Hollywood Villains, Bloomberg Fantasies, YouTube’s Sunday Ticket

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, surfacing the best new work at Puck.

First up today, Eriq Gardner surveys the boldest names in his legal rolodex about the industry’s most provocative cases in 2023: Fox vs Dominion, Trump vs Garland, A.I., M&A, and just how long Sam Bankman-Fried might go to jail.

Plus, below the fold: Jon Kelly and Dylan Byers discuss the scintillating report that Mike Bloomberg is contemplating bids for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. A shot across the bow? Or the fantasies of wishful adviser minions? Then Ben Mullin joins Matt Belloni on The Town for a rollicking debate about YouTube’s winning bid for the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket”—the latest flashing indicator of sports television’s inevitable transition to streaming.

ERIQ GARDNER

Bar heavies and white shoe litigators weigh in with their most provocative legal predictions for 2023: on the future of Hollywood M&A, Murdoch’s defamation headache, Trump’s obstruction jeopardy, and more.

JON KELLY & DYLAN BYERS

Jon Kelly and Dylan Byers discuss the scintillating report that Mike Bloomberg is contemplating attempts to acquire The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

MATTHEW BELLONI

YouTube closed on a multi-billion dollar deal to take over NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’—the next major sign of sports television’s inevitable transition to streaming. Matt is joined by Ben Mullin from The New York Times to discuss the sprawling implications of the agreement.

TARA PALMERI

News and notes around town as Washington prepares to enjoy the brief calm before the new Congress storm.