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Good morning, Welcome back to The Backstory, your weekend review of the best 
new work at Puck. It was another remarkable week: Matt Belloni cornered Rob 
Bonta on his shaky case against the Paramount–WBD merger and revealed the 
Hollywood frenzy to sign 21-year-old Backrooms wunderkind Kane Parsons; Eriq 
Gardner considered the odds that Bonta’s antitrust suit would reach SCOTUS; 
Dylan Byers scooped the 60 Minutes correspondent shakeup; Bill Cohan relayed 
George Noble’s dot-com-dwarfing bubble warning;  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ 
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Jon Kelly


Good morning,

Welcome back to The Backstory, your weekend review of the best new work at 
Puck.

It was another remarkable week: Matt Belloni cornered Rob Bonta on his shaky 
case against the Paramount–WBD merger and revealed the Hollywood frenzy to 
sign 21-year-old Backrooms wunderkind Kane Parsons; Dylan Byers scooped the 
60 Minutes correspondent shakeup; Bill Cohan relayed George Noble’s 
dot-com-dwarfing bubble warning; Ian Krietzberg investigated the A.I. agents 
rewriting Grindr’s codebase; John Ourand canvassed a dozen MLB officials on 
the coming lockout; Julia Alexander evaluated the Times’s new local 
playbook; Lauren Sherman parsed Tadashi Yanai’s combustible Uniqlo 
micromanagement; Rachel Strugatz assessed the Marc Jacobs Beauty debut that 
rescued Coty; Malique Morris scrutinized the cookie-stuffing scandal roiling 
Phoebe Gates’s Phia; and Marion Maneker contemplated Paul Klee’s angels at 
the Jewish Museum.

Down in D.C., Julia Ioffe chronicled the Russia sanctions bill that became 
Lindsey Graham’s final cause; Peter Hamby dissected some fresh polling on 
Trump’s corruption liability and sketched Graham’s two-act turn from McCain’s 
wingman to Trump’s most loyal defender; Leigh Ann Caldwell profiled the 
populist left’s last best hope for a Senate victory; and Marianna Sotomayor 
eavesdropped on the G.O.P. leadership’s standoff with SAVE Act rebel Anna 
Paulina Luna.

Check out these stories, and others, via the links below. And stick around 
for the backstory on how it all came together.

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FASHION


Lauren Sherman sizes up Tadashi Yanai’s volatile “lifetime appointment” at 
Uniqlo.
and…
Rachel Strugatz tallies the Marc Jacobs Beauty debut that saved Coty’s 
post-Gucci year.
meanwhile…
Malique Morris interrogates the affiliate model behind Phoebe Gates’s 
embattled Phia.







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ART MARKET


Marion Maneker wanders the Jewish Museum’s late-period Paul Klee 
retrospective.







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HOLLYWOOD


Matt Belloni tracks the studio frenzy over 21-year-old Backrooms director 
Kane Parsons and presses Rob Bonta on his case against the Paramount–WBD 
merger.







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A.I.


Ian Krietzberg clocks how agents now write most of Grindr’s code and flags 
A.I.’s status as the most underpriced political issue heading into ’28.







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AIR MAIL


Rickie De Sole puts Thom Browne in the haute seat.
and…
Linda Wells heralds the peptide generation.







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MEDIA


Dylan Byers previews the new 60 Minutes slate and a threatening Bill Owens 
memoir.
and…
Julia Alexander outlines the challenges for the Times’s experiment in the 
Twin Cities.







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SPORTS


John Ourand ponders MLB’s eerie calm before a near-certain 2027 lockout.
and…
Eriq Gardner umpires the Chicago Cubs’ two-decade war against the 
Wrigleyville rooftop bleachers.







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WALL STREET


Bill Cohan consults George Noble on the potential A.I. bubble blast radius 
and diagnoses the regulatory snags stalling the WarnerMount close.







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WASHINGTON


Julia Ioffe revisits the Russia sanctions bill that Lindsey Graham died 
championing.
and…
Peter Hamby traces Graham’s arc from McCain bestie to Trump loyalist.
and…
Leigh Ann Caldwell weighs whether Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate primary 
can prove the populist left’s viability in purple states.
meanwhile…
Marianna Sotomayor charts Anna Paulina Luna’s one-woman blockade of the 
House floor over the SAVE Act.







