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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ isn’t merely a promising summer would-be blockbuster—it’s a rare chance for Bob Iger to extract movie value from his $71 billion deal for most of 21st Century Fox.
From Scott Mendelson puck.news/is-disneys-luc…
A bracing conversation with the filmmakers behind ‘The Sixth,’ the gritty new A24 doc about what media coverage of the Capitol riot got wrong, the radical act of remembering, and how close we came to the brink.
From Peter Hamby puck.news/the-sixth-film…
Roku, the streaming device slash platform now in more than 80 million homes, is making its maiden voyage into Major League Baseball.
John Ourand has details. puck.news/roku-big-leagu…
.Matthew Belloni is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the new bundle starting this summer that will combine Disney+, Hulu, and Max.
Listen: puck.news/podcast_episod…
Can Bernard and Alexandre Arnault turn their newish $16 billion crown jewel, Tiffany, into a legitimate Cartier competitor?
Lauren Sherman digs in. puck.news/arnaults-want-…
Judge Judy is suing A360 Media, publisher of In Touch Weekly and The National Enquirer, over a Menendez murder trial mix-up.
Eriq Gardner ✍️ has details. puck.news/judge-judy-thr…
Could the Paramount mess actually provide an unexpected benefit to David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery?
William D. Cohan explores. puck.news/how-david-zasl…
Gigaweek, with an estimated $1.25 billion worth of art on offer at the auction houses, is upon us.
Puck’s Marion Maneker (Wall Power) has notes on all the shows around New York, plus what everyone is saying (and not saying, too): puck.news/visit-to-new-y…
Read more reporting by Puck’s donor world guru Teddy Schleifer in his private email “The Stratosphere”: puck.news/newsletters/th…
It looks like Netflix will wind up carrying the two NFL games scheduled for Christmas Day. It’s a first-of-its-kind deal, and almost certainly not the last.
From John Ourand puck.news/will-netflix-h…
The endurance of the “Will Jeff Zucker buy CNN?” fantasy, which was stoked again last week, highlights the uncertain state of the media industry, and a few enduring truths about Zucker, too.
Dylan Byers explores. puck.news/will-jeff-zuck…
Netflix is about to, once again, try to upend the way Hollywood talent is paid. Will the industry let it this time around?
Matthew Belloni explores. puck.news/netflix-recons…
Inside the micro-controversy (real or imagined) stemming from Susan Plagemann’s restructuring of WME Fashion.
From Lauren Sherman puck.news/wme-fashion-ge…
“The view from inside TikTok is that Trump is not only a top performer, but his hypothetical future presidency may also be their best shot at avoiding a forced sale or outright ban.”
Tara Palmeri reports. puck.news/tiktok-pins-it…
The once-sleepy Rules Committee, previously a glorified rubber stamp for the House speaker, has instead become an unlikely flashpoint in the G.O.P.’s ongoing civil war.
Tina Nguyen digs in. puck.news/mike-johnson-h…
“Zaz’s failure to anticipate NBCU’s interest in the NBA,” Dylan Byers writes, “has genuinely stunned the senior media executive class with whom I speak regularly.”
Read Dylan’s dispatch on David Zaslav’s NBA rights headache: puck.news/david-zaslav-n…
A post-post-pandemic comeback for The Estée Lauder Companies hasn’t erased doubts about C.E.O. Fabrizio Freda. Could M&A be the answer to get Lauder back in business?
Rachel Strugatz explores. puck.news/estee-lauder-q…