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surveyed the market for Charles Barkley; Lauren Sherman assessed a fashion=
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Lauren Sherman examines ( https://puck.news/supreme-for-sale/?utm_campaign=
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n the Sephora brand wars.
ART WORLD:
Marion Maneker reveals ( https://puck.news/londons-art-market-loss-is-hong-=
kongs-gain/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_conte=
nt=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_=
source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) an auction pivot and=
gets into ( https://puck.news/what-brooke-lampley-hiring-means-for-gagosia=
n-gallery/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_conten=
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ource=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Gagosian after Gagosi=
an.
WALL STREET:
Bill Cohan imagines ( https://puck.news/david-zaslav-lifeguard-strategy/?ut=
m_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backs=
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mer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the Zaz mind state and parses ( ht=
tps://puck.news/does-sbf-have-a-case-on-appeal/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstor=
y+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F=
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5e3d301d48d28 ) S.B.F.=E2=80=99s legal odds on appeal.
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Matt Belloni captures ( https://puck.news/donald-trump-biopic-the-apprentic=
e-still-looking-for-a-buyer/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%=
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email_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) a n=
ew wave of Trump fears in town.
and=E2=80=A6
Scott Mendelson post-mortems ( https://puck.news/memorial-day-box-office-bl=
oodbath/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_content=
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urce=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the Memorial Day box o=
ffice massacre.
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lly-need-the-nfl/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm=
_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_actio=
n&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Netflix=E2=80=
=99s real needs.
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29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail=
_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) NBC=E2=
=80=99s NBA wish list.
and=E2=80=A6
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4%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Dema=
il_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) on wha=
t
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29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail=
_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
WASHINGTON:
John Heilemann reviews ( https://puck.news/rfk-jr-vs-trump-who-fared-worse-=
at-the-libertarian-confab/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F=
24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Dem=
ail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the r=
espective R.F.K. and Trump face-plants at the Libertarian convention.
and=E2=80=A6
Tara Palmeri anticipates ( https://puck.news/will-hunter-biden-trial-distra=
ct-from-trump-verdict/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%2=
9&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_=
action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) a Hunter =
Biden bounce for Republicans.
and=E2=80=A6
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israel/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_content=
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urce=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) everyone is mad at Bid=
en over Israel.
meanwhile=E2=80=A6
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p-abortion-politics/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&=
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tion&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) a Republica=
n demographic shift.
PODCASTS:
Matt and Lucas Shaw chew over
Hollywood=E2=80=99s dispiriting Memorial Day numbers on The Town ( https://=
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n=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LE=
ADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&ut=
m_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Lauren and the legendary Mickey Drexler cover it all on Fashion People ( ht=
tps://puck.news/podcast_episode/mickey-drexler-the-art-of-the-merchant/?utm=
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er.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Tara and The Mooch dish on the former president=E2=80=99s inner circle on S=
omebody=E2=80=99s Gotta Win ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/dumping-the=
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and=E2=80=A6
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Chasing History
On Thursday afternoon, I was sitting at my desk in Puck=E2=80=99s glamorous=
new downtown office, just a few blocks from the Odeon, when a New York Tim=
es alert hit my iPhone screen: The Trump verdict would be announced in the =
next half hour. I exchanged a glance with Ben Landy, Puck=E2=80=99s executi=
ve editor=E2=80=94a sort of mutual recognition that we were about to live t=
hrough a moment in history.
