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The small-dollar fundraising drought is especially problematic for Trump, who can no longer rely on Republican mega-donors to fill the gaps.

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One possible, momentary beacon of hope in television news’ long slide toward insignificance was Jen Psaki’s maiden voyage on MSNBC.

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Dafna Linzer stepped down as Politico’s executive editor.

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A scrum of security guards, reporters, and customers outside of Silicon Valley Bank a few days after it collapsed.

The Last Days of SVB

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Greg Becker, president and C.E.O. of Silicon Valley Bank.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during the signing ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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Russians in Putin’s governing class have begun to feel that, even if the initial blitzkrieg failed, things are back on track.

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Filmmaker Adam McCay has been pitching a star-studded political dramedy, but challenging streaming economics have made it difficult to find a home.

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New Disney+ and Netflix numbers point to a split between existing and new subscribers, and a familiar, potentially stable future for streaming.

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Paramount executives, the Academy leadership, and Oscars producers believed until last week that Tom Cruise would attend.

The Tom Cruise Oscar Failure

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Ignoring Donald Trump has essentially been Ron DeSantis’s strategy over the past two years while angling for a ’24 presidential run—but a well-placed G.O.P. comms official fully disagreed the approach, calling it “consultant stuff that sends all the wrong signals.”

Is the Republican Primary Already Over?

With the Manhattan district attorney threatening to put Trump on trial, and DeSantis declining to stand in his way, G.O.P. operatives are coalescing around the notion that it’s now the ex-president’s race to lose.

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DeSantis’s promise to ensure that no “blank checks” will be written to Ukraine placates the MAGA voter, and reassures the norms-based international order and moderate Republicans hoping for a less volatile president.

DeSantis’s ’24 Policy Gamble

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CPACalypse Now

Glenn Beck’s The Blaze merged with CRTV in 2018, and late last year raised a round of financing from investors including the billionaire DeVos family.

Glenn Beck & DeVos Make a Deal

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A former Recode and CNN reporter, now covering power, influence, and money in Silicon Valley.

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At a high level, Reid Hoffman doesn’t view the Florida governor as an existential threat to democracy, unlike Trump, and believes he may even have the ability to successfully govern.

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Tyler Perry, Paramount Global chairperson Shari Redstone, and BET president Scott Mills.

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Top-Tier Authors

Baratunde Thurston

A.I., SVB & “Woke” Finance Fears

Me, Myself, & A.I.

The Black Liberation Paradox

Thoughts & Tears for Tyre

Tara Palmeri

Trump’s Fundraising Fatigue

Hunter’s War & Roe’s ’24 Choice

CNN’s Trump Indictment Stress Test

Pence & Sensibility

Dylan Byers

Psaki’s Promise, Trump Debate Politics, & a CNN Low

Are You There, Godwin?

The Zaz in CNN

Dafna Punk

William D. Cohan

The Last Days of SVB

Two Days in the Valley

SVB’s Valley of Death

The Next Big I.P.O. Scramble?

Julia Ioffe

Xi Jinping, Superstar

Putin’s Boy from Tallahassee

Surviving Putin

Putin’s Oligarchs Fall in Line

Matthew Belloni

Streaming’s Long, Slow Journey to Television

Lauren Sanchez’s Adventures in the Screen Trade

Netflix Priced Itself Out of the Nancy Meyers Business

The Tom Cruise Oscar Failure

Tina Nguyen

Is the Republican Primary Already Over?

DeSantis’s ’24 Policy Gamble

CPACalypse Now

Glenn Beck & DeVos Make a Deal

Theodore Schleifer

S.B.F. Informants & a Strange DeSantis Bedfellow

The Ron Conway Bailout

Will S.B.F. Cut a Deal?

Inside S.B.F.’s “Woke Shit” Influence Scheme

Julia Alexander

The Shari BET Strategy

Hulu M&A Hunger Games

ESPN’s Play for Worldwide Sports Streaming Domination

Netflix’s Growth Play & Zaz’s New Era

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The Tiger Woods Legal Sand Trap

Inside the Murdoch-Dominion Settlement Chatter

A Zaz Legal Melee For the Ages

An Obama-Fugees-DiCaprio Legal Riddle for the Ages

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Out with The Olds!

How Rick Caruso Became L.A.’s Biggest Star

Joe’s Roe Problems

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