HHS Secretary Alex Azar; Media Deal Mogul Aryeh Bourkoff

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

As the U.S. works to ensure efficient and effective vaccine distribution, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar urges Americans to remain cautious while they hope for a healthier future. Officials are recommending pared down holiday celebrations, and the first round of vaccine recipients are lining up to get--and showcase--the jab. Plus, the dealmaker behind the Viacom-CBS merger, Verizon’s purchase of Yahoo!, and the Snap IPO has unveiled his expectations for mergers and acquisitions in 2021. LionTree’s Aryeh Bourkoff shares his projections for media, media deals, and SPACs in the year to come.

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0:00.0	This is a squawk pod. I'm C. NBC producer Cameron Costa. Today on our
0:06.7	podcast Setting the US up for Vaccination Success Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on the road ahead.
0:15.0	Remember, we now have commitments for 900 million doses of vaccine. We have options to take
0:20.3	us up to 3 billion doses of vaccine and we're looking at J and J and
0:24.1	and AstraZeneca possibly having data early January.
0:27.4	The end may finally be edging closer but he's still recommending we pare down
0:32.4	holiday celebrations.
0:34.0	I do recommend to people please exercise that extra bit of caution this holiday season
0:39.8	because we've got these vaccines. So many developments, so much hope for the future.
0:45.0	A dose of hope and logic from our own Joker.
0:49.0	You get one in each arm and one in each cheek if you need to.
0:53.2	Plus, from the man behind the biggest deals of our time,
0:56.6	Verizon and Yahoo, Charter and Time Warner, Viacom,
0:59.8	and CBS and even, the Snap IPO, comes a series of 2021 projections.
1:05.0	Lion Trees R.E.A. Burghoff on media in the year to come.
1:09.0	Exclusive content on your platform is now critical.
1:12.1	That's the game. That can be done in production and development,
1:15.6	but also be done through acquisitions.
1:17.0	So I think you'll see all the platforms
1:19.6	start to buy up the remaining IP studios.
1:23.8	It's Thursday, December 17, 2020,
1:26.8	a snowy day for our East Coast listeners.
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