Kara Swisher Calls It Now: the Paramount Merger Won’t Go Through | Pivot

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 28, 2026

Duration

58m

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Pivot

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott discuss Paramount's decision to pause its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, and predict whether the blockbuster deal will ultimately go through. Then, Meta's latest ad campaign puts an optimistic spin on AI, but Scott has a few ideas for better taglines. Plus, Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner jokes fall flat, and the FDA's decision to ease restrictions helps fuel America's peptide boom. 00:00 Intro 00:22 Paramount Pauses WBD Merger 16:40 The End of the WHCD? 24:15 Meta’s AI Optimism Ad 37:084Trump Launching EU Investigation 41:09 The Rise of Peptides 48:13 Wins and Fails #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #paramount #warnerbrosdiscovery #meta #ai #trump #whitehouse #press #media #peptides #glp1 Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Scott Galloway

  host

  Professor of marketing and entrepreneur; co-host of Pivot and commentator on business and tech.

• Kara Swisher

  host

  Journalist and podcast host covering technology, media, and politics; co-host of Pivot.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Kara Swisher Calls It Now: the Paramount Merger Won’t Go Through | Pivot explores pivot weighs Paramount merger woes, media rituals, AI spin, peptides They argue the Paramount-related merger pause is less about legal merits than strategic delay, ticking-fee economics, and investor belief that the deal may never close.

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