This timing wasn=E2=80=99t exactly a surprise, of course. Some had predicte=
d the verdict might come in as early as last week. After the holiday weeken=
d, however, it was increasingly clear that it would be delivered by the end=
of this month. In fact, during our weekly ideas meeting, my partner Tara P=
almeri and I had discussed how to address the fact that the verdict would l=
ikely be descending at the very moment that her dispatch for
The Best & The Brightest would land in subscribers=E2=80=99 inboxes. Indeed=
, my newest partner John Heilemann had already dissected and presaged the v=
arious political implications of each possible jury outcome in his perspica=
cious story, The Donald in the Dock ( https://puck.news/if-trump-is-found-g=
uilty-will-people-care/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%=
29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail=
_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
As John noted in his piece, it=E2=80=99s slightly impossible to predict the=
political impact of the former president being charged with behaviors that=
many of his supporters find permissible and his detractors already expect.=
The caveat, however, was an unequivocal outcome like the one that the jury=
reached: guilty on all 34 counts. This verdict isn=E2=80=99t going to pers=
uade ossified voters in Birmingham or Brooklyn, where they already hold
religious opinions about the guy. But in a margin-of-error election that wi=
ll be decided by not just a handful of states, but a half-dozen districts i=
n various metro areas, like Detroit, an unambiguous and incontrovertible ru=
ling matters. Sign up here ( https://puck.news/newsletters/the-best-and-the=
-brightest/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_conte=
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source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) to make sure you nev=
er miss an issue of John=E2=80=99s excellent Sunday night dispatch, which a=
nchors our Best & Brightest franchise. He=E2=80=99ll have more on this topi=
c tomorrow.
Meanwhile, as the jury issued their decision, Tara was wrapping up an utter=
ly fabulous and counterintuitive piece, Trump=E2=80=99s Verdict & The Hunte=
r Smoke Bomb ( https://puck.news/will-hunter-biden-trial-distract-from-trum=
p-verdict/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_conten=
t=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_s=
ource=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ), which previewed the =
next theater in this tawdry general election: the Wilmington courtroom wher=
e Joe Biden=E2=80=99s tragic and yet utterly sleazy son is being tried on g=
un-possession charges. Years ago, I laughed when House Republicans whipped =
themselves into a frenzy concocting a political narrative about the =E2=80=
=9CBiden crime family.=E2=80=9D Truly, I wondered, who could believe such a=
thing about an octogenarian teetotaler who had lost one son and suffered t=
hrough the agony of the other=E2=80=99s various substance-related challenge=
s. And yet, as Tara cogently notes, at least one outside
Trump PAC is betting that the Hunter Biden trial will help erase some of th=
e sting of their guy=E2=80=99s verdict and compel persuadable voters that t=
he current first family isn=E2=80=99t any less appalling than the previous
one.
As all this news was breaking, I was working away on a draft of John Ourand=
=E2=80=99s excellent=E2=80=99s piece about another high-wire act of our tim=
e, albeit one with less historical import. For months, Warner Bros. Discove=
ry C.E.O. David Zaslav has been engaged in a face-saving negotiation to try=
to retain his company=E2=80=99s NBA broadcast rights. The crux, of course,=
is that while Zaz=E2=80=99s TNT may need the live sports package more than=
its competitors, such as Disney and Amazon and NBCU (all of whom also have=
NFL deals), he can=E2=80=99t afford to overpay. As loyal Puck subscribers =
know, Zaz has spent the first two years of his WBD journey reducing the com=
pany=E2=80=99s debt load from $55 billion to $39 billion. That=E2=80=99s a =
Herculean accomplishment, but that=E2=80=99s also still a lot of debt=E2=80=
=94at least enough to make him think twice about forking over a couple bill=
ion a year to broadcast even fewer games than he has now, all in the servic=
e of protecting his
declining pay TV business.
The Zaz NBA saga has been a defining storyline here at Puck for all the obv=
ious reasons. Zaz, both charismatic and reviled, has become a true 21st cen=
tury media Zelig: ambitious and clever, and yet overpaid and often seemingl=
y in over his head. Warner Bros. Discovery, whose debt is twice its market =
cap, sits in the middle of a spectrum between Paramount, whose fire sale is=
finally concluding, and the big guys, like Disney and Comcast. One wonders=
if the NBA deal is a sort of powder keg event. Could losing the rights pus=
h the company into Paramount territory? Would retaining the games give the =
company a chance to survive the next stage of the platform shift?
