State of Play: Streaming, Cable Bundles, and the Media

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Vox Media Podcast Network

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Tom Rogers, the executive chairman of Engine Media and the first president of NBC Cable, joins Scott to discuss everything concerning media trends, streaming VoD, and cutting the cord with cable. Tom shares why he’s bullish on Netflix, the challenges he sees for Disney, and his thoughts on a new model for news. Scott opens with his election takeaways, Pfizer’s vaccine announcement, and his thoughts on Shopify’s partnership with TikTok. This week’s Office Hours: Apple’s decision to get into search, changing Facebook’s business model, and advice to young entrepreneurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Episode 35, the atomic number of bromine. You can run for president in the US at age 35.
0:05.2	It's also clear you can run for president at the age of 140, fucking five. Jesus Christ,
0:09.2	enough already pop, pop. We have a new president. I don't like to be political, but have we the
0:14.5	opportunity? Do we have the opportunity to embrace empathy, science, and Jesus? And why would I talk
0:19.9	about Jesus as an atheist? Because Jesus started and finished with love the poor. What do I say to
0:24.9	Jesus, empathy, and science? Go, go, and go.
0:39.0	Welcome to the 35th episode of The Proof G Show. In today's episode, we speak with Tom Rogers,
0:44.1	the former president of the NBC cable and the current executive chairman of engine media.
0:49.2	He is also the founder of CNBC and former CEO of Tivo in an incredibly blue flame thinker
0:55.0	around media. Tom and I discuss all sorts of things surrounding the state of play,
0:59.5	concerning media, consumption, and social media. So, okay, what's happening? After days of
1:04.7	non-stop news consumption, Joe Biden was declared the president elect of the United States over the weekend.
1:09.5	Senator Kamala Harris will become the first woman, mad and vice president. Then it's a nice
1:13.8	ring to end, doesn't? And women of color to hold the vice president position. And in more than
1:18.2	74 million votes, Joe Biden received the most votes in any presidential election while Donald
1:23.1	Trump became the first president to lose the popular vote twice in the first one term presidents
1:28.3	since George H. W. Bush in 1993. What happened here? What are some of the takeaways? 60 cents. 60 cents
1:36.0	cost the president's reelection. What cost 60 cents? That's how much cloth there is in a mask.
1:44.0	Simply put, COVID-19 delivered the presidency to who I believe is the weakest candidate in 50 years.
1:49.6	I think Joe Biden is a wonderful man. I think he's a decent man, voted for him, word for him.
1:55.1	A terrible candidate. We shouldn't have people in their late 70s running for president. Biology
2:00.8	is not politically correct. The Republicans believe that the novel coronavirus listens to them,
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