, paying more E.W. Scripps has massive layoffs, decides A.I. is the way A majority of creators aren’t making much YouTube is limiting user’s ability to start making money ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 4 Aug 2026 · 37 min
Episode 123 - David Ellison's NYT Op-Ed
As a court date is set, Paramount-Skydance CEO David Ellison took to the New York Times Opinion section to defend wanting to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. David Ellison writes an op-ed to defend Paramount Skydance buying Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount antitrust trial set for March 2027 ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 21 Jul 2026 · 41 min
Episode 121 - IATSE Roster Crackdown
Chad was left in charge for a few days. Disney axed jobs at ESPN, Pixar and Nat Geo. And IATSE members are concerned about being cut off of a lucrative list. Joanna Stern covers an AI company using humans doing chores to train robots ESPN layoffs are underway ESPN boss Jimmy Pitaro’s leaked message to staff Pixar and Nat Geo hit with layoffs IATSE members are concerned about a roster crackdown ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 15 Jul 2026 · 26 min
Episode 120 - 12 States v. Paramount Skydance
Several states are putting their foot down in regards to the Paramount Skydance purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. A dozen states are suing to stop Paramount’s Warner Bros. bid Expanded information on the State’s lawsuit against Paramount Skydance ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 8 Jul 2026 · 35 min
Episode 119 - Layoffs Three Ways
Three sets of layoffs at major entertainment companies is never a good sign. Xbox hit with 4,800 layoffs The NBA is going through layoffs The Associated Press thinks offshore jobs are good for their business ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 23 Jun 2026 · 32 min
Episode 118 - Creator Led Hollywood
Hollywood agents are jumping on the creator bandwagon. Can they help usher in a new era of celebrity? And ABC needs its viewer's help to fend off the FCC. Are influencers the next big thing in Hollywood? ABC is finally standing up for itself, with the audience’s help ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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S1 · 16 Jun 2026 · 34 min
Episode 117 - The Trouble with Trillions
Elon Musk is a trillionaire and still lacks true beauty. Elon Musk is a trillionaire (in net worth) What a trillion looks like What a trillion is in actual terms The SpaceX IPO was pretty, pretty big Elon’s goals were ambitious, still not much achieved SpaceX is valued higher than other high value companies Thousands of SpaceX employees are millionaires now SpaceX is buying an AI start up A Texas town wants the trickle down effect to happen ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
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