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Two Scaramuccis

Slate Money talks streaming services, mask mandates and inflation.

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Episode Notes

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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About the Show

A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers.

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Hosts

  • Emily Peck is a veteran journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at national outlets like HuffPost, the Wall Street Journal, and the American Lawyer.

  • Felix Salmon is a host of the Slate Money podcast.

  • Elizabeth Spiers is Slate’s Pay Dirt columnist. She was the founding editor of Gawker and the former editor in chief of the New York Observer. Prior to Gawker, she was a financial analyst.