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Episode 133 - America's Sweethearts Form A Union
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Rockstar Games employees are fighting for better work environments. The time to form a union is now!
The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders start a union Rockstar Games workers will vote on unionizing when GTA VI launches Skydance offers buyouts and forces workers back to the office full time—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 132 - Black Unemployment Keeps Rising
Black unemployment continues to rise after the dismantling of hiring requirements.
The Black unemployment rate depicts a gross disparity Not even Netflix’s chairmen of films Dan Lin was safe—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 131 - Asha Sharma on Xbox's Big Reset
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma outlines what Xbox needs to do in order to stay in the game.
Disney’s Dana Walden candidly admits tech is the reason for layoffs, more coming As Paramount/Warner Bros merges into Skydance, layoffs incoming New Xbox CE Asha Sharma talks about the changes going on at Xbox NYT asks if Xbox can come back? Sharma says in internal town hall that Xbox was in a “free fall”—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 130 - A24's "Primetime" Power
Indie film producer A24 continues its march to awards season with the release of "Primetime," a movie following Chris Hansen's "To Catch A Predator" series. But the subject himself thinks the movie is a failure for not talking to him. Check out how A24's movie, Robert Pattinson and even Hansen himself all prevailed thanks to the movie.
A24 struck a box office nerve with "Primetime" Reasons why the movie overperformed Robert Pattinson wants Chris Hansen to enjoy the movie for what it is Chris Hansen did not like the movie. At all.—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TiEpisode 129 - State AGs Settle with Paramount
California attorney general Rob Bonta and the 11 other states suing Paramount-Skydance for trying to buy Warner Bros. Discovery settled. This is the fallout.
State’s Attorney’s Generals, Paramount settle antitrust case It appears Paramount got off easy The Guilds, those against the merger speak The proposed duties editorial board in charge of CNN and CBS News Why did California bend so quickly?—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 128 - Paramount's Hypothetical California Departure Repercussions
Paramount Skydance took a survey of what would happen if it left California. And A.I. is really dividing the people that love it.
A leaked report shows what could happen if Paramount Skydance left California A.I. regulation is causing a rift with A.I. CEOs and Washington M.I.T. report says college students are suffering from “cognitive surrender” using A.I.—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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?—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 122 - Paramount/Warner Bros. Take a Pause
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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 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—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 116 - A.I. IPOs
All of the A.I. companies are ready to go public. Just how big will they be?
Open A.I. is ready to go public, other companies want to join as well No matter what happens, Perplexity will go public in a few years—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 115 - A 60 Minutes Upheaval
CBS News and "60 Minutes" are going through changes that may not be for the better.
Bari Weiss lets go of a few “60 Minutes” mainstays Fired correspondent worries about the future of the newsmagazine New “60 Minutes” boss has a mobile vision of the future He may also not know how news works Dan Rather, others are very vocal about this disdain for the current CBS News regime Scott Pelley does not hold back on his views of Weiss—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 114 - LinkedIn is Tired of Your A.I. Posts
After a three day strike, New York avoids total commuter destruction. And, while Meta turns hard into artificial intelligence, LinkedIn wants to curb user's reliance on it.
New York’s Long Island Rail Road Workers strike ends after three days Meta is reassigning employees to AI-focused jobs LinkedIn is so tired of A.I. created posts—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 113 - Inside SAG-AFTRA's New 4 Year Deal
The leads of "The Devil Wears Prada 2" are sharing the wealth; Byron Allen expands his media ambitions; and a look at SAG-AFTRA's new deal with studios.
Mr. Beast's “Beast Games” let's the staff unionize “The Devil Wears Prada 2” paydays Byron Allen is buying Buzzfeed What's inside the new 4 year SAG-AFTRA deal with studios—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 112 - James Murdoch Pursues Vox Media
Taylor Swift helps other artists on Universal Music Group and James Murdoch wants to buy Vox Media.
Taylor Swift helps Universal Music artists make money in a Spotify stock sale James Murdoch is interested in Vox Media—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 111 - L.A. Production Sees A Slight Increase
Los Angeles's tax incentives are making it more lucrative to shoot there.
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders sell their souls for Paramount Skydance Oprah gets into business with Amazon L.A.’s TV and film production is in a small upswing—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 110 - The Mascot CEOs
Tim Cook is leaving Apple. And are CEOs the new company mascots?
Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO What’s next for Apple post-Tim Cook Would CEOs make good mascots? The Journal podcast - Can Burger King Regain Its Crown?—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 109 - The New WGA Deal
The Writer's Guild of America's deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers gets detailed.
Thousands of Hollywood vets sign a a letter opposing Paramount buying Warner Bros AI isn’t to blame over California creatives losing jobs What’s inside the Writer’s Guild of America deal—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 108 - Matt Stone and Trey Parker's AI Company
Sometimes, an AI tool can be neat.
“Project Hail Mary” is a boon for Amazon MGM Paramount Skydance enters “Phase 2” of return to office initiative NYT lets go of freelance writer who used AI tool in book review Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s AI company is taking the right steps—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 107 - Bob Iger’s Disney Farewell
Bob Iger says goodbye for a second time.
The WNBA and the players have an agreement College grads have an uphill challenge in the job market Josh D’Amaro has plans for Disney Dana Walden has a new team at Disney Entertainment Bob Iger bids Disney goodbye—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 106 - CBS News 24/7, Writer's Guild of America Strikes
Strikes are so in right now.
The New York Times has a lot of journalists CBS News 24/7 staff start walking off the job David Zaslav is getting nearly a billion dollars thanks to the Paramount/Warner merger The Writer's Guild of America goes to the negotiation table with studios while their staff pickets—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 105 - WGA is Ready to Talk
The Writer's Guild of America will go to any length to get AI protections.
USA Today gets third new boss in three years Writer’s Guild of America is ready to go back to the negotiating table WGA wants to be paid for AI Training on Scripts—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 104 - Bossware and Job Hugging
Learn two new job-related phrases!
David Zaslav says Warner Bros. is the “envy of the industry” after Paramount Skydance deal David Ellison says the Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. merger is about reinvention Bossware tracking Job Hugging—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 103 - Added Responsibilities
Chad updates his resume, gets more responsibilities at work, and signs up for a Disney talent program.
Paramount Skydance’s new proposal for Warner Bros.—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 102 - E.W. Scripps Layoffs
January wasn't bad for hiring. Paramount Skydance tries to prove how much it wants Warner Bros. And layoffs loom at EW Scripps.
The February 2026 jobs report is better than expected Warner Bros. is restarting talks with Paramount after a new offer Scripps layoffs, turns to AI tools—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 101 - Sean Astin is Ready to Negotiate for SAG-AFTRA
CBS News 24/7's union and SAG-AFTRA's union head to their respective negotiation tables. Paramount Skydance just can't let Warner Bros. go.
Target invests in its staff, itself and cuts jobs CBS News 24/7 staff enters 3rd union contract negotiations Legislators want Netflix to promise not to fire Warner Bros. workers Paramount Skydance says it will take care of all the fees WBD owes if it cancels Netflix deal Sean Astin talks SAG-AFTRA negotiations—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 100 - Christopher Nolan Talks DGA Negotiations
Where has all the production gone?
Paramount would fire so many people from Warner Bros. if it could WaPo to be hit with layoffs Disney names new leadership, creatives Christopher Nolan talks leading the Director’s Guild, lack of jobs Nolan on DGA bargaining with the AMPTP—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 99 - Bari Weiss’ New CBS Vision
Bari Weiss lays out her vision of a 21st Century CBS News.
Glassdoor’s best places to work in 2026
Bari Weiss’s CBS News will deal with cuts
Weiss’s all new, all different CBS turn around
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 98 - Work Play Style
All work and no play makes Homer something something.
What’s your work play style?—————————————————
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 97 - AI and Teen Jobs
Minimum wages increased to $15 in parts of the country. Is that enough? And teens can't get jobs thanks to artificial intelligence tools taking them.
The first jobs report of 2026
Minimum wage increases for 2026
AI is taking teen jobs
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 96 - 2026 Goals
Chad talks about what he wants to accomplish in 2026.
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 95 - Disney’s Billion Dollar OpenAI Deal
Disney teams up with OpenAI for copyrighted character usage much to the dismay of the Writer's Guild of America and Screen Actor's Guild.
The delayed November jobs report has mixed data
SAG-AFTRA and WGA will closely view the Disney/OpenAI deal
WGA is very mad about Disney's billion dollar OpenAI deal
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Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram BlueskyEpisode 94 - Back at Work
Chad gets a job.
Paramount Skydance mounts a hostile takeover of Warner Bros.—————————————————
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