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Good morning,
Thanks for reading The Backstory, your weekend review of the best new work =
emanating from Puck.
It was another fabulous week: Matt Belloni captured the sinister joy in Hol=
lywood C-suites over Trump 2.0; Lauren Sherman chronicled an Arnault heir a=
scent; Rachel Strugatz recounted the familial machinations inside Est=C3=A9=
e Lauder; Marion Maneker reassessed the Cecily Brown market; Dylan Byers go=
t the real story behind Chris Wallace=E2=80=99s self-defenestration; Eriq G=
ardner dug into the ER =E2=80=9Creboot=E2=80=9D legal drama; John Ourand po=
ndered an NFL tiff; John Heilemann got the readout on the Kamala blame game=
; Bill Cohan ran the numbers on a hypothetical X=E2=80=93DJT lockup; Tara P=
almeri chatted with the G.O.P.=E2=80=99s oracle; Abby
Livingston surveyed the hellscape on Capitol Hill; and Peter Hamby got some=
Dem prescriptions from Rahm Emanuel.
Check out these stories, and others, via the links below. And stick around =
for the backstory on how it all came together.
Learn More ( https://puck.news/join/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%=
2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&ut=
m_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d=
48d28 )
FASHION:
Lauren Sherman reports ( https://puck.news/alexandre-arnaults-promotion-lvm=
h-succession/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_c=
ontent=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action=
&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) on an Arnault f=
ils ascent and a Gap turnaround ( https://puck.news/richard-dickson-narrows=
-the-gap/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_conte=
nt=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm=
_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Rachel Strugatz details ( https://puck.news/the-estee-lauder-blood-sacrific=
e/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DTh=
e+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=
=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the intrigue inside the ha=
unted House of Lauder.
ART MARKET:
Marion Maneker charts ( https://puck.news/is-cecily-brown-the-new-gerhard-r=
ichter/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=
=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_s=
ource=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the ascent of this ge=
neration=E2=80=99s Gerhard Richter.
HOLLYWOOD:
Matt Belloni conjures ( https://puck.news/why-are-hollywood-executives-so-g=
iddy-about-trump/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&u=
tm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_ac=
tion&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the animal =
spirit of the town amid the Trump revival and declares ( https://puck.news/=
bob-igers-netflix-moment/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2=
F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3D=
email_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) a v=
ictory for Disney.
and=E2=80=A6
Eriq Gardner has all the gory details ( https://puck.news/is-hbo-max-the-pi=
tt-just-er-with-a-new-title/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F1=
6%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=
=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) =
on the legal battle over the ER reboot.
meanwhile=E2=80=A6
Scott Mendelson presages ( https://puck.news/the-thanksgiving-blockbuster-m=
ovies-are-here/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm=
_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_acti=
on&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) a
Thanksgiving box office rebound.
WALL STREET:
Bill Cohan contemplates ( https://puck.news/the-x-djt-merger-deal-book/?utm=
_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Back=
story+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcus=
tomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) a Trump-Musk merger.
MEDIA:
Dylan Byers explains ( https://puck.news/how-chris-wallace-cut-the-cord/?ut=
m_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Bac=
kstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcu=
stomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) why Chris Wallace is really lea=
ving CNN.
and=E2=80=A6
John Ourand inspects ( https://puck.news/will-the-nfl-put-more-games-on-ama=
zon-prime/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_cont=
ent=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&ut=
m_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) some NFL media par=
tner favoritism.
WASHINGTON:
Peter Hamby peers into ( https://puck.news/the-missing-resistance-the-tao-o=
f-rahm-emanuel/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm=
_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_acti=
on&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the soul of t=
he Democratic Party while Tara Palmeri studies ( https://puck.news/patrick-=
ruffini-the-oracle-of-2024/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16=
%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=
=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) =
Trump=E2=80=99s profound realignment and Abby Livingston conveys ( https://=
puck.news/newsletter_content/trump-shock-and-awe-more-gaetz-fallout-the-rah=
m-dream/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_conten=
t=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_=
source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the inside conversat=
ion amid Gaetz-gate on the Hill.
and=E2=80=A6
John Heilemann documents ( https://puck.news/the-post-harris-loss-blamescap=
e-democrat-reckoning-tea-leaves/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811=
%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_me=
dium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d2=
8 ) all the post-election campaign backstabbing.
