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Show Notes

Steven Bartlett built The Diary of a CEO from his bedroom into one of the largest podcasts in the world- now he’s on track to overtake Joe Rogan. But what responsibility comes with a platform reaching over 100 million monthly listeners?

In this episode of Fortune Daily, Ellie Austin sits down with Steven Bartlett to discuss the economics behind his media empire, his platform Steven.com, and what creators owe their audience as podcasts become a primary source of news and information.

Plus, forget land-based data centers—Meta is spending $10 billion to lay 31,000 miles of fiber-optic cable across the ocean floor. Fortune Editorial Director Andrew Nusca breaks down the massive infrastructure project quietly powering the future of AI.

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