At Puck we have swarmed this story. This past week, Julia Alexander imagine=
d a non-NBA path for WBD in the brilliant Zaz=E2=80=99s NBA Silver Lining P=
laybook ( https://puck.news/maybe-tnt-doesnt-need-the-nba-after-all/?utm_ca=
mpaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory=
+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.=
io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ). Bill Cohan provided his own veritable=
deal book on the subject in The Tao of Zaz ( https://puck.news/david-zasla=
v-lifeguard-strategy/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29=
&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_a=
ction&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ). Dylan Bye=
rs contemplated the second-order effects in The Barkley Sweepstakes=20
( https://puck.news/if-the-nba-on-nbc-returns-could-charles-barkley-defect/=
?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Ba=
ckstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcu=
stomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ). And in his own fabulous story,=
The Zaz NBA Backtrack ( https://puck.news/david-zaslav-wants-the-nba-but-c=
an-he-afford-it/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%286%2F1%2F24%29&utm_=
content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%285%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action=
&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ), John Ourand su=
rveyed the media investor class on the topic.
Indeed, the Trump verdict may be in, but views on Zaz=E2=80=99s strategy st=
ill run the gamut. And while it may not be once-in-a-lifetime news, the out=
come of this negotiation will have a generational impact on the media indus=
try. It truly is one of the most confounding stories of our time, and exact=
ly what you should expect from Puck.
Have a great weekend,
Jon
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or reading The Backstory, a review of the best work emanating from my partn=
ers at Puck, delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. It was another=
fabulous week: Matt Belloni scooped a fresh Trump Hollywood scandal; John =
Ourand dug into David Zaslav=E2=80=99s deal book; Dylan Byers surveyed the =
market for Charles Barkley; Lauren Sherman assessed a fashion M&A fanta=
sy; Julia Ioffe detailed a Biden micro-scandal while Tara Palmeri previewed=
Hunter=E2=80=99s headache; and Marion Maneker delved into the Gagosian suc=
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P3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NiUyRjElMkYyNCUyOVx1MDA=
yNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg1JTJGMTclMkYyNCUyOVx1MD=
AyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1M=
DAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUz=
ZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjg5NjY3Mn0/767a6b8c271bb37a1a3dd0521e0d0d4a2fd=
1641eeeb47568cbd054051d726fad" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoratio=
n:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">gets into</a></u></b> Gagosian after=
<b>Gagosian</b>.<br/><br/><b>WALL STREET:</b><br/><b>Bill Cohan <u><a href=
=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUd=
QMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZGF2aWQtem=
FzbGF2LWxpZmVndWFyZC1zdHJhdGVneS8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMR=
UFEUyslMjg2JTJGMSUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xF=
QURTKyUyODUlMkYxNyUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ=
1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMj=
giLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6ODk2NjMwfQ/f6=
af55d6cad51e3dbac012b7c93916952b0226d9c40176022c94469376dcb132" style=3D"co=
lor:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">ima=
gines</a></u></b> the <b>Zaz </b>mind state and <b><u><a href=3D"https://em=
ail.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprb=
EZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZG9lcy1zYmYtaGF2ZS1hLWNh=
c2Utb24tYXBwZWFsLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkY=
xJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRj=
E3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y=
3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFs=
IjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDM5Mjd9/b5730561d051d561ff=
98749628ca11b8f8b4cdfc5b55121d34baa93f5f2c707a" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, =
0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">parses</a></u> S.B.=
F.</b>=E2=80=99s legal odds on appeal.<br/><br/><b>HOLLYWOOD:</b><br/><b>Ma=
tt Belloni <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVD=
J4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wd=
WNrLm5ld3MvZG9uYWxkLXRydW1wLWJpb3BpYy10aGUtYXBwcmVudGljZS1zdGlsbC1sb29raW5n=
LWZvci1hLWJ1eWVyLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkY=
xJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRj=
E3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y=
3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFs=
IjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDU3Nzd9/31f6f0a362f314c7ee=
9bab02ffd79e65e67dceea06ac1c4a7cb40fbdbec11412" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, =
