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Apr 2022
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Two Scaramuccis

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This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the shakeup in the streaming world with Netflix considering ads and CNN+ folding, the end of the public transportation mask mandate, and inflation. 


In the Plus segment: Elon Musk, one more time.


Mentioned In the Show: 

Netflix, Facing Reality Check, Vows to Curb Its Profligate Ways” by Joe Flint

Inattention and Prices Over Time: Experimental Evidence from ‘The Price Is Right’ (1972-2019)” by Jonathan Hartley

Musk’s Twitter funding is secured” by Issie Lapowsky

 

Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth

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