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Jun 1, 2026

The Daily Courant
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The Daily Wire Exodus, Sotheby’s Bicycle Bros, Cornyn’s Revenge

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon guide to Puck’s best new reporting. Here’s what you need to know… and stick around for more on 60 Minutes’s surprising new hire.

  • In the Room: Media insiders are scratching their heads after Bari Weiss tapped former tech columnist turned screenwriter Nick Bilton to run 60 Minutes despite his complete lack of TV news experience. Dylan Byers grills the newly appointed executive producer about his grand vision for America’s top-rated news show. [Read More]
  • Dry Powder: As OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX barrel toward I.P.O.s and trillion-dollar valuations, a cohort of Wall Street contrarians worry they’ve seen this movie before. Bill Cohan illuminates the downside risks of a dot-com sequel. [Read More]
  • The Best & The Brightest: Senate Republicans appear to have found their spine after Trump effectively broke their political contract by ending the careers of John Cornyn and Bill Cassidy. Leigh Ann Caldwell talks to Hill insiders about the mutiny stalling the president’s agenda and why G.O.P. aides insist this time is different. [Read More]
  • Line Sheet: Target is pinning its comeback hopes on Isaac Mizrahi, the designer who wrote the playbook for thoughtful mass-market fashion. Malique Morris considers whether the original architect of Tarjay can capture lightning in a bottle twice. [Read More]

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As Alice prepares to leave for college, Jimmy and his chosen family find themselves navigating the reality that change is coming… for all of them. Season 3 of “Shrinking” continues to prove that healing is messy, boundaries are complicated and personal growth is deeply annoying but often hilarious. But slightly easier when you don’t have to do it alone. Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Luke Tennie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley star. 

  • Wall Power: Pace Gallery represents a wide range of artists, but four recently opened New York shows offer something a little different. Marion Maneker reveals why works by Emily Kam Kngwarray, Julian Schnabel, David Hockney, and Paul Thek make a surprising mix. [Read More]
  • Wall Power: Elite road biking has become the C-suite pastime du jour—and Sotheby’s is mining the sport for a new class of ultra-V.I.P. clients. George Nelson reports on their bet that cycling is the new golf. [Read More]

Meanwhile, on the pods…

  • The Powers That Be: Peter Hamby and Jon Kelly contemplate the newest product suite at The Free Press, before digging into the shake-up at The Daily Wire and its implications for the right-wing creator economy. [Listen Here or Watch Here]

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  • 🚨 On the evening of June 9, Puck’s Bill Cohan will sit down with Lloyd Blankfein at the Whitby in NYC to discuss his book Streetwise: Getting to and Through Goldman Sachs as part of a literary series in partnership with Mayer Brown. Please email MPhillips@puck.news if you’re interested in attending—space is limited.

And now, a little more on 60 Minutes’s new head honcho…

 

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Big Nick Energy

Big Nick Energy

Last Thursday morning, just minutes after Bari Weiss announced her audacious overhaul of 60 Minutes, Dylan got a call from the show’s newly appointed executive producer. Nick Bilton, the former New York Times reporter and Vanity Fair writer who left journalism to pursue a career in Hollywood, will now oversee editorial direction and story selection at America’s most popular news program—and, like Bari, has no leadership or managerial background, let alone any experience in broadcast television.

In conversation with Dylan, Bilton argued that’s part of his appeal. “You can’t necessarily have an insider change an institution from the inside, because they don’t know how to look at it from a different perspective,” he said. “Sometimes you need an outsider.” Perhaps that’s true, but there’s scant evidence that even a name-brand columnist can wrangle TV egos, navigate production schedules, and lead the old broadcast guard to their multiplatform salvation. But Bilton seems to know what Bari wants—and she made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. “There was no part of me that wanted to come back to journalism,” he told Dylan. “But when Bari approached me about [the job], I couldn’t get it out of my head.”

Click here to read Dylan’s full story.

WALL STREET

William D. Cohan William D. Cohan
The A.I. Bubble Truthers Cry Wolf

The A.I. Bubble Truthers Cry Wolf

As several of the leading A.I. companies prepare to go public and see their valuations soar above the $1 trillion mark, a number of Wall Street contrarians are trying to remind everyone that we’ve seen this movie before.

WASHINGTON

Leigh Ann Caldwell Leigh Ann Caldwell
Senate Republicans Plot Their Revenge on Trump

Senate Republicans Plot Their Revenge on Trump

After the president helped end the careers of two of their own, many in the Senate G.O.P. feel he’s broken their political contract. Now, instead of constantly bowing to the executive branch, they’re agitating to fight, or at least stand up for themselves.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR

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As Alice prepares to leave for college, Jimmy and his chosen family find themselves navigating the reality that change is coming… for all of them. Season 3 of “Shrinking” continues to prove that healing is messy, boundaries are complicated and personal growth is deeply annoying but often hilarious. But slightly easier when you don’t have to do it alone. Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Luke Tennie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley star. 

FASHION

Malique Morris Malique Morris
Groundhog Tarjay

Groundhog Tarjay

In an era when Walmart, Amazon, and Quince are competing for the same customer, Target appears to be returning to the designer who wrote the playbook for bringing thoughtful fashion to mass retail. Could Isaac Mizrahi make Tarjay happen again?

ART

Marion Maneker Marion Maneker
A Separate Pace

A Separate Pace

The global gallery represents a wide range of artists, but there is something different about the four shows currently on view in New York.

ART

George Nelson

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

Through sales of ultra-rare bicycles and insider access to the Tour de France, Sotheby’s is recruiting a new class of clients from elite cycling’s swelling ranks of C-suite executives, collectors, and family-office principals.

 

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The Powers that Be Daily, Starring Peter Hamby

Media Monday: Bari’s Dating Advice & Ben Shapiro’s Haircut

The besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to contemplate The Free Press’s new suite of products—including a community forum for exchanging views on topics from Kharg Island to romance tips. Then the duo discuss the latest changes at The Daily Wire and what might lurk around the corner of the O.G. right-wing creator company.

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