Almin Joy, Walz’s Media Dance, Hollywood’s New Arms Race

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

First up today, Dylan Byers gathers all the internal chatter at ABC News surrounding newly appointed president Almin Karamehmedovic, who steps into the role three-ish months after Kim Godwin’s arguably belated ouster. Is this the dawn of an ambitious new era for the network?

Plus, below the fold: Rachel Strugatz identifies the Estée Lauder executives following Fabrizio Freda out the door. William D. Cohan rings up Pulitzer Prize-winning energy guru Dan Yergin to dissect the U.S. electricity deficit. John Heilemann and The Economist’s James Bennet parse the Obamas’ D.N.C. rhetorical masterclass. On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri is joined by Chuck Todd to pinpoint Kamala’s somewhat glaring Achilles’ heel and consider Tim Walz’s media mojo. On The Town, Matt Belloni and Hollywood insider Joe Chianese break down the industry’s new arms race. And on The Powers That Be, Tara links up with Peter Hamby at the D.N.C. to discuss how the convention is playing in Mar-a-Lago.

DYLAN BYERS

Almin Karamehmedovic, the newly crowned president of ABC News, is inheriting a circumscribed remit, akin to a glorified executive producer, as his boss, Deb OConnell, keeps control of the business. In that regard, Almin may have been the perfect choice all along.

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RACHEL STRUGATZ

Notes on the accelerated retirement of C.E.O. Fabrizio Freda, the two senior executives following him out the door, and whether Jane Lauder will step into her uncle Leonard’s old job running the family cosmetics empire.

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Our third annual check-in with energy guru Dan Yergin about how the U.S. ended up with an oil and gas surplus, an electricity deficit, and what can make up the difference.

JOHN HEILEMANN

A convention conversation with political columnist James Bennet about the lasting power of the Obamas, what the G.O.P. has lost with Trump, and whether Kamala can sell America on generational change.