Farfetch’s Humbling, Hollywood’s ’23 Debacles, G.O.P. Impeachment Theater

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon bundle of Puck’s best new reporting.

First up today, Lauren Sherman mulls the near-death experience of the luxury marketplace Farfetch: the $500 million bridge loan, what’s next for C.E.O. José Neves, the failed Yoox Net-a-Porter merger, and much more.

Plus, below the fold: Peter Hamby introduces the “reverse coattails” theory that could buoy Biden in ’24. On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri and CBS’s Bob Costa lock horns over the great themes of the presidential contest. On The Town, Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw pinpoint Hollywood’s biggest disasters of the year. And on The Powers That Be, Peter and Abby Livingston decipher the House G.O.P.’s impeachment fantasies, and whether the Republicans actually have the votes.

LAUREN SHERMAN

Assessing the collateral damage and lessons learned—particularly that “winner-takes-all” nonsense—from Farfetch’s humbling: the delisting, the bridge loan, and failed Yoox Net-a-Porter merger.

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PETER HAMBY

Yes, Gen Z has soured on the 81-year-old president. But Democratic strategists see a “reverse coattails” effect emerging in the data: an opportunity for the White House to tap local outrage to set up a national win.

TARA PALMERI

Tara is joined by CBS chief election correspondent Bob Costa to swap their notes on the state of the 2024 presidential election. They discuss Donald Trump’s dominance over the Republican Party, the viability of the top G.O.P. and third-party challengers, Hunter Biden’s impact on his dad’s re-election prospects, and much more.

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss a chaotic and frustrating 2023 in Hollywood. With the labor shutdowns being the clear answer for the biggest debacle, Matt and Lucas look beyond the strikes to nominate what they believe have been the most calamitous misfires in the industry this year.