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PODCASTS


Dylan and Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner mixed it up over his new 
YouTube show on The Grill Room.
and…
Matt and California Film Commission chief Colleen Bell hash out the state’s 
$750 million Hollywood bet on The Town.





The Game Within the Game



On Sunday morning, I completed one of those great middle-aged rites of 
passage—I drove from our house in Montclair to retrieve my older son, Jack, 
from sleepaway camp in the Adirondacks, then back down I-87 (and plenty of 
rambling backcountry roads) to Cooperstown, New York, the birthplace of 
baseball.

Dedicated readers of this newsletter and avid The Powers That Be: Media 
Monday listeners may already be familiar with my youth baseball avocation. 
Vince Lombardi, the legendary former Packers coach, once famously expressed 
the view that the priorities of his players should be God, family, and the 
Green Bay Packers—in that order. For me, the past five years have been 
largely devoted to my wife and two boys; Puck; and the Montclair Bulldogs, 
Jack’s team, where I serve as an assistant coach. And the priorities were 
not always in that order, I can assure you.





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The Bulldogs, I can humbly say, have had a great run—two tournament titles 
and another two league championships, despite some pretty stacked divisions. 
We’ve even had to check birth certificates once or twice. (Thank goodness 
our head coach is a lawyer…) I loved playing baseball as a kid, but I’ve 
never enjoyed the game more than as a volunteer coach later in life. Rare 
are the opportunities in your 40s, especially when you’re running a 
business, to be a part of a competition where most of the players forget the 
score a couple hours later.

Anyway, the culmination of the Bulldogs’ success was a ticket to Cooperstown 
Dreams Park to participate in a tournament against 103 other teams from 
across the U.S., Canada, and Asia. During the better part of the week, I 
tried to conduct business from upstate New York’s vast network of Hampton 
Inns, the boys’ barracks in the baseball complex, and various and sundry 
dugouts and ersatz bullpens. The Bulldogs acquitted themselves well in both 
pool play and the knockout round, beating teams from Ohio, Michigan, and 
Utah before eventually letting one get away against a club from California 
on Thursday afternoon—a loss that effectively ended their careers in youth 
baseball. Next fall, they’ll play on full-size diamonds, use heavier bats, 
and begin to recalibrate their big-league dreams.


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For me, the highlight of this week was watching how much our kids actually 
love a game that has gone in and out of favor since its heyday in the radio 
age—with notable ebbs during the various labor disputes, the existential 
lost season of ’94, the steroid and moneyball eras, etcetera. One of the 
best parts of the Cooperstown experience, in fact, happened far from the 
playing fields; after the games, the Bulldogs would congregate with other 
teams to trade pins—yes, pins—and talk shop. In an era of TikTok and 
Instagram hyperactivity, it’s quite extraordinary to behold a gaggle of boys 
staying out past dark on the grass, swapping cheap pewter and tips on how to 
lay off a high fastball. It’s a great harbinger for the sport.

Indeed, this sentiment was valuable context for the economic storm clouds 
hanging over Major League Baseball, whose heroes are enshrined annually 
about five miles down the road from the tournament venue. Baseball has never 
been more popular—a data point broadly supported by heightened engagement 
across its various media partners—and yet the financial underpinnings of the 
sport have rarely been more precarious. The regional sports network economy, 
which buttressed the franchises for decades, has been hollowed out, and 
national MLB media rights are far less valuable than those for the NFL and 
NBA. Baseball became America’s national pastime, in part, because its casual 
pace of play was perfect for the AM-dial era. But the game’s extended 
duration and unpredictable breaks were challenging for advertisers. And, 
well, football fits more perfectly into a TV frame.

Most pressingly, the end of the R.S.N.s has created a veritable caste system 
wherein small-market teams simply can’t compete against the big-city 
franchises. Michael Lewis famously narrated the first act of this dynamic, 
but we now live in a world in which Shohei Ohtani makes more in a year than 
all of the Pittsburgh Pirates combined. Even a blockhead could tell you that 
we’re headed for a labor stoppage after this season ends, as the players and 
owners fight over a potential salary cap.

