The Internal Company Culture Is Like Human Surgery

Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets.

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Links:

• Christina Warren on Twitter, a website that still exists at this writing.
• Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO.
• Yours truly: “Twitter Tumult”.
• Elon Musk asks engineers for weekly emails with code screenshots.
• Vice: “Twitter Employees on Visas Can’t Just Quit”.
• Disney books:
  • Disney War, by James B. Stewart — “The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner—Disney Chairman and CEO—and the scandals that drove America’s best-known entertainment company to civil war.”
  • Walt Disney, by Neal Gabler — “The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.”
• Speaking of James B. Stewart, his recent epic story on AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition for The New York Times: “Was This $100 Billion Deal the Worst Merger Ever?”.
• Puck — excellent new subscription Hollywood/media/Silicon Valley news site.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.