SPORTS & MEDIA
Dylan Byers
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February 29, 2024
What If Godwin Was One of Us?
Readouts from the new era at ABC News, where a recently layered Kim Godwin is suddenly more present and vocal than ever before, seemingly in an attempt to match the ubiquity of her new boss—all while acting like it’s business as usual.
John Ourand
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February 26, 2024
MLB’s Pantsgate
News and notes on a shocking, stupid, and increasingly serious micro-scandal.
Eriq Gardner
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February 26, 2024
Is Spulu Too Big to Fail?
Assessing the D.O.J.’s case against the most famous Big Three in sports media history.
Dylan Byers
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February 24, 2024
The Herridge Foundation
News and notes on a roiling and utterly predictable TV news microscandal.
John Ourand
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February 22, 2024
As Goodell as It Gets
A morality tale about the time that the newly expanded College Football Playoff thought it could program its games during a Saturday slot that the NFL has dominated for years. Nice try, kids!
Dylan Byers
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February 21, 2024
The Ackman-Döpfner Non-Escalation Treaty
A recent dinner between the Axel Springer C.E.O. and the aggrieved hedge fund manager and proud husband likely paved the way for an end to the Business Insider-Neri Oxman contretemps.
John Ourand
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February 20, 2024
The Sports Bundle Holy Wars Have Begun
Spulu wasn’t just a way for frenemies Disney, Fox, and WBD to join forces to solve a consumer problem. It was also a warning shot at Paramount and Comcast.
Eriq Gardner
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February 19, 2024
The Trump Tower Doomsday Scenarios
Gaming out Trump’s various legal nightmares, and the second-order effects, with rainmaker Ted Boutrous.
Dylan Byers
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February 16, 2024
The Godwin Delusion
Fresh reporting from inside West 66th Street on Disney’s promotion of Debra OConnell to oversee ABC News—and, of course, the layering of network president Kim Godwin.
John Ourand
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February 15, 2024
The Mysteries of Indianapolis
All the dish and dealflow talk emanating from the heartland as All-Star weekend sets in: the NBA rights permutations, the Diamond deal, and much more.
Tina Nguyen
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February 15, 2024
Lachlan’s New Media Toy
John Matze, the ousted Parler founder, is back with a media platform designed to “promote conversation and civil debate”—and $5 million of funding courtesy of Fox Corp.
Dylan Byers
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February 14, 2024
The Age of Biden
For better or worse, many in the WH press corps have spent the last couple years noticeably avoiding the topic of the president’s agility and acuity because it felt indelicate or irrelevant. Now, the Hur report has stirred some soul-searching.
Julia Alexander
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February 14, 2024
Iger’s ‘Spulu’ Starter Marriage
It’s been a week since ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced their enigmatic three-headed sports skinny bundle. The industry is overwhelmed with questions, but one thing seems certain: this thing isn’t here to stay.
John Ourand
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February 13, 2024
The NFL’s Lawyers Aren’t Subscribing to the ESPN-Fox-WBD Super Sports Streamer
I learned this weekend in Vegas that the league is having its lawyers examine its contracts with ESPN and Fox to see if it has an out.
John Ourand
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February 13, 2024
McManus in the Arena
A quick Super Bowl Sunday touch-base with the outgoing leader of CBS Sports, Sean McManus, and his handpicked successor, David Berson.
Dylan Byers
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February 9, 2024
Little Britain
News and notes on the micro-crises roiling CNN, what to expect from the legacy players, the Zaz-Iger-Lachlan super-streamer, and much, much more.
Dylan Byers
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February 9, 2024
Rep. Avlon From East Hampton?
The Hamptons-dwelling CNN anchor and No Labels co-founder is considering a run for Congress this year on a centrist, anti-Trump platform.