đ§ âFrosted Freaksâ â Kelloggâs Nutella deal. Netflixâs Anime AI. The Pentagonâs rare earth stock.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.7 ⢠9.5K Ratings
đď¸ 11 July 2025
âąď¸ 26 minutes
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Summary
Kelloggâs cereal brands were just acquired by Italyâs Ferrero (Nutella)⌠but itâs really about the mascots.
Netflixâs most popular content is actually Anime⌠and Japanâs Anime shows an AI growth hack.
The Pentagon just bought a rare earth metal stock⌠So is that strategy or socialism?
Plus, the Fyre Fest brand is being auctioned off on eBay⌠for $205K.
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About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making todayâs top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, TBOY Lite is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Friday the real Friday, July 11th. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Oh, almost got the wrong month there. Happy July 11th day to all those who celebrate. Sorry, 711th day to all those who celebrate. There's probably |
| 0:22.8 | a 7-Eleven near you that's giving out free slurpees today. Actually, July 11th is also 7-Eleven |
| 0:27.6 | the convenience store's 98th birthday. So we should buy 7-Eleven a slurpee. Big gulp, you never looked |
| 0:34.9 | younger. Jack, three stories for today's team boy. What do we got on the pod? |
| 0:38.5 | For our first story, Netflix's most popular content viewed by more than half of subscribers is anime. |
| 0:45.4 | But plot twist. |
| 0:46.7 | Japanese anime shows the first way that AI could be used by Hollywood. |
| 0:52.2 | For our second story, the Pentagon just opened up its Robin Hood account to buy $400 million |
| 0:58.2 | of stock in a rare earth metals company. |
| 1:01.5 | Never have said those words before, Jack. |
| 1:04.0 | So when the government buys a private company, is that strategic or is that socialism? |
| 1:09.2 | We'll answer it. |
| 1:09.9 | And our third and final story, Kellogg's sugary cereal brands were just acquired by the |
| 1:15.1 | Italian candy company that owns Nutella. |
| 1:17.4 | But this deal ain't about frosted flakes, Yetis. |
| 1:19.7 | This deal is about tigers, toucans, and frogs. |
| 1:23.1 | But Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. |
| 1:25.9 | Whoa, what a mix of stories to go into the weekend with. |
| 1:28.6 | Love the Mix, Jack. |
| 1:29.4 | We have a great idea for what you should do this weekend. |
| 1:32.3 | Buy Firefest. |
| 1:34.4 | By Firefest, because Firefest, the infamous music festival, is on sale. |
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