Media Monday: The Pelley Post-Mortem & More McAfeebucks
6/15/202625 min
The besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby are reunited to share their deep readings on the latest reverberations of Pelleyghazi before turning their attention to the realities of Pat McAfee economics.
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First 90 secondsJohn Kelly· Panelist0:00
[upbeat music] Pelley created this sort of, uh, disgruntled theater that was, it was not in any way, uh, professionally effective. You know, it was not useful to management or to employees. If you, if you worked at 60 Minutes, Pelley's rant wasn't gonna make you any more safe.
Peter Hamby· Host0:14
Welcome to the Powers That Be Daily, Puck's podcast focused on the intersection of Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood, and the players who run it all. I'm Peter Hamby. It's Monday, June 15th, which means it's Media Monday. Today, John Kelly joins me with some provocative thoughts on the CBS News narrative, and Scott Pelley's exit from 60 Minutes, a firing that was met with howls of anguish by the high priests of journalism. But according to John, kicking Pelley to the West 57th Street curb was precisely the right move. We also take a look at Pat McAfee reportedly negotiating with ESPN for even more money, and why McAfee's programming is so valuable to the worldwide leader. We'll discuss all that and much more on today's episode of the Powers That Be.
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