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Streaming Defibrillated, NBA Rights Fight, From Iran With Love

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon cheat sheet featuring the latest reporting from Puck.

Today, we lead off with Julia Alexander’s post-earnings, between-the-lines reading of Netflix’s financial vitals, and how embracing advertising might finally turn the streaming platform into a glorified CBS.

Plus, below the fold, Julia Ioffe reveals the ironic twist in Russia and Iran’s new partnership. Matt Belloni joins Peter Hamby on The Powers That Be to reflect on the dark legacy of Nikki Finke. Bill Cohan sits down with Kara Swisher to unravel the tao of Elon. And on The Town, Matt recruits media analyst Andrew Wallenstein to forecast whether Disney and WarnerMedia will retain their NBA rights.

The New Netflix Age Has Arrived

JULIA ALEXANDER

Netflix naysayers suggest that the forthcoming ad-supported tier will cheapen the brand, lead subscribers to downgrade, and lower the ARPU. But it’s actually an opportunity for the company to accelerate its pivot to its own O&O sitcoms, procedurals, and other content that its users already crave and its future ad partners lust over.

Putin’s New Tools of Terror

JULIA IOFFE

Russia, which sees itself as an unjustly deposed military superpower reclaiming its rightful place on the world stage, views Iran as a small regional power that can be used as it sees fit. Ironic, then, that Russia has turned to a junior partner for basic weapons as it runs out of its own.

Nikki Finke’s Legacy & The Woke Corporate Wars

PETER HAMBY & MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss Nikki Finke’s complex legacy as a bile-spilling, news-breaking Hollywood mouthpiece and vixen. Then Ben Landy and Eriq Gardner discuss the Fortune 500 woke wars.

Elon, Elon, Elon… and Trump

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Bill joins Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway on a bonus episode of ‘On with Kara Swisher’ to unpack Elon’s financial pickle as he attempts to finalize the Twitter deal.

The Looming NBA Rights Bonanza

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by chief media analyst Andrew Wallenstein to discuss the upcoming expiration of Disney and WarnerMedia’s NBA media rights deal. They predict whether Disney-Warner can hold on to their NBA rights or whether the deep pockets of big tech and streaming will outbid the rest of the market.

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