Hollywood ’22 Misfires, The ‘Succession’ Paradox, Twitter’s Gordian Knot

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon shot of Puck’s latest reporting.

Today, legal expert Eriq Gardner picks apart the explosion of litigation stemming from Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, which threatens to expedite the company’s astounding downfall into the hands of his creditors.

Then, below the fold: Teddy Schleifer and Peter Hamby connect for a far-reaching conversation about how Succession explains our social media echo chambers. Ben Landy enlists Bill Cohan to navigate Twitter’s financial quagmire on a special episode of The Powers That Be. And over on the The Town, Matt Belloni litigates the biggest debacles, flops, and misfires that reverberated through Hollywood over the past year.

ERIQ GARDNER

The explosion of litigation stemming from Musk’s rampage at Twitter—mass firings, gag orders, jilted shareholders and vendors—threatens to expedite the company’s astounding downfall into the hands of its creditors. Too bad he’s fired so many lawyers.

TEDDY SCHLEIFER

A blunt retrospective with Peter Hamby about partisan myopia, Twitter echo chambers, and the most underrated political narratives heading into 2024.

BEN LANDY & WILLIAM D. COHAN

Ben Landy and Bill Cohan engage in a far-reaching conversation about the future of Twitter.

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw for Part 1 of a two-part conversation covering the biggest debacles in Hollywood, including the movie bomb of the year, the most maligned executive decisions, and the most underdiscussed disasters.