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The NFL’s decision to allow ABC to simulcast six extra ‘Monday Night Football’ games from sisterco ESPN has enraged execs from rival networks, prompting some pretty vicious phone calls and accusations of favoritism
 Puck's John Ourand has the story.

Is Goodell Picking Favorites?
Is Goodell Picking Favorites?

The NFL’s decision to allow ABC to simulcast six extra ‘Monday Night Football’ games from sisterco ESPN has enraged executives from rival networks, prompting some pretty vicious phone calls and accusa...

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The LBO biz was once the most disruptive part of Wall Street, planting the seed for the $6T P.E. market. Now, P.E. is pivoting to private credit, a new set of tools are being unleashed, and a new generation of winners will be minted... From Puck's William D. Cohan.

Barbarians at the Pearly Gates
Barbarians at the Pearly Gates

Once upon a time, the LBO business was the most innovative and disruptive part of Wall Street, planting the seed for the $6T private equity market. But now, P.E. is pivoting to private credit, a new s...

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“Inexperience is a leitmotif of this late-stage era in television news, and the more you look around the harder it is to ignore all the unforced errors.” Puck's Dylan Byers charts the still-roiling “clusterfuck” at CBS News, plus the scrutiny of its C.E.O.

McMahon on Wire
McMahon on Wire

The nightmare on 57th Street continues as CBS News chief Wendy McMahon preps for a meeting with incoming Paramount leaders David Ellison and Jeff Shell amid a series of ongoing scandals and micro-scan...

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Pre-gaming the nerve-wracking, existentially terrifying, down-to-the-wire Trump vs. Harris showdown on November 5 with The New York Times’s Peter Baker and The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser. From Puck's John Heilemann.

The End of the G.O.P. As We Know It?
The End of the G.O.P. As We Know It?

Pre-gaming the existentially terrifying, down-to-the-wire Trump vs. Harris showdown with the NYT’s Peter Baker and The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser.

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“Even though RĂȘve kind of smells like Play-Doh and Doux is a poor man’s Santal 33, a source close to Glossier called the debut a ‘rip-roaring success.’” But do Glossier’s new fragrances smell like a liquidity event? Puck's Rachel Strugatz explores.

Glossier & Found
Glossier & Found

RĂȘve and Doux, the company’s new fragrances, had a buoyant debut. But will they offer the sort of sustained success required to create a scent portfolio and offer Emily Weiss that long-awaited exit?

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John McLaughlin, Trump’s favorite pollster, runs the numbers on the campaign: How Trump is expanding his base with unreliable first-time voters, Harris’s ceiling, and what her advisor David Plouffe is getting wrong about the race. From Puck's Tara Palmeri.

Plouffe Love
Plouffe Love

John McLaughlin, Trump’s favorite pollster, returns to run the numbers on the final leg of the campaign: How Trump is expanding his base with unreliable first-time voters, Kamala’s ceiling, and what h...

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“Forget cancel culture; welcome to the era of uncancel culture.” @eriqgardner.bsky.social covers the the dustup over A&E’s police ride-along show, Live PD, and its copycat on Reelz, On Patrol: Live.

‘Live PD’ & The Legal Perils of Uncancel Culture
‘Live PD’ & The Legal Perils of Uncancel Culture

A&E thought its Summer of Floyd decision to drop its top-earning police show was good governance. Then Mark Burnett and MGM started shopping a strikingly similar version.

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Reminiscences about the positive market signals from London’s art auctions—Christie’s domination, Sotheby’s Hockney success, nostalgia for Koons, Hirst, Ruscha, Prince, Freud, and de Kooning. Next up: Paris! From Puck's Marion Maneker.

Ad Hockney
Ad Hockney

Reminiscences about the positive market signals in London—Christie’s domination, Sotheby’s Hockney success, nostalgia for Koons, Hirst, Ruscha, Prince, Freud, and de Kooning. Next up: Paris!

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Sports media agent Matt Kramer extemporizes about CAA’s shifting strategy and the overall evolution of the industry, in which the on-air talent market increasingly resembles the sports media rights economy writ large. From Puck's John Ourand.

CAA’s International Sports Bet & The Talent Murky Middle
CAA’s International Sports Bet & The Talent Murky Middle

Sports media agent Matt Kramer extemporizes about the agency’s shifting strategy and the overall evolution of the industry, in which the on-air talent market increasingly resembles the sports media ri...

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Paramount’s new mogul, David Ellison, and his post-merger deputy, Jeff Shell, are taking meetings with their top execs, as plans for the storied studio—and especially its streaming video ambitions—come into clearer focus. Puck's Matt Belloni has details.

David Ellison Will See You Now
David Ellison Will See You Now

Paramount’s new mogul and his post-merger deputy Jeff Shell are taking meetings with their top executives, as plans for the storied studio—and especially its streaming video ambitions—come into cleare...

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