{"podcast":{"title":"FT News Briefing","slug":"ft-news-briefing-73509","podcast_index_feed_id":73509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf","website_url":"http://ft.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1771582499067-6d97f00e-76d7-4cba-88d5-a1a9d37b4494.jpeg","author":"Forhecz Topher","episode_count":2141,"summary":"A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509"},"episode":{"title":"GameStop’s wild bid for eBay","slug":"gamestop-s-wild-bid-for-ebay","published_at":"2026-05-08T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/gamestop-s-wild-bid-for-ebay","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/gamestops-wild-bid-for-ebay","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/69fd059a2b71c054a372ebc8/media.mp3","summary":"Big Tech groups are expected to generate the smallest amount of cash in more than a decade this year, and investors are dumping Indian assets. Plus, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, has set his sights on his next project: a huge leveraged buyout of eBay. Mentioned in this podcast: Big Tech’s $725bn AI spending spree sends cash flows to decade low Investors dump Indian assets as energy shock sends rupee sliding Can the meme stock king pull off audacious eBay swoop? Political Fix podcast Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino , and produced by Katya Kumkova, Saffeya Ahmed, and Victoria Craig. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.  Credit: CNBC Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Big Tech groups are expected to generate the smallest amount of cash in more than a decade this year, and investors are dumping Indian assets. Plus, GameS…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":758,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/gamestop-s-wild-bid-for-ebay/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/gamestop-s-wild-bid-for-ebay.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}