0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">captures</a></u></b=
> a new wave of <b>Trump </b>fears in town.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>=
Scott Mendelson <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6I=
mRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6=
Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvbWVtb3JpYWwtZGF5LWJveC1vZmZpY2UtYmxvb2RiYXRoLz91dG1fY2FtcGF=
pZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udG=
VudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVka=
XVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVy=
bT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjg=
iLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo4OTkwMTh9/26bf6c4c34742ac3d07b7bb734288a33570413e63b8ee3792=
f2909e40ca7b7dc" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-we=
ight:bold" class=3D"sdf">post-mortems</a></u></b> the Memorial Day box offi=
ce massacre.<br/><br/><b>SILICON VALLEY:</b><br/><b>Julia Alexander </b>and=
<b>John Ourand <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6I=
mRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6=
Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZG9lcy1uZXRmbGl4LXJlYWxseS1uZWVkLXRoZS1uZmwvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWl=
nbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NiUyRjElMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW=
50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg1JTJGMTclMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpd=
W09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJt=
PWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCI=
sImxpbmtfaWQiOjg5NzIxMH0/3f0593f8d4105e1660d4b9214bd53445507428e36b1b524964=
e9c6eb49a9d1cc" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-wei=
ght:bold" class=3D"sdf">assess</a></u></b> Netflix=E2=80=99s real needs.<br=
/><br/><b>MEDIA:</b><br/><b>Dylan Byers <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.ne=
ws/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlN=
dz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaWYtdGhlLW5iYS1vbi1uYmMtcmV0dXJucy1=
jb3VsZC1jaGFybGVzLWJhcmtsZXktZGVmZWN0Lz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeS=
stK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5K=
y0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1=
MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ=
0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDQwMz=
l9/1b736576f1e9e4c81f81698f07e920b6ac046dae9a362ba987daad6dbcc64185" style=
=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sd=
f">reports on</a></u></b> NBC=E2=80=99s NBA wish list.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6<=
/i><br/>Both Ourand and Julia offer <u><b><a href=3D"https://email.puck.new=
s/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNd=
z0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvbWF5YmUtdG50LWRvZXNudC1uZWVkLXRoZS1u=
YmEtYWZ0ZXItYWxsLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkY=
xJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRj=
E3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y=
3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFs=
IjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDMyMjJ9/464a1041514444121e=
7de4c6863d02d5c2a63973d0c71f178f13a06afb67f7eb" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, =
0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">some wisdom</a></b>=
</u> on what
WBD can do <u><b><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImR=
nVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly=
9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZGF2aWQtemFzbGF2LXdhbnRzLXRoZS1uYmEtYnV0LWNhbi1oZS1hZmZvcmQta=
XQvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NiUyRjElMkYyNCUyOVx1=
MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg1JTJGMTclMkYyNCUyOVx=
1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1=
x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxN=
WUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjkwNDgxNH0/f450b3bcb3f46197c88187d1a33c6c33=
f8c0521b5ad748bb6ded8ce766c488c6" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decora=
tion:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">without the league</a></b></u>.<b=
r/><br/><b>WASHINGTON:</b><br/><b>John Heilemann <u><a href=3D"https://emai=
l.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ=
2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcmZrLWpyLXZzLXRydW1wLXdoby=
1mYXJlZC13b3JzZS1hdC10aGUtbGliZXJ0YXJpYW4tY29uZmFiLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK=
0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUr=
QmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWl=
sX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MD=
YxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX=
2lkIjo5MDAwODl9/bd79a3003922859bd83f7ea0536aa3bed8c49d5dce24579bbe255f7f489=
84a2c" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"=
class=3D"sdf">reviews</a></u></b> the respective R.F.K. and Trump face-pla=
nts at the Libertarian convention.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>Tara Palm=
eri <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQ=