In Smiling Through the Baseball Apocalypse, which I helped edit over a 
hamburger and a local Ommegang at the Lake Front Restaurant, about a stone’s 
throw from the Hall, my partner John Ourand laid out the battle lines of 
this complex and intractable conflict. He also added a few interesting and 
rather sanguine wrinkles to the narrative. As one media executive told John, 
“Everyone just assumes that we’re going to hear a lot of rhetoric from both 
sides. And then they’ll get a deal done at the eleventh hour because 
baseball can’t afford to miss a full season, and the players can’t afford to 
miss paychecks.”

The executives that John canvassed largely exhibited a surprisingly cool 
demeanor, which might owe to the fact that baseball’s media contracts have 
clauses that provide rebates for missed games. “I don’t have to come up with 
too many contingencies in terms of where we’re reinvesting our money if MLB 
loses games in April and May,” another media executive told John. “But if 
baseball loses the whole season, that’s a whole different story.”

As John noted, the sport is truly in a Gordian knot—at peak popularity, with 
a challenged economic model, and all the pressure in the world to sort out 
its internal dynamics in public. And yet that’s precisely the sort of 
pressure that should compel the MLB’s stakeholders, who are so often yoked 
to its past, to think more radically than ever before. So what if America’s 
pastime is in need of some reinvention for a new generation? That, after 
all, is one of the great stories of our time, and one of the leitmotifs of 
Puck.




