There hasn't been an iconic moment like the one that happened I believe last week which is when Penguin Random House lost its bid to buy Simon and Schuster but this stuff is coming right. There's a lot of like what I call torpedoes in the water and they're working in that moment before they've exploded all right. It looks like it's happening in other places aren't they being heavy-handed with the wrong people MattYeah yeah yeah I'm going to take a question here well I don't appreciate you interrupting my narrative with facts people do that to me all the time it's a pain in the assI agree no I mean I think conflating market capitalization with
Kara and Scott question Elon Musk's sense of humor after he bans comedian Kathy Griffin (and others who spoofed his account) over the weekend. They also talk about the layoff trend in the tech industry, as Meta reportedly prepares for a massive reduction in its workforce this week. Friend of Pivot Matt Stoller stops by with reasons to be optimistic about the fight against corporate monopolies.
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