U5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5l=
d3Mvd2lsbC1odW50ZXItYmlkZW4tdHJpYWwtZGlzdHJhY3QtZnJvbS10cnVtcC12ZXJkaWN0Lz9=
1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMj=
Z1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwM=
jZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAw=
MjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2Q=
zMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDQ5NTZ9/354f36674f51d4794245343452264cdc1defa=
244c24a52b6ee556c83051ce42e" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:=
none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">anticipates</a></u></b> a <b>Hunter Bi=
den </b>bounce for Republicans.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>Julia Ioffe =
<u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TT=
ktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mv=
ZXZlcnlib2R5cy1tYWQtYXQtYmlkZW4tYWJvdXQtaXNyYWVsLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0J=
hY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQm=
Fja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX=
2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYx=
NWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2l=
kIjo5MDI1NjJ9/60f39eb493b765e708041da1e96ae749f88fdadb3bb48e17bef6314d3ceac=
710" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" c=
lass=3D"sdf">explains why</a></u></b> everyone is mad at Biden over Israel.=
<br/><i>meanwhile=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>Tina Nguyen <u><a href=3D"https://ema=
il.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbE=
Z2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcmFscGgtcmVlZC1vbi1ldmFuZ=
2VsaWNhbHMtdHJ1bXAtYWJvcnRpb24tcG9saXRpY3MvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0=
b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NiUyRjElMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3R=
vcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg1JTJGMTclMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW=
9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkM=
zAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjkw=
Mzk2OX0/9d736a2b8d645036f9ff2291d7216d089c5319edf893bab1b17d336811e34d2c" s=
tyle=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=
=3D"sdf">illuminates</a></u></b> a Republican demographic shift.<br/><br/><=
b>PODCASTS:</b><br/>Matt and<b> Lucas Shaw </b>chew over
Hollywood=E2=80=99s dispiriting Memorial Day numbers on <i><b><u><a href=3D=
"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC=
1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY2FzdF9lc=
Glzb2RlL3RoZS1tZW1vcmlhbC1kYXktYm94LW9mZmljZS1tZWx0ZG93bi8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWdu=
PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg2JTJGMSUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ=
9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODUlMkYxNyUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT=
1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09Z=
jZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4Iiwi=
bGlua19pZCI6OTA0MzIwfQ/7b6bbc59a17737b8b59ea643895c87d8174b66c158f0462602fb=
4940fd51fabf" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weigh=
t:bold" class=3D"sdf">The Town</a></u></b>.</i><br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/=
>Lauren and the legendary <b>Mickey Drexler </b>cover it all on <b><u><i><a=
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT0=
5LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY=
2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL21pY2tleS1kcmV4bGVyLXRoZS1hcnQtb2YtdGhlLW1lcmNoYW50Lz91dG1f=
Y2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1=
fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG=
1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1d=
G1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFk=
NDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDY0Mjd9/6e0a62bdf41ae10c338a6d086a500b7dce66510c77=
af426af59e2a4eb7d4f338" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;=
font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">Fashion People</a></i></u></b>.<br/><i>and=
=E2=80=A6</i><br/>Tara and <b>The Mooch </b>dish on the former president=E2=
=80=99s inner circle on <b><u><i><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJ=
lbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocm=
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XRyYWluLXdpdGgtYW50aG9ueS1zY2FyYW11Y2NpLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9y=
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5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvbl=
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WQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDY0=
MjZ9/eb8b456b05cd7bfe491592a19c103ccdf1de002cba6fb1a4a59941480b54482e" styl=
e=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"s=
df">Somebody=E2=80=99s Gotta Win</a></i></u></b>.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><b=
r/>Dylan and John Ourand go deep on Zaz=E2=80=99s NBA options on <u><i><b><=
a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9k=
