Meta Ruled Not a Monopoly & “Baby Shark” Company Goes Public

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

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Episode 717: Neal and Toby discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s big win against the government as a federal judge says Meta does not hold monopoly power in today’s social media landscape. A big loss for the FTC. Then, Home Depot reports a weak Q3 which is seen as a bad sign for the economy. And, Panera Bread, the once No. 1 fast-casual chain in the US, has steadily declined in the last few years and announces a turnaround plan to bring it back to its glory days. Meanwhile, “Baby Shark Dance,” the extremely popular and catchy tune on YouTube hasn’t quite made the profit that is proportional to its revenue. Finally, much of the internet was out yesterday…what the heck happened? Learn more at usbank.com/splitcard Get your MBD live show tickets here! https://www.tinyurl.com/MBD-HOLIDAY 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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0:40.2	Good morning, Brew Daily show.
0:42.7	I'm Neil Fryman.
0:43.5	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:44.4	Today, can a lettuce change bring Panera back to relevance?
0:47.9	Ben, the company behind the addictingly annoying baby shark song
0:51.5	just went public.
0:53.0	It's Wednesday, November 19th.
0:55.0	Let's ride.
1:01.7	Yes, the nights are feeling extra long right now, but imagine if the sun didn't come up at all.
1:08.1	Because that's the reality for people living in Utkiavik, Alaska. In the northernmost
1:13.0	town in the U.S., formerly known as Barrow, the sunset at 136 p.m. yesterday, and it won't come up
1:19.3	again until January 22nd. For the next 65 days, Uttiavik's 5,000 residents will experience
1:26.1	polar night. It's something they're used to, living 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle, but it probably
1:31.8	isn't easy because not only is it dark all the time, but a quarter of all days in Udkevik
1:36.9	don't see temperatures rise above zero degrees.
1:40.3	Toby, two months of total darkness.
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