PODCASTS:
=F0=9F=8E=A7 Dylan and Axios C.E.O. Jim VandeHei yuk it up about D.C. media=
on The Grill Room ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/legacy-medias-last-s=
tand/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=
=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_s=
ource=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
John Ourand and NBC Sports=E2=80=99 Mike Florio discuss NFL kremlinology on=
The Varsity ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/nfl-growing-pains/?utm_cam=
paign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstor=
y+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustome=
r.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
John Heilemann interrogates the Democrats=E2=80=99 bunker mentality with fo=
rmer senator Claire McCaskill on Impolitic ( https://puck.news/podcast_epis=
ode/claire-mccaskill-trump-staffs-up-dems-hunker-down-musk-runs-amok/?utm_c=
ampaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backst=
ory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcusto=
mer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Matt and Martha director R.J. Cutler analyze the doc market on The Town ( h=
ttps://puck.news/podcast_episode/martha-stewart-and-when-a-celeb-disavows-t=
heir-doc-with-the-director/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16=
%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_medium=
=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Tara conducts a Dem demographic autopsy with Slingshot Strategies=E2=80=99 =
Evan Roth Smith on Somebody=E2=80=99s Gotta Win ( https://puck.news/podcast=
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The Tipping Point
A couple years ago, while attending a corporate conference in Northern Cali=
fornia, I spotted Roger Goodell standing across a vacant ballroom between e=
xecutive sessions. He was leaning up against a high top, minding his iPhone=
, diligently wearing his name tag, and keeping to himself as everyone else =
evacuated to the coffee stations=E2=80=94a guy very comfortable in his own =
skin, I reckoned.
It was a timely moment for an executive who had spent his tenure expanding =
the NFL across the week, the calendar, and the globe. The league had recent=
ly begun its $1 billion annual partnership with Amazon Prime, Thursday Nigh=
t Football, and I used the idle moment to introduce myself and express my e=
nthusiasm for the broadcast. For years, the league=E2=80=99s Thursday night=
game had been an afterthought=E2=80=94usually a contest between lowly pret=
enders.
After all, the most established clubs could hardly have wanted to shorten t=
heir week of preparation to play a game on Thursday evenings, competing aga=
inst primetime programming on the other networks. If Monday Night Football =
was the panacea, Thursdays were the pits.
By that point, though, the league had ostensibly revived the product with e=
xcellent production, new talent, and an increasingly compelling schedule. G=
oodell, a mild-mannered guy with the firmest handshake I=E2=80=99ve ever be=
en a party to, politely nodded like a mensch. And what I remember most is t=
hat he had that inimitable executive talent of making a conversation partne=
r feel like he appreciated their perspective, regardless of whether it held=
any merit.
Anyway, this memory bubbled up in my mind earlier this week as I was exchan=
ging notes with my partner John Ourand. Last week, John told me, the NFL ha=
d achieved a meaningful milestone for our replatforming age: The viewership=
for
Amazon=E2=80=99s Thursday Night Football had beaten out ESPN=E2=80=99s Mond=
ay Night Football for the first time ever, 13.63 million to 12.2 million=E2=
=80=94the first time that a streaming service had attracted a larger audien=
ce than one of the league=E2=80=99s top partners in a same-week battle.
