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Apple Pours Another $100B into US & Disney’s Deals to Dominate Streaming

Morning Brew Daily

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4.42.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Episode 643: Neal and Toby chat about Apple’s fresh $100B investment in US manufacturing amid threatening tariffs. Then, Disney has been on a tear of major deals to bolster its streaming slate. Plus, McDonald’s bounces back with a positive quarter but the cloud of economic anxiety still hangs around. Meanwhile, Neal shares numbers on Las Vegas, Gen Z remote work, and the German train system.  00:00 - Google Calendar your life 3:15 - Apple makes Trump happy 9:00 - Disney wheelin’ & dealin’ 13:00 - McDonald’s is happy mealin’ 19:00 - Very quiet Vegas 22:00 - Gen Z not about remote work 24:00 - Germany’s train problem 26:45 - Sprint Finish! LinkedIn will even give you a $100 credit on your next campaign so you can try it yourself. Check out LinkedIn.com/mbd for more. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.3

Good morning for Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell.

0:43.7

Today, why is Las Vegas empty this summer? Then Apple just pledged another $100 billion

0:49.0

investment in the U.S. It's Thursday, August 7th. Let's ride.

0:57.0

Good morning and happy Thursday. 20 years ago, Facebook was the hottest app on college campuses. 10 years ago, it was Snapchat. Today, there's a new app the kids are obsessing over, and it's not new at all. Google Calendar.

1:12.4

The Wall Street Journal wrote that college students are scheduling literally everything on G-Cal,

1:17.4

from meetings to brushing their teeth to even late-night hookups.

1:21.3

There's just so much going on all the time, and so it's nice to not have to think about it.

1:25.3

One devoted G-Cal Georgetown student told the journal. Others are more skeptical, saying that plotting out your life in color-coded blocks doesn't allow for spontaneity. And it's just plain weird when a friend wants to hang out with you, and you send them your calendar and tell them to find an open spot. Toby, just sent you an invite to speak. Thank you, Neil. I just accepted that invite, but I do think

1:45.0

using a Google Cal to manage your soul life is a little bit much. One kid who went to Williams

1:50.2

sent someone a hookup question mark at Google Kyle invite, and it worked, which is diabolical.

1:56.7

And apparently he was on the receiving end of a similar invite later in the semester.

2:00.1

And he clicked maybe, which is also diabolical.

2:04.1

But I think a better system is one that some of my fiance and her friends use.

2:08.8

They have a shared notes app.

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