🎟️ “Inside StubHub” — The Ticket IPO. Napster’s $200M comeback. 23&Me’s DNA drama.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

StubHub is the #1 secondary ticket marketplace… but the biz totally depends on scalpers.

Napster still exists (?) and just got bought for $207M… because “Say my name, say my name.”

23&M is bankrupt, but 15M customers have a question… ummm, what about my DNA?

Plus, the newest economic indicator is “Recession Brunette”...

$STUB $ME $EBAY

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, Saviche Wednesday, March 26th. And today's part is the best one yet this is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Jack, I got the results. You ready for these, man? What results? Okay, we asked the Eddies if they or a friend were going boy sober this year. You want to know the answer? Yeah.
0:21.1	57% are currently or going boy sober.
0:24.8	Seriously?
0:25.5	Yeah, seriously.
0:26.1	That's a big number right now.
0:27.2	Single and not looking to be able.
0:29.5	So, Jack, three stories for today's show.
0:32.2	What do we got on the T-Boy?
0:33.4	For our first story, Stubhub could be the biggest consumer brand to IPO this year, so we're diving in T-boy style to their business.
0:40.8	The biggest risk to Stubhub's IPO, it's scalpers.
0:44.5	For reasons, you wouldn't expect.
0:46.5	For our second story, 23 and me just filed for bankruptcy.
0:50.1	So we're answering the number one question everyone is asking.
0:53.2	Oh, what the heck is happening to my DNA?
0:55.7	And our third and final story.
0:57.7	Napster, the Y2K music pirating platform, just sold for $207 million?
1:04.4	No, no, no, no, no, no.
1:05.4	That is not the worst fact-checked headline you've ever heard.
1:08.5	That is a true story.
1:09.6	We'll tell you why Napster is still worth $200 million using a song from Destiny's Child.
1:16.0	If you know, you know.
1:17.1	But yet he's before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
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