Yes, we=E2=80=99re all living through an enormous and unforgiving platform =
shift as our monoculture is replaced by a more affinity-driven, balkanized =
media mix that is still presenting itself with quirks aplenty. CNN=E2=80=99=
s ratings are falling, readers are fleeing The Washington Post, Rachel Madd=
ow=E2=80=99s post-election viewership has cratered, and some pundits are se=
riously, if shallowly, questioning whether Kamala Harris=E2=80=99s decision=
to bypass Joe Rogan cost her the election. (Come on, people=E2=80=A6)
Nevertheless, these NFL numbers set off a minor supernova within the sports=
media industrial complex. Many legacy media executives grumbled that the l=
eague was
favoring a new partner over longtime relationships=E2=80=94offering better =
games between more popular teams=E2=80=94and others felt this tipped the sc=
ales even further in favor of the insurgents. Given the ascent of the Prime=
broadcast, some expressed skepticism that the Shield=E2=80=99s historic li=
near distributors would be able to renew their deals when the NFL inevitabl=
y exercises an out in its current contracts and reopens bidding at the end =
of the decade. As John notes in his excellent story, Is the NFL Falling Har=
d for Amazon? ( https://puck.news/will-the-nfl-put-more-games-on-amazon-pri=
me/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DT=
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e=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ), the league=E2=80=99s par=
tnership prerogatives=E2=80=94who they want to work with, which entities re=
ceive the choicest games, and who they exclude=E2=80=94will define the next=
chapter of the content
industry.
And yet, it would be facile and plainly incorrect to assume that this next =
chapter is already written. As my partner Matt Belloni notes in his charact=
eristically brilliant piece, Bob Iger=E2=80=99s Netflix Moment ( https://pu=
ck.news/bob-igers-netflix-moment/?utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%281=
1%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%2811%2F16%2F24%29&utm_m=
edium=3Demail_action&utm_source=3Dcustomer.io&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d=
28 ), Iger has completely reversed the company=E2=80=99s fortunes in the st=
reaming business over virtually the same brief period that Amazon has been =
broadcasting NFL games. When Iger took back the reins from Bob Chapek, Disn=
ey was absorbing a staggering $1.5 billion quarterly loss in streaming. On =
last week=E2=80=99s earnings call, the company announced third-quarter prof=
its of more than $250 million as it prepares to close on the final third of=
Hulu and roll out ESPN=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CFlagship=E2=80=9D D.T.C. service=
=2E
The impact of the results, in profound ways, transcend the P&L. =E2=80=9CI =
think we can call another winner in the streaming wars,=E2=80=9D Matt wrote=
=2E =E2=80=9CNetflix, obviously, is alread=
y one of the three or four video se=
rvices that will survive this era of digital transition. YouTube is there, =
too. Spotify, if we count audio. And now, Disney almost certainly will make=
it.=E2=80=9D Indeed, this battle to survive until the next stage of the in=
dustry is far more consequential than any sporting contest. It=E2=80=99s th=
e story of our time, and the macro-saga of our industry. And it=E2=80=99s c=
ertainly what you should expect to read in Puck.
Have a great weekend,
Jon
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decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">reports</a></u></b> on an <=
b>Arnault </b><i>fils </i>ascent and a Gap <b><u><a href=3D"https://email.p=
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, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">turnaround</a></u=
></b>.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>Rachel Strugatz <u><a href=3D"https:/=
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16ccc02191b5639ee010749be9a02c3c6d0d94566cfc797a1c0f4e998" style=3D"color:r=
gb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">details<=
/a></u></b> the intrigue inside the haunted House of Lauder.<br/><br/><b>AR=
T MARKET:</b><br/><b>Marion Maneker <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e=
/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0i=
LCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaXMtY2VjaWx5LWJyb3duLXRoZS1uZXctZ2VyaGF=
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0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">charts</a></u></=
b> the ascent of this generation=E2=80=99s <b>Gerhard Richter</b>.<br/><br/=
><b>HOLLYWOOD:</b><br/><b>Matt Belloni <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.new=
s/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qT=
T0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mvd2h5LWFyZS1ob2xseXdvb2QtZXhlY3V0aXZl=
