MSNBC Dumps the Peacock Logo & Job Certs Don’t Actually Pay Off

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

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Episode 651: Neal and Toby chat about MSNBC’s changing of their logo and their name, now MS NOW, part of Comcast’s spin-off of cable channels. And, Soho House, the members-only private club goes…private. Next, non-degree job certifications were very popular during the pandemic years, but a new study finds that they don’t give you the pay bump you were hoping for. Meanwhile, social-media first sitcom shows are becoming a new way for brand marketing. 00:00 - Disney adult super fans 3:45 - MSNBC is MS NOW now 9:00 - Soho House goes private 12:20 - Job certs don’t pay off 17:30 - Toby’s Trends: social media sitcoms 21:00 - Sprint Finish! LinkedIn will even give you a $100 credit on your next campaign so you can try it yourself. Check out LinkedIn.com/mbd for more. Submit your MBD Password Answer here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yzrl1BJY2FAFwXBYtb0CEp8XQB2Y6mLdHkbq9Kb2Sz8/viewform?edit_requested=true 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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0:48.8	Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, MSNBC was teased mercilessly after announcing a new name. Then a private membership club's Soho House is ditching the public markets.
0:55.9	It's Tuesday, August 19th. Let's ride.
1:03.0	Good morning and happy Tuesday. Is it possible that Disney adults are even more powerful than we
1:09.0	thought? Disney expert A. expert AJ Wolf has just released the
1:12.2	definitive book on Disney adults and shared a truly shocking stat on a recent podcast episode.
1:18.0	After conducting meticulous surveys at Disney theme parks last year, her team found that 42% of
1:24.2	people in line to meet Buzz Lightyear were adults without kids. 42%. Lines for other characters
1:31.2	didn't quite reach that mark, but at a minimum, 24% were adults without kids. Overall,
1:36.7	she said her team saw more adults without children in the park than adults with children.
1:41.5	Toby, which Disney character would you wait in line for? Well, this is not a
1:45.2	hypothetical. I am from Florida, so I went to Disney a lot growing up, and I have pictures with
1:50.0	Goofy, Mickey Chippendale. The Chipmunks were my favorite, though. But I come to this stat,
1:55.6	not with judgment, but with understanding because there are Disney adults everywhere for those
2:00.1	with eyes to see.
2:01.3	Cadults are the new thing in the toy industry buying plushies, loboos, and Legos,
2:06.7	adults and teens make up over a quarter of toy sales these days,
2:10.2	so I'm not surprised to see adults descending on Disney.
2:13.4	It's also not their fault that they were raised during the golden era of Disney.
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