# Lively vs Baldoni: Inside Hollywood’s PR machine Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slow-newscast-1064150/lively-vs-baldoni-inside-hollywood-s-pr-machine Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slow-newscast-1064150/lively-vs-baldoni-inside-hollywood-s-pr-machine.md Podcast: [The Slow Newscast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slow-newscast-1064150) Published: 2026-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-tortoise-podcast/episodes/lively-vs-baldoni-inside-hollywoods-pr-machine Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a01a32037a1e7308d6c9bbf/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-slow-newscast-1064150/episodes/lively-vs-baldoni-inside-hollywood-s-pr-machine Duration seconds: 2128 ## Resource Blake Lively’s legal action against Justin Baldoni was settled just two weeks before it was due to go to trial. But the legal documents filed by both sides reveal something darker than a celebrity feud; a new troubling PR playbook. Reporting: Stephen Armstrong and Casey Magloire. Producers: Casey Magloire and Katie Gunning. Sound design: Dominic Delargy Artwork: Lucy Stevenson Editor: Jasper Corbett  Clips credits; ITV news Vogue New York Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-slow-newscast-1064150/episodes/lively-vs-baldoni-inside-hollywood-s-pr-machine/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slow-newscast-1064150/lively-vs-baldoni-inside-hollywood-s-pr-machine.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.