cy1zby1naWRkeS1hYm91dC10cnVtcC8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUF=
EUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTE=
VBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwM=
jZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhk=
MjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6MTk2ODE5MH0=
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conjures</a></u></b> the animal spirit of the town amid the Trump revival a=
nd <b><u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1l=
EQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm=
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cnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGl=
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Tc3OTgzfQ/b2d01c0e2c259493f3222a5cfd585add206ffccf6a1eb32ef577230879f74ac8"=
style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=
=3D"sdf">declares</a></u></b> a victory for Disney.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i>=
<br/><b>Eriq Gardner </b>has all the gory <b><u><a href=3D"https://email.pu=
ck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHB=
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cf81651e1055d38a8fabc0d47d9491d888104f97edde1bf1f93e21fe72cae6f0" style=3D"=
color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">d=
etails</a></u></b> on the legal battle over the <i>ER </i>reboot.<br/><i>me=
anwhile=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>Scott Mendelson <u><a href=3D"https://email.puc=
k.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBH=
Mk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvdGhlLXRoYW5rc2dpdmluZy1ibG9ja2J=
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MrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQ=
URTKyUyODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2=
dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI=
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Thanksgiving box office rebound.<br/><br/><b>WALL STREET:</b><br/><b>Bill C=
ohan <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lE=
QU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5=
ld3MvdGhlLXgtZGp0LW1lcmdlci1kZWFsLWJvb2svP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3=
J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzd=
G9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0=
aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTN=
kMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOj=
E5NzUxNDh9/3cd5ae0179227a3cee72a36b82907df86cd7b18980f04eacd9c3f322ea2796ae=
" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" clas=
s=3D"sdf">contemplates</a></u></b> a Trump-<b>Musk </b>merger.<br/><br/><b>=
MEDIA:</b><br/><b>Dylan Byers <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJ=
lbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocm=
VmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaG93LWNocmlzLXdhbGxhY2UtY3V0LXRoZS1jb3JkLz91d=
G1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAy=
NnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTA=
wMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdT=
AwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM=
2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxOTc2MTY3fQ/1cdfb42eb25cc1e340f540b0870dc64d6=
2be3a0fb1d69c11e28d312aca460d7e" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decorat=
ion:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">explains</a></u></b> why <b>Chris =
Wallace </b>is really leaving CNN.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>John Oura=
nd <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU=
5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld=
3Mvd2lsbC10aGUtbmZsLXB1dC1tb3JlLWdhbWVzLW9uLWFtYXpvbi1wcmltZS8_dXRtX2NhbXBh=
aWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29=
udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2=
1lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX=
3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4=
ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6MTk3Nzg0MH0/410d6064cbe2683e568fd6d8f636173548b991dd6a1=
05e3c9bba4883cf72b2ed" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;f=
ont-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">inspects</a></u></b> some NFL media partner =
favoritism.<br/><br/><b>WASHINGTON:</b><br/><b>Peter Hamby <u><a href=3D"ht=
tps://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQ=
W9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvdGhlLW1pc3Npbmct=
cmVzaXN0YW5jZS10aGUtdGFvLW9mLXJhaG0tZW1hbnVlbC8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWN=
rc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQm=
Fja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpb=
F9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2=
MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19=
pZCI6MTk3MjE5Nn0/f1cba7b59d6ea1fde9d6046a5ccf712108b799bc3dd10764949de62588=
