Netflix 3.0, G.O.P. Donor Train, The Redstone Legacy

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

Today, we lead off with Teddy Schleifer’s close reading of freshly obtained FTX filings—and what they portend for S.B.F.’s brother Gabe, their former colleague Ryan Salame, and even David McCormick.

Plus, below the fold: Julia Alexander graphs the rise and fall of Arrested Development and Netflix’s evolving business strategy. Julia Ioffe chronicles disturbing diplomatic breakdowns as the battle for Ukraine enters its second year. Teddy and Peter Hamby evaluate DeSantis’s ascent on the G.O.P. mega-donor train. Eriq Gardner dissects the lawsuits threatening the future of college sports. And on The Town, Matt Belloni is joined by Jim Stewart and Rachel Abrams of The New York Times to discuss their new book on the Redstone family media legacy.

TEDDY SCHLEIFER

A Taldmudic reading of exclusively obtained FTX filings suggests the next steps in this unfolding drama: finding out what Gabe Bankman-Fried knew about Salame’s dark money machine, S.B.F.’s ties to David McCormick, and more.

JULIA ALEXANDER

The rise, fall, resurrection, and now disappearance of one series traces the course of Netflix’s evolution over a decade.

JULIA IOFFE

As the battle for Ukraine enters its second year, neither side seems willing to negotiate. A source familiar with the Russian posture described Moscow’s opening position as “go fuck yourself.” Another well-informed source said that’s Kyiv’s opener, too.

PETER HAMBY, TEDDY SCHLEIFER, ERIQ GARDNER, and BEN LANDY

Teddy Schleifer joins Peter to discuss Ron DeSantis's ascent on the G.O.P. mega-donor money train. Then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy get into the lawsuits threatening the future of college sports.