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Back to SearchEpisode 72: Reed Hastings Exits Netflix After 29 Years
Episode 72
Reed Hastings is officially out of Netflix. This week's annual shareholder vote confirmed Jay Hoag as the new board chairman, ending Hastings' 29-yea…
4 months ago
Episode 71: Ackman Exits Universal Music After Rejected Bid
Episode 71
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has exited its entire €1.42 billion ($1.65 billion) stake in Universal Music Group — just days after UMG's board reject…
4 months ago
Episode 70: Peacock's First Profit, Six Years In
Episode 70
Six years after launch, Peacock is turning a profit. NBCUniversal Media Chairman Matt Strauss confirmed at the Evercore Global TMT Conference that th…
4 months ago
Episode 69: Barry Diller's $18B Bid to Take MGM Private
Episode 69
Barry Diller's People Inc. — formerly IAC — submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire the remaining shares of MGM Resorts International it doesn't …
4 months ago
Episode 68: UMG Rejects Ackman's $64 Billion Bid
Episode 68
Universal Music Group's board unanimously rejected Bill Ackman's unsolicited $64 billion takeover bid from Pershing Square Capital Management on Frid…
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 67: Skydance Remakes 60 Minutes From the Top Down
Episode 67
CBS News has replaced the executive producer of 60 Minutes — the longest-running newsmagazine on television — installing Nick Bilton, an outsider wit…
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 66: Byron Allen's Weather Channel Gambit
Episode 66
Byron Allen's acquisition of a controlling stake in The Weather Channel isn't just a distressed-asset deal — it's the clearest signal yet that Allen …
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 65: The Paramount-WBD Debt Trap
Episode 65
A detailed financial autopsy of the proposed Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, based on analysis from veteran producer and M&A specialist Jose…
4 months, 1 week ago
Paramount's $110B Warner Deal Legal Defense Takes Shape
Episode 64
Paramount has locked in one of the most aggressive antitrust litigation lineups in recent Hollywood history to defend its $110 billion acquisition of…
4 months, 1 week ago
Ari Emanuel & Mark Shapiro Buy Into the Las Vegas Raiders
Episode 63
Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro are buying personal minority stakes (each under 10%) in the Las Vegas Raiders, valued at $9.9 billion in this round of i…
4 months, 2 weeks ago