Welcome back to What I’m Hearing, and happy Passover to those who are celebrating…

Programming note: On The Town, Lucas Shaw and I debated the potential impact of Netflix hiding its subscriber numbers, consultant John Peters explained a “Thrive Index,” and Nathan Hubbard defended Taylor Swift from my TikTok critique. Subscribe here and here. And while you’re at it, sign up for Fashion People, the new pod from Puck’s perpetually best-dressed author, Lauren Sherman.

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Discussed in this issue: Shari Redstone, Joanna Coles, David Bonderman, Taylor Swift, Pete Micelli, John Malone, Lucian Grainge, Steve Cohen, David Ellison, Lauren Sánchez, and… Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

But first…