The Powers That Be: Daily

Malique Morris joins Peter to dig into Vinted, the $9 billion Lithuanian resale platform now spending more than $10 million to crack the U.S. market—and rattling eBay enough to trigger a $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop. Then they discuss how Vestiaire Collective’s new C.E.O. and higher seller fees are reshaping the luxury resale market.

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Marianna Sotomayor—Puck’s new Capitol Hill correspondent—joins Peter to dig into the sudden Democratic panic about losing the House in November, after the Supreme Court’s blow to the Voting Rights Act sent Republican-led southern states racing to redraw their maps, and the Virginia Supreme Court killed the Democrats’ counter-play. Marianna explains why even the smartest prognosticators won’t predict a winner now, and why some lawmakers want a truce.

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John Ourand joins Peter from Upfronts Week in New York, where NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been telling everyone in earshot that the league is the only programming that still moves ad budgets. John also discusses his scoop that Netflix has muscled YouTube out of a new NFL package, before turning to the conspicuously quiet U.S. buildup to the 2026 World Cup.

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Amid their own pivot to video, the besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to chew over James Murdoch’s shocking but unsurprising bid for Vox Media’s most valuable assets. Then the duo weigh in on a surprising wrinkle in the NFL’s attempt to bid up its broadcast partners.

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Lauren’s guest is The Ringer’s Amanda Dobbins. They discuss the best and worst of the Met Gala red carpet, the Bezos discourse, the tech bro discourse, why the theme of the gala and the exhibit have to be different (do they?), plus more ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ talk.


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