984ca4" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold=
" class=3D"sdf">peers into</a></u></b> the soul of the Democratic Party whi=
le <b>Tara Palmeri <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZC=
I6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0c=
HM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcGF0cmljay1ydWZmaW5pLXRoZS1vcmFjbGUtb2YtMjAyNC8_dXRtX2Nh=
bXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1=
fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dX=
RtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2d=
XRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAx=
ZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6MTk3NzY5OH0/c9f72f88988f4171164b006fb3479ef5be78c2f=
c0547c79b0b9174212c96dfe5" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:no=
ne;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">studies</a></u></b> Trump=E2=80=99s prof=
ound realignment and <b>Abby Livingston <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.ne=
ws/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9q=
TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvbmV3c2xldHRlcl9jb250ZW50L3RydW1wLXN=
ob2NrLWFuZC1hd2UtbW9yZS1nYWV0ei1mYWxsb3V0LXRoZS1yYWhtLWRyZWFtLz91dG1fY2FtcG=
FpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb=
250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1f=
bWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1=
fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkND=
hkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxOTc4MTM2fQ/618e63680d3311be1c03c266a446eebca1c8aaab60=
ba762427b975e70313741a" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;=
font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">conveys</a></u></b> the inside conversation=
amid <b>Gaetz-</b>gate on the Hill.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/><b>John He=
ilemann <u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z=
1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNr=
Lm5ld3MvdGhlLXBvc3QtaGFycmlzLWxvc3MtYmxhbWVzY2FwZS1kZW1vY3JhdC1yZWNrb25pbmc=
tdGVhLWxlYXZlcy8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRj=
E2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElM=
kYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNl=
PWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5=
hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6MTk3MTAxMX0/0d27699ec0f501=
593781905246b010264b29cfea882c133df8d3b2c73e2c52e8" style=3D"color:rgb(212,=
0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">documents</a></=
u></b> all the post-election campaign backstabbing.<br/><br/><b>PODCASTS:</=
b><br/><b>=F0=9F=8E=A7 </b>Dylan and Axios C.E.O. <b>Jim VandeHei </b>yuk i=
t up about D.C. media on <b><u><i><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/ey=
JlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJoc=
mVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL2xlZ2FjeS1tZWRpYXMtbGFz=
dC1zdGFuZC8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJ=
GMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNi=
UyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c=
3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6=
ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6MTk3Mjg2NX0/136e8c85fa6aed37be1=
bc1630079322f10a12d24ab9e4f4acb5138c4dec2a6c8" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0=
);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">The Grill Room</a></=
i></u></b>.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/>John Ourand and NBC Sports=E2=80=99=
<b>Mike Florio </b>discuss NFL kremlinology on <b><u><i><a href=3D"https:/=
/email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2=
JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL=
25mbC1ncm93aW5nLXBhaW5zLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUy=
ODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUys=
lMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV=
9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsI=
mludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxOTc0MzM3fQ/5671f=
4f29924c39f35f2f46e2634b1899328a57fe53799f4022a5f80f0c67281" style=3D"color=
:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">The Va=
rsity</a></i></u></b>.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/>John Heilemann interroga=
tes the Democrats=E2=80=99 bunker mentality with former senator <b>Claire M=
cCaskill </b>on <b><u><i><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9=
pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaH=
R0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL2NsYWlyZS1tY2Nhc2tpbGwtdHJ1bXAtc=
3RhZmZzLXVwLWRlbXMtaHVua2VyLWRvd24tbXVzay1ydW5zLWFtb2svP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1U=
aGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ=
9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW=
09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtP=
