Galliano’s LVMH Boomerang, Diamond’s R.S.N. Prayers, An ESPN Shake-up

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon dose of Puck’s freshest reporting.

First up today, Julia Ioffe chronicles the palace intrigue between Washington, Jerusalem, and Israel’s national security establishment: What’s good for Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t necessarily good for Israel.

Plus, below the fold: Eriq Gardner and superstar lawyer David Boies discuss his potential billion-dollar windfall over a glass of Caymus. Lauren Sherman weighs the speculation that Bernard Arnault wants Galliano back at LVMH. John Ourand reports on Diamond Sports’ “glide path” negotiations with DirecTV and Comcast. Scott Mendelson questions whether Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman can rescue the summer box office. On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig dissect day one of Trump’s hush money trial. And on The Powers That Be, John and Peter Hamby delve into the shake-up atop ESPN and foreshadow its digital ambitions.

JULIA IOFFE

Biden, Blinken, and Sullivan aren’t the only ones losing patience with the Israeli prime minister. The Israeli national security establishment has its own profound gripes and concerns, too.

ERIQ GARDNER

The plaintiffs who sued Google aren’t receiving a penny, but the law firms who represented them are looking at a historic billion-dollar bonanza over the company’s “incognito” mode scandal. David Boies, one of the lead attorneys, says more 10-figure paydays are coming.

LAUREN SHERMAN

Assessing all the endless, yet increasingly plausible, rumors suggesting Galliano’s LVMH homecoming—and where, precisely, he might land. And if it’s even true…

JOHN OURAND

Another setback looms for Diamond Sports as it heads into its latest bankruptcy court hearing: DirecTV and Comcast are going full-blown “cliff path.”