Billionaires Paying Protection
Scott unpacks billionaires' surprising deference to power
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 28 segments
Kara and Scott discuss Trump's mishandling of Iran, and his vandalism claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Then, lots of drama in Europe as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns, and…
Kara SwisherHost
Most of them I don't know, um, but we are considered a creator in case you're interested.
About five hundred YouTube creators are expected at Cannes, up from four hundred last year, with new UTA and Adobe Creator beaches, so they're taking over the beach.
Cannes added a creative brand lion at the AI craft, for the AI craft category for twenty twenty-six, signaling creators as a core strategy, and they're attracting an unprecedented amount of ad spend.
Creator revenues are set to exceed twenty-one billion this year, more than doubling from twenty twenty-two.
Nano and micro-influencers take forty-nine percent of US creator spend, more than double their share.
No, I mean, uh, long tail It used to be so podcasting is all about the top one hundred.
They get about half the spend, which is unlike, um, other mediums where it all goes to the biggest players.
Brand creator spend jumped twenty-three percent last year, while traditional TV ad budgets fell eight percent.

Most of them I don't know, um, but we are considered a creator in case you're interested.
About five hundred YouTube creators are expected at Cannes, up from four hundred last year, with new UTA and Adobe Creator beaches, so they're taking over the beach.
Cannes added a creative brand lion at the AI craft, for the AI craft category for twenty twenty-six, signaling creators as a core strategy, and they're attracting an unprecedented amount of ad spend.
Creator revenues are set to exceed twenty-one billion this year, more than doubling from twenty twenty-two.
Nano and micro-influencers take forty-nine percent of US creator spend, more than double their share.
No, I mean, uh, long tail It used to be so podcasting is all about the top one hundred.
They get about half the spend, which is unlike, um, other mediums where it all goes to the biggest players.
Brand creator spend jumped twenty-three percent last year, while traditional TV ad budgets fell eight percent.
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Billionaires Paying Protection
Scott unpacks billionaires' surprising deference to power
America’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’
Scott's stark verdict on Trump's Iran strategy
Farage’s Brexit ‘Own Goal’
Scott slams Nigel Farage's Brexit legacy today
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