C.E.O. David Zaslav is going all-out for his first Olympics experience atop the combined Warner Bros. Discovery, throwing after-hours parties for talent, execs, and clients at the Louvre. “As with the infamous Cannes party, Zaz seems to be tone-deaf to the optics of such largesse during a time of painful cuts and scary financials at his company,” Puck’s Matthew Belloni writes. “Instead, he’s doing what he thinks big-time Hollywood moguls like himself should do.” Read Matt’s full dispatch here: https://lnkd.in/e6RzbDvZ Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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It’s Puck congressional correspondent Abby Livingston’s pick for King of the Hill, the most important person on Capitol Hill this week. To read more, subscribe to Puck’s Washington newsletter “The Best & The Brightest” here: https://lnkd.in/eGKbXEvR Photos: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images; CBS News.
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It’s Mark Lazarus’s seventh Olympic Games with NBCUniversal—and his first since being promoted to chairman of the NBCU Media Group, which includes all TV and streaming platforms. In conversation with Puck’s Matthew Belloni, Lazarus offers a candid assessment of his goals for the Olympics, how the Games’ value proposition has changed over the years, and A.I. Al Michaels. Read their full discussion here: https://lnkd.in/e4fCjbjV Photo: Matthew Stockman/Getty Image #Olympics #Sports #Media
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For years, Fanatics C.E.O. Michael Rubin has created a nouveau riche fantasy life, best encapsulated by his Hamptons summer “all-white” party, based on his sports merchandising juggernaut. Now, a series of legal headaches threaten Fanatics’ I.P.O., and the industry, itself… Puck’s Eriq Gardner has the story: https://lnkd.in/er8zwp9z Photos courtesy of Michael Rubin #Legal #Sports
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If there’s a Hollywood winner in Kamala Harris’s ascension, it’s probably The Walt Disney Company TV chief Dana Walden. Dana and her husband are “maybe the closest to Harris and her L.A. entertainment lawyer husband, Doug Emhoff, according to a couple Dem insiders I polled,” Puck’s Matthew Belloni writes. If Kamala ends up becoming president, might their friendship give Walden a boost in the Disney C.E.O. succession race? Matt explores: https://lnkd.in/e7_F6Ep4 Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images #Hollywood
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Hold the superheroes—it’s the return of the “relatable” blockbuster. “In many ways, Twisters recalls tentpole hits of the 1980s and 1990s, which largely featured regular people engaged in more or less regular activities—think Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop, who was just a blue-collar Detroit police officer stuck solving a crime in L.A., or Tom Cruise’s Pete Mitchell, a pilot focused not on saving the world but on succeeding in flight school,” Scott Mendelson writes. Puck’s box office contributor breaks down the encouraging $81.5 million domestic launch of Universal Pictures’ Twisters: https://lnkd.in/dXji4Nux Photo courtesy of Universal #Hollywood #BoxOffice
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Riding a surge of Democratic enthusiasm, endorsements, and record-breaking donations, the Harris campaign is racing to reintroduce their candidate to America before the Trump campaign can define her. Puck’s Peter Hamby digs into exclusive polling from Echelon Insights that illuminates just how critical the next few weeks will be: https://lnkd.in/dmJfiY5B Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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John Ourand, author of Puck’s sports business newsletter ”The Varsity,” is doing a Reddit AMA tomorrow about the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s new media rights deals. To access the AMA and ask John a question, which he’ll answer in real time tomorrow starting at 3:00 p.m. ET, head to Reddit: https://lnkd.in/dDnx-5hV #Sports #Media
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After breaking the news of TOM FORD creative director Peter Hawkings’ exit, Puck fashion correspondent Lauren Sherman drills down on what went wrong and what’s to come for the brand. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/erCVW_yY Photos: JP Yim/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images #Fashion #Leadership
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On the heels of the now-infamous BofA note suggesting that Warner Bros. Discovery needs to buy or sell assets to survive, and David Zaslav’s own misguided political commentary at the Lodge in Sun Valley, it’s increasingly clear that both the markets and Zaz know that his company needs a shake-up. But what to do in an environment so inhospitable to M&A? Puck’s William D. Cohan explores: https://lnkd.in/dpvvxxig Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images #Media #WallStreet
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