“Shittrix” Drama, Media Monday, NFL Prime

Happy Monday, and welcome back to The Daily Courant, our afternoon digest of the best work at Puck.

Today, we lead with Matt Belloni’s inside look at the rising anxiety at Bryan Lourd’s CAA, as the newly beefed-up Hollywood agency digests the vestiges of ICM, squeezes its agents, and picks off their clients to stay competitive with WME.

Plus, below the fold: Bill Cohan evaluates the Trump fraud suit and checks in on Wall Street’s deal of the year. Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to discuss the ascent of Jake Tapper at CNN and the latest inside chatter about the Biden media narrative. Then Matt sits down with John Ourand to discuss Amazon’s NFL debut and the digital future of the league.

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MATTHEW BELLONI

While CAA’s Bryan Lourd is embracing his role as King of Hollywood after absorbing ICM, and WME is installing new leaders, the pressures of a changing industry have forced the sharks to audition for their own jobs.

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WILLIAM D. COHAN

Notes on the hottest topics on Wall Street: the between-the-lines on the Trump suit, a private equity dumpster fire, and the end of SPACistan.

PETER HAMBY & JON KELLY

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the ascent of Jake Tapper in the Licht era at CNN. Then they check in on the latest inside chatter about the Biden media narrative.

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by John Ourand to discuss Amazon’s impressive start as an exclusive NFL streamer for ‘Thursday Night Football.’ Amazon’s Week 2 debut between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers drew ratings similar to broadcast television... Is this the future?