WY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIs=
ImxpbmtfaWQiOjE5NzYxNjh9/55598edaeb9da26ba9276005adfa92ffae5da67a07158603c7=
e52f47a50efb55" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-wei=
ght:bold" class=3D"sdf">Impolitic</a></i></u></b>.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><=
br/>Matt and <i>Martha </i>director <b>R.J. Cutler </b>analyze the doc mark=
et on <i><b><u><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnV=
DJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9w=
dWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL21hcnRoYS1zdGV3YXJ0LWFuZC13aGVuLWEtY2VsZWI=
tZGlzYXZvd3MtdGhlaXItZG9jLXdpdGgtdGhlLWRpcmVjdG9yLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0=
JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZ=
StCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVt=
YWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM=
2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW=
5rX2lkIjoxOTc0MzM2fQ/5d0b97a4723f97cba1b4e1ccb05fe7d0df2214a68a22671746fdf5=
4121392613" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:=
bold" class=3D"sdf">The Town</a></u></b></i>.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/>T=
ara conducts a Dem demographic autopsy with Slingshot Strategies=E2=80=99 <=
b>Evan Roth Smith </b>on <b><u><i><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/ey=
JlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJoc=
mVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL2RpYWdub3NpbmctdGhlLWRl=
bW9jcmF0aWMtY29uZGl0aW9uLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyU=
yODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUy=
slMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0b=
V9zb3VyY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIs=
ImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxOTcyODY3fQ/98fa=
9d18410e691e5ffc2647933752df98818dce154553a03daf3e2b4dcdcd2d" style=3D"colo=
r:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">Someb=
ody=E2=80=99s Gotta Win</a></i></u></b>.<br/><i>and=E2=80=A6</i><br/>Lauren=
and star stylist <b>Kate Young </b>preview fall gala season on <b><u><i><a=
href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT0=
5LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY=
2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL2l0cy1nYWxhLXNlYXNvbi8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3Rvcnkr=
LStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J=
5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb2=
5cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzM=
DFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6MTk3=
Mjg2Nn0/d0f55020c949498b1bc0cc67b42ccccf044810bc668e86334c2de83809ebf67d" s=
tyle=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/>Peter =
and Bill examine how Wall Street is pricing the second Trump term on <u><i>=
<b><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TT=
ktOT05LQUdUTlVhQW9sS2JWWDV2cHBHMk9qTT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mv=
cG9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL3dhbGwtc3RyZWV0cy10cnVtcC0yLTAtdHJhZGUvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWl=
nbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4MTElMkYxNiUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2Nvbn=
RlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODExJTJGMTYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZ=
WRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90=
ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQ=
yOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE5NzQzMzh9/12d6e50635a87e992e47f1b5a7d3978a6d696dfcbdc28=
6331efdb9efe982c0cf" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;fon=
t-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">The Powers That Be</a></b></i></u>.<br/><br/><=
i>As a reminder, you can update your profile at any
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x; line-height: 30px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">A couple years ago,=
while attending a corporate conference in Northern California, I spotted <=
b>Roger Goodell </b>standing across a vacant ballroom between executive ses=
sions. He was leaning up against a high top, minding his iPhone, diligently=
wearing his name tag, and keeping to himself as everyone else evacuated to=
the coffee stations=E2=80=94a guy very comfortable in his own skin, I reck=
oned. <br/><br/>It was a timely moment for an executive who had spent his t=
enure expanding the NFL across the week, the calendar, and the globe. The l=
eague had recently begun its $1 billion annual partnership with Amazon Prim=
e, <i>Thursday Night Football</i>, and I used the idle moment to introduce =
myself and express my enthusiasm for the broadcast. For years, the league=
=E2=80=99s Thursday night game had been an afterthought=E2=80=94usually a c=
ontest between lowly pretenders.
