DiscoverCurrent Affairs on Player FMHow Big Media Obeys in Advance - What Next | Daily News and Analysis
How Big Media Obeys in Advance - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

How Big Media Obeys in Advance - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Update: 2025-09-22
Share

Description

Media giants like Paramount and Disney have been swift to capitulate to the Trump administration and the tenacious head of the FCC, Brendan Carr. Why new ownership from the likes of the Ellisons is likely to make things worse.


Guest: Nitish Pahwa, staff writer for business and tech at Slate.


Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.


Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comments 
In Channel
loading
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

How Big Media Obeys in Advance - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

How Big Media Obeys in Advance - What Next | Daily News and Analysis