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<td style=3D"padding-bottom: 36px; color: #000000; font-size: 16p=
x; line-height: 30px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">On Thursday afterno=
on, I was sitting at my desk in Puck=E2=80=99s glamorous new downtown offic=
e, just a few blocks from the Odeon, when a <i>New York Times </i>alert hit=
my iPhone screen: The <b>Trump </b>verdict would be announced in the next =
half hour. I exchanged a glance with <b>Ben Landy</b>, Puck=E2=80=99s execu=
tive editor=E2=80=94a sort of mutual recognition that we were about to live=
through a moment in history.<br/><br/>This timing wasn=E2=80=99t exactly a=
surprise, of course. Some had predicted the verdict might come in as early=
as last week. After the holiday weekend, however, it was increasingly clea=
r that it would be delivered by the end of this month. In fact, during our =
weekly ideas meeting, my partner <b>Tara Palmeri </b>and I had discussed ho=
w to address the fact that the verdict would likely be descending at the <i=
>very moment </i>that her dispatch for
The Best & The Brightest would land in subscribers=E2=80=99 inboxes. In=
deed, my newest partner <b>John Heilemann </b>had already dissected and pre=
saged the various political implications of each possible jury outcome in h=
is perspicacious story, <b><i><u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJ=
lbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocm=
VmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaWYtdHJ1bXAtaXMtZm91bmQtZ3VpbHR5LXdpbGwtcGVvc=
GxlLWNhcmUvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NiUyRjElMkYy=
NCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg1JTJGMTclMkY=
yNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b2=
1lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmN=
mM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjg4Nzg2N30/2c6efbd0d4ec2606d7d17b95=
e8f86cc108862c4bd185a2deb11c31df5ab7bc47" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);tex=
t-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">The Donald in the Dock</a=
></u></i></b>. <br/><br/>As John noted in his piece, it=E2=80=99s slightly =
impossible to predict the political impact of the former president being ch=
arged with behaviors that many of his supporters find permissible and his d=
etractors already expect. The caveat, however, was an unequivocal outcome l=
ike the one that the jury reached: guilty on all 34 counts. This verdict is=
n=E2=80=99t going to persuade ossified voters in Birmingham or Brooklyn, wh=
ere they already hold
religious opinions about the guy. But in a margin-of-error election that wi=
ll be decided by not just a handful of states, but a half-dozen <i>district=
s</i> in various metro areas, like Detroit, an unambiguous and incontrovert=
ible ruling matters. <u><b><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpb=
F9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoi=
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AyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg1JTJGMTclMkYyNCUyOVx1M=
DAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1=
MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWU=
zZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjM0MzE3Mn0/db358e3f6538ba3af2e3b82189c375e71d=
ab04042ba295bcc4cc46f4a2f26f2f" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decorati=
on:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">Sign up here</a></b></u> to make su=
re you never miss an issue of John=E2=80=99s excellent Sunday night dispatc=
h, which anchors our Best & Brightest franchise. He=E2=80=99ll have mor=
e on this topic tomorrow.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, as the jury issued their deci=
sion, Tara was wrapping up an utterly fabulous and counterintuitive piece, =
<i><u><b><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1l=
EQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm=
5ld3Mvd2lsbC1odW50ZXItYmlkZW4tdHJpYWwtZGlzdHJhY3QtZnJvbS10cnVtcC12ZXJkaWN0L=
z91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAw=
MjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTA=
wMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdT=
AwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM=
2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDQ5NTZ9/354f36674f51d4794245343452264cdc1de=
fa244c24a52b6ee556c83051ce42e" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoratio=
n:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">Trump=E2=80=99s Verdict & The Hu=
nter Smoke Bomb</a></b></u></i>, which previewed the next theater in this t=
awdry general election: the Wilmington courtroom where <b>Joe Biden</b>=E2=
=80=99s tragic and yet utterly sleazy son is being tried on gun-possession =
charges. Years ago, I laughed when House Republicans whipped themselves int=
o a frenzy concocting a political narrative about the =E2=80=9CBiden crime =
family.=E2=80=9D Truly, I wondered, who could believe such a thing about an=
octogenarian teetotaler who had lost one son and suffered through the agon=
y of the other=E2=80=99s various substance-related challenges. And yet, as =
Tara cogently notes, at least one outside Trump PAC is betting that the <b>=