After all, the most established clubs could hardly have wanted to shorten t=
heir week of preparation to play a game on Thursday evenings, competing aga=
inst primetime programming on the other networks. If <i>Monday Night Footba=
ll </i>was the panacea, Thursdays were the pits.<br/><br/>By that point, th=
ough, the league had ostensibly revived the product with excellent producti=
on, new talent, and an increasingly compelling schedule. Goodell, a mild-ma=
nnered guy with the firmest handshake I=E2=80=99ve ever been a party to, po=
litely nodded like a mensch. And what I remember most is that he had that i=
nimitable executive talent of making a conversation partner feel like he ap=
preciated their perspective, regardless of whether it held any merit.<br/><=
br/>Anyway, this memory bubbled up in my mind earlier this week as I was ex=
changing notes with my partner <b>John Ourand</b>. Last week, John told me,=
the NFL had achieved a meaningful milestone for our replatforming age: The=
viewership for
Amazon=E2=80=99s <i>Thursday Night Football </i>had beaten out ESPN=E2=80=
=99s <i>Monday Night Football </i>for the first time ever, 13.63 million to=
12.2 million=E2=80=94the first time that a streaming service had attracted=
a larger audience than one of the league=E2=80=99s top partners in a same-=
week battle. <br/><br/>Yes, we=E2=80=99re all living through an enormous an=
d unforgiving platform shift as our monoculture is replaced by a more affin=
ity-driven, balkanized media mix that is still presenting itself with quirk=
s aplenty. CNN=E2=80=99s ratings are falling, readers are fleeing <i>The Wa=
shington Post</i>, <b>Rachel Maddow</b>=E2=80=99s post-election viewership =
has cratered, and some pundits are seriously, if shallowly, questioning whe=
ther <b>Kamala Harris</b>=E2=80=99s decision to bypass <b>Joe Rogan </b>cos=
t her the election. (Come on, people=E2=80=A6)<br/><br/>Nevertheless, these=
NFL numbers set off a minor supernova within the sports media industrial c=
omplex. Many legacy media executives grumbled that the league was
favoring a new partner over longtime relationships=E2=80=94offering better =
games between more popular teams=E2=80=94and others felt this tipped the sc=
ales even further in favor of the insurgents. Given the ascent of the Prime=
broadcast, some expressed skepticism that the Shield=E2=80=99s historic li=
near distributors would be able to renew their deals when the NFL inevitabl=
y exercises an out in its current contracts and reopens bidding at the end =
of the decade. As John notes in his excellent story, <i><u><b><a href=3D"ht=
tps://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdUTlVhQ=
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vcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjgxMSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3=
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3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVl=
M2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI=
6MTk3Nzg0MH0/410d6064cbe2683e568fd6d8f636173548b991dd6a105e3c9bba4883cf72b2=
ed" style=3D"color:rgb(212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" cl=
ass=3D"sdf">Is the NFL Falling Hard for Amazon?</a></b></u></i>, the league=
=E2=80=99s partnership prerogatives=E2=80=94who they want to work with, whi=
ch entities receive the choicest games, and who they exclude=E2=80=94will d=
efine the next chapter of the content
industry.<br/><br/>And yet, it would be facile and plainly incorrect to ass=
ume that this next chapter is already written. As my partner <b>Matt Bellon=
i </b>notes in his characteristically brilliant piece, <b><i><u><a href=3D"=
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MSUyRjE2JTJGMjQlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsX2FjdGlvblx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3V=
yY2U9Y3VzdG9tZXIuaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludG=
VybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxOTc3OTgzfQ/b2d01c0e2c=
259493f3222a5cfd585add206ffccf6a1eb32ef577230879f74ac8" style=3D"color:rgb(=
212, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" class=3D"sdf">Bob Iger=E2=
=80=99s Netflix Moment</a></u></i></b>, <b>Iger </b>has completely reversed=
the company=E2=80=99s fortunes in the streaming business over virtually th=
e same brief period that Amazon has been broadcasting NFL games. When Iger =
took back the reins from <b>Bob Chapek</b>, Disney was absorbing a staggeri=
ng $1.5 billion <i>quarterly </i>loss in streaming. On last week=E2=80=99s =
earnings call, the company announced third-quarter profits of more than $25=
0 million as it prepares to close on the final third of Hulu and roll out E=
SPN=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CFlagship=E2=80=9D D.T.C. service.
<br/><br/>The impact of the results, in profound ways, transcend the P&=
L. =E2=80=9CI think we can call another winner in the streaming wars,=E2=80=
=9D Matt wrote. =E2=80=9CNetflix, obviously, is already one of the three or=
four video services that will survive this era of digital transition. YouT=
ube is there, too. Spotify, if we count audio. And now, Disney almost certa=
inly will make it.=E2=80=9D Indeed, this battle to survive until the next s=
tage of the industry is far more consequential than any sporting contest. I=
t=E2=80=99s the story of our time, and the macro-saga of our industry. And =
it=E2=80=99s certainly what you should expect to read in Puck.<br/><br/>Hav=
e a great weekend,<br/>Jon<br/></td>
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