The chapter discusses rumors about Disney potentially selling ABC and its affiliates, with Nextar and media mogul Byron Allen being mentioned as potential buyers. The conversation then shifts to the changing advertising landscape, with the focus on the declining relevance of traditional media platforms and the rise of TikTok as the preferred platform for younger audiences.
Kara and Scott discuss the Jann Wenner controversy, and the new management term "feedforward." And as the "summer of strikes" marches into the fall, they talk about the State of the Unions. Then, is Disney selling off ABC? And would that be the end of linear television? Our Friend of Pivot is Benyamin Cohen, the author of, "The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds," who also happens to be the man behind the official Albert Einstein accounts on social media.
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