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The Press Box

More on the Washington Post Bloodbath, Don Lemon’s Arrest, and the ESPN-NFL Deal

The Press Box

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Sports

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel discuss the layoffs at The Washington Post this week (00:43), whether there's any reason for people to continue subscribing to the Post (12:07), and when does The Washington Post stop being The Washington Post of old (22:46). They continue by talking about what Jeff Bezos has to gain from continuing to own the newspaper (28:21), before diving into the NFL-ESPN deal (34:53). After that, Bryan and Joel analyze Don Lemon’s arrest (42:46) and contemplate whether it concerns them as journalists (44:56). The show rounds out with a look at Tina Brown’s appearance in the Epstein files (54:50), and what's happening in the James Talarico-influencer story (59:28). All that and more, here on The Press Box. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel Anderson Producers: Isaiah Blakely and Bruce Baldwin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello media consumers.

0:06.3

Welcome to Press Box Thursday.

0:08.6

It's Brian Curtis.

0:09.7

It's Joel Anderson.

0:10.9

It is producers Bruce Baldwin and Isaiah Blakely.

0:14.3

Coming up,

0:15.2

how worried should we be about the arrest of Don Lemon?

0:18.7

The ESPN and NFL media deal went through the Epstein Files and Tina Brown

0:24.4

and a fascinating story about a Senate candidate and an influencer that takes place in Texas.

0:44.4

But first, Joel, we got to talk more about the Washington Post layoffs.

0:45.7

Yeah, man.

0:48.8

I'm not nearly done talking about this.

0:52.3

Well, you guys, first of all, you guys did a great job talking about it yesterday.

0:55.3

I mean, talking about a very difficult subject.

1:01.0

I mean, it was informative and also just really smart and sensitive to the people going through it.

1:01.6

I thought that was great. And your piece on it was great, too, about the sports section.

1:05.3

So for people that haven't read that, they should get them caught up on how a lot of this happened and you know

1:12.2

what we're all losing as consumers and journalists with the washington post sports section going

1:19.7

away for those that need to be caught up the post laid off more than 300 journalists yesterday

1:28.8

crazy that's a that's several news for 300 journalists yesterday. Crazy.

1:30.4

That's several newsrooms.

1:32.7

Several newsrooms.

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