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Have a great weekend,
Jon

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2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlu=
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e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.2;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:20px;"><p =
style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:0px;">America is ready to build. So =
what=E2=80=99s the hold up? Our broken permitting system.</p><p =
style=3D"margin:0;
margin-bottom:0px;">=C2=A0</p><p =
style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:0px;">Stalled projects mean higher =
prices for families and fewer jobs. These are costs we can=E2=80=99t =
afford.</p><p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:0px;">=C2=A0</p><p =
style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:0px;">It=E2=80=99s time to prioritize =
permitting reform before America gets left behind.</p><p =
style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:0px;">=C2=A0</p><p =
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bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:12px;"><img alt=3D"FASHION" =
src=3D"https://userimg-assets.customeriomail.com/images/client-env-107382=
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role=3D"presentation" =
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"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" =
style=3D"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>Lauren =
Sherman
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvdW=
5pcWxvLWNlby10YWRhc2hpLXlhbmFpLWlzLXN0aWxsLWNhbGxpbmctdGhlLXNob3RzLz9wcj1=
lMzQ1NmJjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5=
NzJhYzI3OTA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3J=
TJGMTglMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMj=
g3JTJGMTglMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3V=
yY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVy=
bmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODU4NzQ2fQ/3e3a7e6bcd=
289e3375428a9ef42a0e1464fb9762c5cdc7efa2a3c868e5e55119" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">sizes up</a> =
<strong>Tadashi Yanai</strong>=E2=80=99s volatile =E2=80=9Clifetime =
appointment=E2=80=9D at =
Uniqlo.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Rachel Strugatz =
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mvd2=
lsbC1tYXJjLWphY29icy1iZWF1dHktd2luLW92ZXItZ2VuLXovP3ByPWUzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjc=
wZjRhOTc5MzM3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzYzE4MThmNzk3MmFjMjc5MDZcdTAw=
MjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxOCUyRjI2JTI5X=
HUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxOCUyRjI2JT=
I5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1wdWNrLWNpb1x=
1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYx=
NWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NjYyMjd9/9e44f2af5b2398e561b88c338baf=
af4976a7e0f2a9cebc575497b5c292e3bf4e" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">tallies</a> the Marc =
Jacobs Beauty debut that saved Coty=E2=80=99s post-Gucci
year.<br/><em>meanwhile=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Malique Morris =
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvY2=
FuLXBoaWFzLWFmZmlsaWF0ZS1tb2RlbC1zdXJ2aXZlLXRoZS1zY2FuZGFsLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJ=
jMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3=
OTA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTglM=
kYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMT=
glMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHV=
jay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoi=
ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODY3MDE2fQ/b04f5828813472d71e=
2e34e0b20f82feca50bcd3c7254c2df4fbc18ac30dc511" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">interrogates</a> the =
affiliate model behind <strong>Phoebe Gates</strong>=E2=80=99s embattled =
Phia.</p></div>
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style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000;"><span =
style=3D"word-break:break-word;">=E2=80=8A</span>
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cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" =
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style=3D"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>Marion =
Maneker
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvYX=
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OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4N=
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I4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc29=
1cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRl=
cm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg2MjgwNX0/7297fd866=
d0199b29f6fac4f065c8ea23ba0c2a0fd86687bebfef51c4e305be0" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">wanders</a> the =
Jewish Museum=E2=80=99s late-period <strong>Paul Klee</strong> =
retrospective.</p></div>
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style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>Matt Belloni
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvY2=
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yUyODclMkYxOCUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQU=
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01be7bf69e3228f94a3d99fbf1ca43b9d66980510608112b034a4f021c5a" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">tracks</a> the studio =
frenzy over 21-year-old <em>Backrooms</em> director <strong>Kane =
Parsons</strong> and <a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mvcm=
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MrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1=
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614f43554e9b1dae907e0c48a5c8475eafe36fbc3a2064522844fa24866" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">presses</a> =
<strong>Rob Bonta</strong> on his case against the Paramount=E2=80=93WBD =
merger.</p></div>
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style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000;"><span =
style=3D"word-break:break-word;">=E2=80=8A</span>
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style=3D"font-family:'PuckSerifDisplay','Georgia';font-size:20px;font-wei=
ght:700;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;letter-spacing:normal;text-align=
:left;line-height:normal;">A.I.
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style=3D"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>Ian =
Krietzberg
</strong><a =
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05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZ3=
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YTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3OTA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrL=
StMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTglMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3Rvcn=
krLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTglMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx=
