Rohan Goswami

So unless he firms up his financing, unless the sovereigns come in,

And unless he manages to sort of get in a time machine and undo the damage he did to himself this morning, no, there's no chance in hell.

I would actually bet, if I was allowed to bet and you were allowed to take the other side of that bet, that by Wednesday, not even by Friday, by Wednesday, eBay's board will have said, thanks, no thanks.

And Ryan will sell his shares at a handsome profit and walk away.

Ed, always a pleasure.

Ed, always good to be here.

Well, let's be clear.

This was a chaotic day in D.C., so I actually ended up live streaming from D.C., a very effective use of this reporter's time.

But I spoke with a number of folks who were in the room in and around the hearing.

And look, you had a bit of everything.

You had some senators, some Republicans, unsurprisingly talking about woke programming and the issues that they've historically had with Netflix and big tech generally.

But then you also had a lot of fair and detailed analysis and scrutiny over...

Well, as we've talked about, two of the largest streaming platformings being combined, right?

It's not an everyday thing, and there was a lot of fair and, I think, righteous, almost, interrogation of that.

But by all accounts, and this is from staffers, from...

folks who are advising this, Ted Sarandos held himself out very well, right?

That was who Netflix sent their co-CEO.

Warner Brothers didn't think this was worth David Zaslav's time.

Apparently, they sent their M&A guy who, by all accounts, is a great guy.

Paramount, of course, was invited to attend and declined.