SPORTS & MEDIA
John Ourand
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April 23, 2026
Goodell’s Washington Ground Game
The feds have been breathing down the NFL’s neck all year, and a quartet of league executives made the pilgrimage to D.C. last week to plead their case.
Dylan Byers
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April 22, 2026
The Weiss House
While fourth-estate purists bemoan the diminishment of press freedoms under Trump, CBS’s Bari Weiss and David Ellison will be breaking bread over White House Correspondents’ Association weekend with two of the administration’s most visible press antagonists. Cue the outrage… but that’s the point.
NBC’s Miller Time
An exclusive conversation with NBC Sports’s Jon Miller about the network’s recent multibillion-dollar sports rights investments, the stunning durability of broadcast television, competing with trillion-dollar streaming giants, and plenty more.
John Ourand
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April 20, 2026
How Much Trouble Is the NFL In, Really?
The league’s recent push to sign new rights deals with its media partners and ongoing relationship with the streamers has opened it up to a wave of regulatory inquiry. But is any of the scrutiny more than just a headache?
Julia Alexander
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April 17, 2026
Doomsday Prepping for the A.I. Media Apocalypse
The already shell-shocked media business is bracing for yet another existential disruption: a future in which many readers are replaced by A.I. agents summarizing their work—and cutting out the advertisers that are the lifeblood of the industry.
John Ourand
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April 16, 2026
LIV & Let Die… Again
How much longer is Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund willing to continue pumping billions into its quixotic bet on LIV Golf, as the Iran war dislocates sporting events like Formula One and Fanatics flag football?
Dylan Byers
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April 15, 2026
The Approval Matrix Revolutions
News, notes, and all the scuttlebutt pertaining to Jim Bankoff’s admirable, atom-splitting attempt to sell off Vox Media in parts: ‘New York,’ its various digital assets, and the podcast network that powers the business.
Will Amazon Get the First Streaming Super Bowl?
It’s virtually inevitable that a streamer will land the exclusive rights to host the Super Bowl within the next decade. And Amazon Prime Video, which has already proven itself with ‘Thursday Night Football’ and sits atop a geyser of e-commerce money, would be the natural successor to a six-decade tradition.
John Ourand
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April 13, 2026
Could Amazon Steal ‘Sunday Night Football’?
Ahead of NFL Kickoff in September, the streaming wolves are circling Sunday Night Football—so media-industry equity research analyst Michael Nathanson stopped by to sketch out what’s at stake for the networks and the league.
Dylan Byers
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April 10, 2026
The Lehane Asylum
A genuinely intelligent conversation with OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane, who led last week’s acquisition of 'TBPN.' Here, he explains the marketing value of his new podcast, its supposed independence, and Sam Altman’s trust issues.
John Ourand
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April 9, 2026
The NFL’s 18th Game Kremlinology
The D.O.J.’s new investigation into the NFL is ostensibly a major setback for the Shield. And yet, there are some potential upsides to kicking rights negotiations down the road…
Dylan Byers
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April 8, 2026
The Greenberger Mile
Behind the promotion of new top editor Jonathan Greenberger is Mathias Döpfner’s belief that video is the future of Politico (more Dashas!), even as the future of its business is increasingly oriented around international growth and fending off NOTUS.
JomBoy Meets World
MLB’s partnership with viral video guru James O’Brien, a.k.a. JomBoy, reflects the league’s increasingly sophisticated approach to winning over Gen Z viewers who aren’t watching TV: If you can’t beat them, join them.
John Ourand
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April 6, 2026
Cut-Down Day Is Coming at ESPN
Layoffs are coming as the sports network deals with cord-cutting, the YouTube TV blackout, and uncertainty around whether Josh D’Amaro is going to spin it off to Wall Street cheers.
Julia Alexander
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April 3, 2026
The Hasan Piker Paradox
In a media economy increasingly oriented around fandoms rather than scale, the controversial leftist Twitch commentator may offer a model for slumping TV news brands in desperate need of adrenaline.
John Ourand
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April 2, 2026
On the Silberwasser Front
Everyone’s favorite TNT Sports boss opens up about the NCAA tournament, losing their NBA rights, the evolution of the network—and, of course, the ParaBros merger likely to close this fall.
Dylan Byers & Ian Krietzberg
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April 1, 2026
The A.I. Journalism Big Bang Theory
An essential conversation with Puck’s in-house A.I. sage, Ian Krietzberg, on the value and limits of automation, the audience and trust that A.I. can never reproduce, and yes, that Fortune reporter using A.I. to post hundreds and hundreds of articles.
