Happy Monday, and welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon compendium of Puck’s best new reporting.

First up today, Dylan Byers chronicles the latest drama engulfing Condé Nast after a group of aggrieved staffers confronted H.R. chief Stan Duncan over the decision to shutter Teen Vogue—and were subsequently shown the door. From different perspectives, the scene represented either a noble act of solidarity or a case study in generational delusion about Condé’s shrinking empire. Dylan has the readout from both sides of the struggle session…

Plus, below the fold: Leigh Ann Caldwell surveys the Democratic brain trust after last week’s electoral romp. Marion Maneker tours Manhattan’s must-see gallery shows ahead of New York sales season. Julie Davich considers the strange provenance of the greatest Asian art collection to come to auction in decades. And Sarah Shapiro takes a close look at Gwyn, Gwyneth Paltrow’s new, higher-end clothing line.

Meanwhile, on the pods: John Ourand is joined by the NFL’s top media exec, Hans Schroeder, on The Varsity to break down how the league is approaching its media rights negotiations. On Impolitic, John Heilemann and longtime Hardball host Chris Matthews assess what last week’s election results portend for ’28 and next year’s midterms. And on The Powers That Be, Peter Hamby and Jon Kelly chew over a potential Vox Media spinoff and Netflix’s strategy to combat subscriber saturation.

MEDIA

A handful of disgruntled employees confronted Stan Duncan, Condé Nast’s H.R. chief, about the company’s decision to shutter Teen Vogue. There was a video, of course, which captures either a noble moment of employee solidarity or a bunch of entitled staffers willfully unaware of Condé’s dwindling fortunes and the realities of the legacy media business. Either way, how far they’ve fallen.

WASHINGTON

After last week, ebullient Democrats gathered in Washington to plot how to instill the lessons of the election: make room for disagreement, run younger candidates, dump the litmus tests, and hammer Trump on affordability.

ART

A meandering preview of Manhattan’s most pressing gallery shows, from the Studio Museum in Harlem’s Tom Lloyd retrospective to Gagosian’s arresting Richard Prince exhibition, in anticipation of the New York sales season.

ART

Japan’s so-called “Pachinko king,” staring down tens of millions of dollars in legal obligations, is bringing one of the greatest collections of Asian art to auction.

FASHION

In many ways, Paltrow’s appearance at her Marin Country Mart trunk show fulfilled the ideal of what Goop has always promised: the experience of shopping Paltrow’s own home. But the brand has fallen a long way from the days when it dominated the cultural conversation.

SPORTS

The NFL’s top media executive, Hans Schroeder, joins John to discuss how the league is approaching its next wave of media rights negotiations, what the streaming era portends for the Sunday model, the surprising staying power of traditional broadcasters, the NFL’s global game plan, and much more.

WASHINGTON

John welcomes the longtime host of Hardball—for 23 years on MSNBC, now on Substack—Chris Matthews to discuss his new book, Lessons From Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters. The author of three previous bestsellers on the Kennedy clan, Matthews lays out the qualities that made R.F.K. so special, qualities that today’s Democrats should emulate as they seek to rebuild the party’s national brand and majority status. He also assesses last week’s election results, especially as they relate to next year’s midterms and the nascent 2028 Democratic nomination contest.

MEDIA

The longtime pals Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby reunite to discuss reports of a Vox Media spinoff sitch—itself a potential micro-micro-microcosm of the WBD deal. Then they turn their attention to Netflix’s scheme for combatting its current saturation in the U.S. and Canada.

Need help? Review our FAQ page or contact us for assistance. For brand partnerships, email ads@puck.news.

You received this email because you signed up to receive emails from Puck, or as part of your Puck account associated with {{customer.email}}. To stop receiving this newsletter and/or manage all your email preferences, click here.

Puck is published by Heat Media LLC. 107 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10006