1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0=
OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODY5M=
DgzfQ/6a9f8080360a2d7d0699a35a6b9be86b60155f927a1057ea08fd1964e0a6cbce" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">clocks</a> how agents =
now write most of Grindr=E2=80=99s code and <a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mvd2=
lsbC1hbWVyaWNhcy1uZXh0LXByZXNpZGVudC1ydW4tYWdhaW5zdC1haS8_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzF=
mNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQyYjMxY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkw=
Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGM=
jYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4JT=
JGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2s=
tY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2=
YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg2MTkyNH0/385e2e2699ddd2a8a64f8=
34a5535361c0efec13fc7d4ba8493e72786840d3b00" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">flags</a> =
A.I.=E2=80=99s status as the most underpriced political issue heading =
into =E2=80=9928.</p></div>
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style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000;"><span =
style=3D"word-break:break-word;">=E2=80=8A</span>
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style=3D"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>Rickie De =
Sole
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05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9haXJtYWlsLm5ld3=
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TAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMj=
lcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHU=
wMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1=
ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg3Mjc4MH0/5d66a80d15cc568f284e3c0ed8384=
530712813c96c0310a6a3143052042bf69d" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">puts</a> <strong>Thom =
Browne </strong>in the haute =
seat.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Linda Wells </strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9haXJtYWlsLm5ld3=
MvZml0bmVzcy8yMDI2LzcvZ2VuZXJhdGlvbi1wZXB0aWRlP3ByPWUzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjcwZjR=
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peptide generation.</p></div>
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style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000;"><span =
style=3D"word-break:break-word;">=E2=80=8A</span>
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e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>Dylan Byers
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href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mvbm=
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3e6c40cb1b346ce095a7ff2037b2e05669135e193a60af4bb6a67685971332" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">previews</a> the new =
<em>60 Minutes</em> slate and a threatening <strong>Bill Owens</strong> =
memoir.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Julia Alexander =
</strong><a =
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challenges for the <em>Times</em>=E2=80=99s experiment in the Twin =
Cities.</p>
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cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" =
style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-break:break-word;=
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style=3D"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>John Ourand
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mvd2=
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f149f52afb0b98b7f5c7b103ab9ee9d12764b8c56c" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">ponders</a> =
MLB=E2=80=99s eerie calm before a near-certain 2027 =
lockout.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Eriq Gardner </strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvY2=
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242103c78d93f5566264fd905b45cbecb61abede71e083a8f0c" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">umpires</a> the =
Chicago Cubs=E2=80=99 two-decade war against the Wrigleyville rooftop =
bleachers.</p></div>
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style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000;"><span =
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bCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg2NjAxM30/3197caf654afc=
8a10f1e41f7dacfbf1ecc643f3b0a94ef88401be09c3d1651b5" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">consults</a> =
<strong>George Noble</strong> on the potential A.I. bubble blast radius =
and <a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvY2=
FuLXJlZ3VsYXRvcnMtc3RvcC10aGUtd2FybmVybW91bnQtbWVyZ2VyLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY=
0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3OTA2=
XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTglMkYyN=
iUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTglMk=
YyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1=
jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZj=
NjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODU3NzUxfQ/40e8b12ef79c51e34c6809=
e080ee82d0eb4f728c21cf042579901f948e806385" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">diagnoses</a> the =
regulatory snags stalling the WarnerMount close.</p></div>
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cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" =
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ff;border-radius:0;color:#000000;width:600px;margin:0 auto;" =
width=3D"600"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"y o" width=3D"100%" =
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style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000;"><span =
style=3D"word-break:break-word;">=E2=80=8A</span>
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role=3D"presentation" =
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eight:0;"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" =
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bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:12px;"><img alt=3D"WASHINGTON" =
src=3D"https://userimg-assets.customeriomail.com/images/client-env-107382=
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ght:700;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;letter-spacing:normal;text-align=
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<table class=3D"p" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" =
cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" =
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"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" =
style=3D"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><strong>Julia Ioffe
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZ3=
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OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4N=
yUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJT=
I4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc29=
1cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRl=
cm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg2ODIxNn0/19354ea2b=
7fa565b202c80eed067905664deefed4f9ac114743b5c5056edeb18" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">revisits</a> the =
Russia sanctions bill that <strong>Lindsey Graham</strong> died =
championing.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Peter =
Hamby</strong>=C2=A0<a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaG=
93LWxpbmRzZXktZ3JhaGFtLWJ1aWx0LXBvd2VyLWJhY2staG9tZS1pbi1zYy8_cHI9ZTM0NTZ=
iYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQyYjMxY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMy=
NzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4J=
TJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRj=
E4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB=
1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6=
ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg2MDEwMn0/2a0098b53f45bf96f=
812c37ec570aefd08f555ea29fbb6f56ab61c939fa2f131" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">traces</a> =
Graham=E2=80=99s arc from <strong>McCain</strong> bestie to Trump
loyalist.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Leigh Ann Caldwell =
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvYW=
Z0ZXItcGxhdG5lci1jYW4tdGhlLWxlZnQtd2luLWNvbXBldGV0aXZlLXNlbmF0ZS1yYWNlcy8=
_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQyYjMxY2EzNDNjMTgx=
OGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJ=
TI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRF=
MrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1=
fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJp=
bnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg1Nzk5Mn0/97ce0=
578da814f6fd0a7a3f0eba7d9b61e1b5bbca994946ff72b432c44bb5d98" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">weighs</a> whether =
<strong>Abdul El-Sayed</strong>=E2=80=99s Michigan Senate primary can =
prove the populist left=E2=80=99s viability in purple =
states.<br/><em>meanwhile=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Marianna Sotomayor =
</strong><a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvbH=
VuYXMtc2F2ZS1zdGFuZG9mZi8_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzI=
xZTM5NjQyYjMxY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUr=
QmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1Ua=
GUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW=
5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA=
2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlu=
a19pZCI6Mjg3Mjc4Mn0/9c035e9bdfccb8908e9a78657c3c952a6f9c917a0502c45fd0b5a=
223813514ba" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">charts</a>
<strong>Anna Paulina Luna</strong>=E2=80=99s one-woman blockade of the =
House floor over the SAVE Act.</p></div>
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<table class=3D"c i" align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" =
cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" =
style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;background-color:#ffff=
ff;border-radius:0;color:#000000;width:600px;margin:0 auto;" =
width=3D"600"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"y o" width=3D"100%" =
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<table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" =
role=3D"presentation" width=3D"100%" =
style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;"><tbody><tr><td =
style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000;"><span =
style=3D"word-break:break-word;">=E2=80=8A</span>
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bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:12px;"><img alt=3D"PODCASTS" =
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style=3D"display:block;height:auto;margin:0 auto;border:0;"/>
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ght:700;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;letter-spacing:normal;text-align=
:left;line-height:normal;">PODCASTS
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<table class=3D"p" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" =
cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" =
style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-break:break-word;=
"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" =
style=3D"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:32px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;">Dylan and =
<em>Freakonomics</em> co-author <strong>Stephen
Dubner</strong> mixed it up over his new YouTube show on <a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG=
9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL3lvdXR1YmUtZnJlYWtvbm9taWNzLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY0ZDI3MGY=
0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3OTA2XHUwMDI2=
dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTglMkYyNiUyOVx1M=
DAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTglMkYyNiUyOV=
x1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTA=
wMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVl=
M2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODYxNzIxfQ/6963f3d74e64b56e5d2647c74218e2=
f0f252e0ba709d27486adb874eff016243" =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;"><em>The Grill =
Room</em></a>.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/>Matt and California Film =
Commission chief <strong>Colleen Bell</strong> hash out the =
state=E2=80=99s $750 million Hollywood bet on <a =
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT=
05LQUdmZFZBbUgtMWVyVC1XUW5mMzFzYz0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG=
9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL2lzLWNhbGlmb3JuaWFzLTc1MC1taWxsaW9uLWJldC1vbi1ob2xseXd=
vb2Qtd29ya2luZy8_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQy=
YjMxY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b=
3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3=
N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjE4JTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR=
0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2Qz=
MDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6M=
jg1ODM5Nn0/06fd59e323008c4d3d4d99c62d80a34da09f225f179987c59fe8d055422d07=
5e" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;"><em>The
Town</em></a>.</p></div>
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style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:2px solid =
#d40000;"><span style=3D"word-break:break-word;">=E2=80=8A</span>
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;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;">On Sunday morning, I =
completed one of those great middle-aged rites of passage=E2=80=94I =
drove from our
house in Montclair to retrieve my older son, <strong>Jack</strong>, from =
sleepaway camp in the Adirondacks, then back down I-87 (and plenty of =
rambling backcountry roads) to Cooperstown, New York, the birthplace of =
baseball.<br/><br/>Dedicated readers of this newsletter and avid <em>The =
Powers That Be: Media Monday</em> listeners may already be familiar with =
my youth baseball avocation. <strong>Vince Lombardi</strong>, the =