Hunter Biden</b> trial will help erase some of the sting of their guy=E2=80=
=99s verdict and compel persuadable voters that the current first family is=
n=E2=80=99t any less appalling than the previous
one. <br/><br/>As all this news was breaking, I was working away on a draft=
of <b>John Ourand</b>=E2=80=99s excellent=E2=80=99s piece about another hi=
gh-wire act of our time, albeit one with less historical import. For months=
, Warner Bros. Discovery C.E.O. <b>David Zaslav </b>has been engaged in a f=
ace-saving negotiation to try to retain his company=E2=80=99s NBA broadcast=
rights. The crux, of course, is that while Zaz=E2=80=99s TNT may need the =
live sports package more than its competitors, such as Disney and Amazon an=
d NBCU (all of whom <i>also </i>have NFL deals), he can=E2=80=99t afford to=
overpay. As loyal Puck subscribers know, Zaz has spent the first two years=
of his WBD journey reducing the company=E2=80=99s debt load from $55 billi=
on to $39 billion. That=E2=80=99s a Herculean accomplishment, but that=E2=
=80=99s also still <i>a lot</i> of debt=E2=80=94at least enough to make him=
think twice about forking over a couple billion a year to broadcast even f=
ewer games than he has now, all in the service of protecting his
declining pay TV business.<br/><br/>The Zaz NBA saga has been a defining st=
oryline here at Puck for all the obvious reasons. Zaz, both charismatic and=
reviled, has become a true 21st century media Zelig: ambitious and clever,=
and yet overpaid and often seemingly in over his head. Warner Bros. Discov=
ery, whose debt is twice its market cap, sits in the middle of a spectrum b=
etween Paramount, whose fire sale is finally concluding, and the big guys, =
like Disney and Comcast. One wonders if the NBA deal is a sort of powder ke=
g event. Could losing the rights push the company into Paramount territory?=
Would retaining the games give the company a chance to survive the next st=
age of the platform shift?<br/><br/>At Puck we have <i>swarmed </i>this sto=
ry. This past week, <b>Julia Alexander </b>imagined a non-NBA path for WBD =
in the brilliant <i><b><u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF=
9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoia=
HR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvbWF5YmUtdG50LWRvZXNudC1uZWVkLXRoZS1uYmEtYWZ0ZXItYWxs=
Lz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTA=
wMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdT=
AwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cd=
TAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVl=
M2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo5MDMyMjJ9/464a1041514444121e7de4c6863d02d5c2=
a63973d0c71f178f13a06afb67f7eb" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decorati=
on:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">Zaz=E2=80=99s NBA Silver Lining Pla=
ybook</a></u></b></i>. <b>Bill Cohan </b>provided his own veritable deal bo=
ok on the subject in <i><b><u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbW=
FpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmI=
joiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZGF2aWQtemFzbGF2LWxpZmVndWFyZC1zdHJhdGVneS8_dXRt=
X2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg2JTJGMSUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXR=
tX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODUlMkYxNyUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dX=
RtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2d=
XRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAx=
ZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6ODk2NjMwfQ/f6af55d6cad51e3dbac012b7c93916952b0226d9=
c40176022c94469376dcb132" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:non=
e;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">The Tao of Zaz</a></u></b></i>. <b>Dylan =
Byers </b>contemplated the second-order effects in <i><b><u><a href=3D"http=
s://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGc=
tNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaWYtdGhlLW5iYS1vbi=
1uYmMtcmV0dXJucy1jb3VsZC1jaGFybGVzLWJhcmtsZXktZGVmZWN0Lz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249V=
GhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODYlMkYxJTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1U=
aGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NSUyRjE3JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWV=
tYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNm=
M2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsa=
W5rX2lkIjo5MDQwMzl9/1b736576f1e9e4c81f81698f07e920b6ac046dae9a362ba987daad6=
dbcc64185" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:b=
old" class=3D"sdf">The Barkley Sweepstakes</a></u></b></i>. And in his own =
fabulous story, <i><b><u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9=
pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdQMC1NZGctNkprbEZ2NEZFQUlNdz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaH=
R0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZGF2aWQtemFzbGF2LXdhbnRzLXRoZS1uYmEtYnV0LWNhbi1oZS1hZ=
mZvcmQtaXQvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NiUyRjElMkYy=
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