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Presidential Debate Strategizing, the NBA Rights Endgame, and New Yorker Editor Succession With Semafor’s Max Tani

Bryan and Max chat about a wide variety of topics, including covering the media beat, the upcoming presidential debates, and more

By Bryan Curtis
Final U.S. Presidential Debate Between President Trump And Democratic Candidate Joe Biden Getty Images


Hello, media consumers! On the Final Edition, Bryan is joined by Max Tani, media editor at Semafor, to discuss the following:

  • Biden and Trump agree to two presidential debates on CNN and ABC (01:33)
  • What to make of the NBA media rights negotiations (19:13)
  • JJ Redick: podcaster and coach? (28:20)
  • The succession plan for The New Yorker’s next editor (35:31)
  • Joe Kahn and the young reporters at NYT (44:23)
  • Covering the media beat (48:15)

Then, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Max Tani
Producer: Eduardo Ocampo

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