Decoder with Nilay Patel

Can Puck’s CEO reinvent the news business for the influencer age?

The creator and influencer economy works very differently than journalism does. If you take a high-level look at the business of most creators, they all kind of look like little ad agencies, doing brand deals and negotiating rates in a way that has always felt incompatible with journalism, at least to me.

Mixed Signals

Joanna Stern On Quitting The Wall Street Journal And Building a Media Business With AI

There were so many things I loved about working at the Wall Street Journal and there were so many things that I thought I'm never going to be able to leave this. But then there were so many things that I also saw happening in media, you know, places like you guys uh included that I was jealous of.

Semafor

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the NFL's Streaming Push, Iran Coverage, and Media M&A

In the media space, I would say the biggest northstar that we have is we're trying to effectively constrain the power of the large national programmers while empowering local TV stations.

Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway

Paramount Beats Netflix in Battle for Warner Bros. | Pivot

You sound smarter when you catastrophize. It sounds scarier and more interesting. And you put some bar charts around you talking about the zombie apocalypse in a downward spiral doom loop.

Acquired

Formula 1 episode is live!

Formula 1 is the world's premier motorsports series. And shockingly to me as an American, it is actually the world's most popular annual sporting series with 827 million viewers.

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

No Mercy / No Malice: The Worst Acquisition in History, Again

The story of Warner Brothers is a recurring masterclass in ego-cosplaying corporate synergy. The company has undergone seven sales, mergers, or structural separations since 1967. The script remains the same. A new CEO decides Warner Brothers is the missing piece of their legacy, only to find they've partnered with a high-maintenance spouse who, after several years, leaves with half of everything the acquiring company used to own.