NYT’s Sports Pivot, Iger’s $60B Gamble, The Murdoch Clock

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

Today, we lead with Matt Belloni and Jonathan Handel’s inside account of the writers’ strike resolution and Hollywood’s new labor landscape: how a deal was finally consummated; why both sides are asserting victory; and what this denouement portends for the still-picketing actors.

Plus, below the fold: Dylan Byers digs into the Murdoch succession drama and the Times’ double-down on The Athletic. Bill Cohan turns a critical eye to the recent I.P.O.-looza and Iger’s $60 billion gamble on Disney’s parks. On The Powers That Be, Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby exchanges notes on the Times’ sports strategy and the reorganization of the Murdoch empire. And on an emergency episode of The Town, Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw consider the writers’ strike aftershocks.

MATTHEW BELLONI & JONATHAN HANDEL

Both sides claim victory as the 146-day impasse ends, the actors wait in the wings, and the next weeks and months come into focus. A sigh of relief in Hollywood, yet there are reasons to believe this aftermath will look very different.

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DYLAN BYERS

Ok, so Lachlan is now officially the last Murdoch standing. What’s next? (Plus, news and notes on the ‘Times’ and CNN.)

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Notes on the latest storylines in media and finance: the Murdoch family trust, a rocky road for I.P.O.s, and a silver lining at Disney.

PETER HAMBY & JON KELLY

Jon Kelly joins Peter Hamby to dig into the Murdoch news and chat about the Times’ decision to elevate its Athletic purchase over its sports desk.