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Dave Calhoun
William D. Cohan March 27, 2024
Dave Calhoun’s forced exit from Boeing is the final vestige of Jack Welch’s nearly 50-year influence over Wall Street and American corporate life.
shari redstone
William D. Cohan March 24, 2024
News and notes on the latest intrigue among the Sconset set: the next steps in the Apollo-Paramount foreplay and whether Donald Trump can get his money.
jeff zucker
William D. Cohan March 20, 2024
News and notes on two intoxicating bankruptcy restructurings: Jeff Zucker’s latest gambit to claw the Telegraph and Spectator away from the Barclays, despite the punctilious British regulators; and Trump’s high-stakes lawn sale.
shari redstone
William D. Cohan March 17, 2024
Apollo is certainly not the suitor that Shari Redstone dreamed about. But is it the best she can get? And what “value” might they “extract” from the family empire?


David Zaslav
William D. Cohan March 13, 2024
In two short years, David Zaslav has gone from the toast of Hollywood to its favorite villain—the caricature of an overpaid, wannabe mogul who can’t see past the next quarter’s earnings. With the restrictions of WBD’s original Reverse Morris Trust structure set to expire, can he rewrite his script? It all comes down to debt maturities and Max.
bob iger
William D. Cohan March 10, 2024
A candid assessment of Nelson Peltz’s 133-page dissertation on Disney—the latest salvo in his failing proxy battle.
joe biden
William D. Cohan March 6, 2024
The mandarins of high finance are now positioning their banks for the ultimate high-beta event: the return of Donald Trump.
david zaslav
William D. Cohan March 3, 2024
News and notes on the Downtown Cip table chatter: Zaz’s Paramount false flag and Trump’s increasingly cumbersome penalty financing solutions.


Gunnar Wiedenfels
William D. Cohan February 28, 2024
A close reading of the latest Wall Street-media riddle: why Zaz’s financial henchman can’t arouse analysts while Warren can sweep his Shari losses under the post-EBITDA carpet.
bill ackman
William D. Cohan February 25, 2024
A talmudic reading of the hedge fund manager’s latest three-hour soliloquy, Business Insider counteroffensive, and the general and growing oeuvre of his discontents.
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