legendary former Packers coach, once famously expressed the view that =
the
priorities of his players should be God, family, and the Green Bay =
Packers=E2=80=94in <em>that </em>order. For me, the past five years have =
been largely devoted to my wife and two boys; Puck; and the Montclair =
Bulldogs, Jack=E2=80=99s team, where I serve as an assistant coach. And =
the priorities were not always in that order, I can assure =
you.</p></div>
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<table width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" =
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"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"padding-bottom:22px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;">The Bulldogs, I can =
humbly say, have had a great run=E2=80=94two tournament titles and =
another two league
championships, despite some pretty stacked divisions. We=E2=80=99ve even =
had to check birth certificates once or twice. (Thank goodness our head =
coach is a lawyer=E2=80=A6) I loved playing baseball as a kid, but =
I=E2=80=99ve never enjoyed the game more than as a volunteer coach later =
in life. Rare are the opportunities in your 40s, especially when =
you=E2=80=99re running a business, to be a part of a competition where =
most of the players forget the score a couple hours =
later.<br/><br/>Anyway, the culmination of the Bulldogs=E2=80=99
success was a ticket to Cooperstown Dreams Park to participate in a =
tournament against 103 other teams from across the U.S., Canada, and =
Asia. During the better part of the week, I tried to conduct business =
from upstate New York=E2=80=99s vast network of Hampton Inns, the =
boys=E2=80=99 barracks in the baseball complex, and various and sundry =
dugouts and ersatz bullpens. The Bulldogs acquitted themselves well in =
both pool play and the knockout round, beating teams from Ohio, =
Michigan, and Utah before eventually
letting one get away against a club from California on Thursday =
afternoon=E2=80=94a loss that effectively ended their careers in youth =
baseball. Next fall, they=E2=80=99ll play on full-size diamonds, use =
heavier bats, and begin to recalibrate their big-league =
dreams.</p></div>
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class=3D"r" style=3D"width:100%;padding-bottom:22px;" =
align=3D"center"><div style=3D"max-width:552px;"><img =
src=3D"https://userimg-assets.customeriomail.com/images/client-env-107382=
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<table class=3D"p" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" =
cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" =
style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-break:break-word;=
"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"padding-bottom:32px;"><div =
style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font-siz=
e:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left=
;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;">For me, the highlight =
of this week was watching how much our kids actually love a game
that has gone in and out of favor since its heyday in the radio =
age=E2=80=94with notable ebbs during the various labor disputes, the =
existential lost season of =E2=80=9994, the steroid and moneyball eras, =
etcetera. One of the best parts of the Cooperstown experience, in fact, =
happened far from the playing fields; after the games, the Bulldogs =
would congregate with other teams to trade pins=E2=80=94yes<em>, =
pins</em>=E2=80=94and talk shop. In an era of TikTok and Instagram =
hyperactivity, it=E2=80=99s quite extraordinary to behold a
gaggle of boys staying out past dark on the grass, swapping cheap pewter =
and tips on how to lay off a high fastball. It=E2=80=99s a great =
harbinger for the sport.<br/><br/>Indeed, this sentiment was valuable =
context for the economic storm clouds hanging over Major League =
Baseball, whose heroes are enshrined annually about five miles down the =
road from the tournament venue. Baseball has never been more =
popular=E2=80=94a data point broadly supported by heightened engagement =
across its various media partners=E2=80=94and yet
the financial underpinnings of the sport have rarely been more =
precarious. The regional sports network economy, which buttressed the =
franchises for decades, has been hollowed out, and national MLB media =
rights are far less valuable than those for the NFL and NBA. Baseball =
became America=E2=80=99s national pastime, in part, because its casual =
pace of play was perfect for the AM-dial era. But the game=E2=80=99s =
extended duration and unpredictable breaks were challenging for =
advertisers. And, well, football fits
more perfectly into a TV frame.<br/><br/>Most pressingly, the end of the =
R.S.N.s has created a veritable caste system wherein small-market teams =
simply can=E2=80=99t compete against the big-city franchises. =
<strong>Michael Lewis </strong>famously narrated the first act of this =
dynamic, but we now live in a world in which <strong>Shohei Ohtani =
</strong>makes more in a year than all of the Pittsburgh Pirates =
combined. Even a blockhead could tell you that we=E2=80=99re headed for =
a labor stoppage after this season
ends, as the players and owners fight over a potential salary =
cap.<br/><br/>In <em>Smiling Through the Baseball Apocalypse</em>, which =
I helped edit over a hamburger and a local Ommegang at the Lake Front =
Restaurant, about a stone=E2=80=99s throw from the Hall, my partner =
<strong>John Ourand </strong>laid out the battle lines of this complex =
and intractable conflict. He also added a few interesting and rather =
sanguine wrinkles to the narrative. As one media executive told John, =
=E2=80=9CEveryone just assumes that
we=E2=80=99re going to hear a lot of rhetoric from both sides. And then =
they=E2=80=99ll get a deal done at the eleventh hour because baseball =
can=E2=80=99t afford to miss a full season, and the players =
can=E2=80=99t afford to miss paychecks.=E2=80=9D<br/><br/>The executives =
that John canvassed largely exhibited a surprisingly cool demeanor, =
which might owe to the fact that baseball=E2=80=99s media contracts have =
clauses that provide rebates for missed games. =E2=80=9CI don=E2=80=99t =
have to come up with too many contingencies in terms of where =
we=E2=80=99re
reinvesting our money if MLB loses games in April and May,=E2=80=9D =
another media executive told John. =E2=80=9CBut if baseball loses the =
whole season, that=E2=80=99s a whole different =
story.=E2=80=9D<br/><br/>As John noted, the sport is truly in a Gordian =
knot=E2=80=94at peak popularity, with a challenged economic model, and =
all the pressure in the world to sort out its internal dynamics in =
public. And yet that=E2=80=99s precisely the sort of pressure that =
should compel the MLB=E2=80=99s stakeholders, who are so often yoked to =
its past, to think more
radically than ever before. So what if America=E2=80=99s pastime is in =
need of some reinvention for a new generation? That, after all, is one =
of the great stories of our time, and one of the leitmotifs of =
Puck.</p></div>
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