Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Thank you. I'm trying. I'm trying. And so...
You're at Barstool. You're at Barstool. And we should say, by the way, you had a partner originally. Yes. Sophie Franklin was your partner back in the day. And there was a riff, a break, which you can go read about. And there's a whole lot about that. Yeah. In retrospect, do you think that was the best thing that ever happened to you?
You're at Barstool. You're at Barstool. And we should say, by the way, you had a partner originally. Yes. Sophie Franklin was your partner back in the day. And there was a riff, a break, which you can go read about. And there's a whole lot about that. Yeah. In retrospect, do you think that was the best thing that ever happened to you?
Do you find that very sad that you sort of started one way and went another way? What's the emotional piece of that? Because a lot of people, and I think we have a lot of business leaders here who have partners or start with partners, end up without partners. And I'm really just curious how you think about that emotionally.
Do you find that very sad that you sort of started one way and went another way? What's the emotional piece of that? Because a lot of people, and I think we have a lot of business leaders here who have partners or start with partners, end up without partners. And I'm really just curious how you think about that emotionally.
You go from Barstool, you go to Spotify, and then you go to Sirius.
You go from Barstool, you go to Spotify, and then you go to Sirius.
So tell us about what you're trying to build here.
So tell us about what you're trying to build here.
Yeah. There's going to be some other stuff which I want to talk about in just a second. But I want to ask you this about building other stars effectively. Is the goal long term? to always have a show and to be the face and brand of this platform? Or, you know, you have Alex Earl now who is taking off in a huge way, right?
Yeah. There's going to be some other stuff which I want to talk about in just a second. But I want to ask you this about building other stars effectively. Is the goal long term? to always have a show and to be the face and brand of this platform? Or, you know, you have Alex Earl now who is taking off in a huge way, right?
She may become massively popular, which would be great, I would imagine, for the network. But how do you think about that long-term? Would you like to build five or 10 of those and then hang out and be the producer of those things?
She may become massively popular, which would be great, I would imagine, for the network. But how do you think about that long-term? Would you like to build five or 10 of those and then hang out and be the producer of those things?
TV. TV. You had a show during the Olympics. Do you want to do more TV?
TV. TV. You had a show during the Olympics. Do you want to do more TV?
Um, okay. I have a final question for you and it's actually about, uh, us, the legacy media. Okay. Oh, um, I'm very curious. I'm going to ask you for advice. Okay. There's a lot of people who say they distrust the legacy media and they actually trust you over the legacy media. Yeah. And I'm very curious if you were advising us what you would tell us to do.
Um, okay. I have a final question for you and it's actually about, uh, us, the legacy media. Okay. Oh, um, I'm very curious. I'm going to ask you for advice. Okay. There's a lot of people who say they distrust the legacy media and they actually trust you over the legacy media. Yeah. And I'm very curious if you were advising us what you would tell us to do.
That was an organic conversation, everybody. Alex Cooper. Thank you, Alex Cooper. Thank you so very much.
That was an organic conversation, everybody. Alex Cooper. Thank you, Alex Cooper. Thank you so very much.
Dealbook Summit is a production of the New York Times. This episode was produced by Evan Roberts and edited by Sarah Kessler. Mixing by Kelly Piclo. Original music by Daniel Powell. The rest of the Dealbook events team includes Julie Zahn, Hilary Kuhn, Angela Austin, Haley Hess, Dana Prakowski, Matt Kaiser, and Yen-Wei Liu.