Tech’s Hollywood Takeover, Linda’s Disgrace Machine, Streaming Holiday Catnip

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

Today, we lead with Teddy Schleifer’s sweeping review of the tumultuous OpenAI saga: the board drama, Sam Altman’s hyper-efficient comeback campaign, the fate of “effective altruism,” and plenty more.

Plus, below the fold: Julia Alexander illuminates the head-spinning R.O.I. of streamers’ annual holiday blitzkrieg. On The Town, Matt Belloni and Peter Kafka discuss the long-term place of tech giants in the entertainment industry. And on The Powers That Be, Peter Hamby and Dylan Byers wonder how long X/Twitter C.E.O. Linda Yaccarino will last following Elon’s antisemitic endorsement on the platform.

TEDDY SCHLEIFER

What Sam said at Stanford when confronted about ChatGPT. What people think of Sam’s effective-altruist board member Helen Toner. And what the hell happened at OpenAI.

JULIA ALEXANDER

You have no earthly idea how much people watch holiday movies between Thanksgiving and New Years. But is owning and developing this I.P. a worthy R.O.I.?

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by Vox senior correspondent and 'Recode Media' host Peter Kafka to discuss the new era of tech and Hollywood, including the long-term place of Apple and Amazon in the entertainment industry, the rise of advertising in streaming, YouTube's and TikTok’s power, and more.

PETER HAMBY & DYLAN BYERS

Dylan Byers joins Peter to discuss the latest turmoil at X/Twitter, sparked by Elon Musk’s antisemitic sympathies. Senior members of the advertising community are calling on X CEO Linda Yaccarino to resign before the disgrace machine consumes her. Will she?