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Matthew Belloni, Eriq Gardner, Julia Alexander, Kim Masters & Scott Mendelson
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Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
An essential, insider-friendly Hollywood tip sheet from Matthew Belloni, who spent 14 years in the trenches at The Hollywood Reporter and five before that practicing entertainment law. What I’m Hearing also features contributions from veteran Hollywood journalist Kim Masters, media analyst Julia Alexander, entertainment law expert Eriq Gardner, and special box office dispatches from Scott Mendelson.
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John Ourand & Eriq Gardner
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Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday (Thursday is an Inner Circle exclusive)
A professional-grade rundown on the business of sports from John Ourand, the industry’s preeminent journalist, covering the leagues, players, agencies, media deals, and the egos fueling it all. Plus, the latest intel from Eriq Gardner on the sports legal beat.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Eriq Gardner
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October 15, 2024
‘Live PD’ & The Legal Perils of Uncancel Culture
A&E thought its Summer of Floyd decision to drop its top-earning police reality show was good governance. Then Mark Burnett and MGM started shopping a strikingly similar version.
Eriq Gardner
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October 8, 2024
The Sad Case of Jack Nicklaus vs. “Jack Nicklaus”
Fifteen years after signing away his life rights to a business partner, golfing legend Jack Nicklaus is fighting a messy, potentially precedent-setting legal war to reclaim his name and image—including from an A.I. double.
Eriq Gardner
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September 25, 2024
OnlyFans’ Law & Order
Meta executives were bracing for the porn trial of the century, with thousands of adult actresses slated to testify to a bizarre bribery scheme. On Monday, the case was dismissed for lack of evidence, but not before raising some uncomfortable questions.
Eriq Gardner
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September 18, 2024
TikTok’s Rough Day in Court
Up close and in-person at the blockbuster trial—the First Amendment angle, the NatSec concerns, the creators’ pleas, the lawyers’ moxie, and Hollywood’s reticence to get involved.
Eriq Gardner
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September 11, 2024
Netflix on Trial & CNN’s Financial Colonoscopy
Republican-appointed judges are greenlighting a surge of defamation cases against the likes of CNN, Netflix, ABC News, and Media Matters, revealing everything from private communications to the most sensitive internal documents.
Eriq Gardner
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September 3, 2024
The Murdoch Succession Trial Will (or Won’t!) Be Televised
Barricaded doors and records kept secret? Inside the Nevada battle for control of the Fox News empire—and whether the whole drama should be sealed off from public view.
Eriq Gardner
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August 27, 2024
Rapino’s Email Trail & Iger’s Musk Suit Headache
Live Nation’s fight to keep its C.E.O. from being deposed over the 2021 Astroworld concert tragedy appears to have backfired. Meanwhile, after a setback in the Gina Carano case, Disney is grappling with a deposition headache of its own.
Eriq Gardner
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August 21, 2024
CAA Hits the Mattresses Against Its Defectors
Bryan Lourd’s CAA is lobbing serious allegations at its former employees, accusing them of contract breaches, loyalty breaches, and tortious interference by coaxing clients and at-will employees to jump ship.
Eriq Gardner
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August 14, 2024
Zaslav’s Sports Streamer Is on Trial for Its Life
After days of withering scrutiny in court, a judge is seriously considering an injunction against Venu, the joint venture from WBD, Fox, and Disney, over alleged antitrust violations.
Eriq Gardner
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August 7, 2024
The Record Industry’s Full-Blown A.I. War
A pair of well-capitalized A.I. music startups have found themselves in the middle of a gnarly lawsuit against the industry’s biggest labels in a case that may set precedents across numerous creative industries. These suits will either be remembered as a power play, or a devastating blow to their own assets and their relevance to artists.