Bob vs. Bob, Scott’s Senate Gamble, Biden’s Missile Crisis

Happy Friday, and welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon roundup of Puck’s latest reportage.

Today, we lead with Matt Belloni’s exclusive look at the mounting tensions between former Disney C.E.O. Bob Iger and current leader Bob Chapek as the company’s financial situation becomes increasingly perilous.

Then, below the fold, Tara Palmeri reveals how Rick Scott’s failed Senate leadership bid might have actually been a win. Julia Ioffe and Peter Hamby analyze Putin’s retreat from Kherson. Puck marketing legend Alex Bigler chats with Bill Cohan about his new tome, Power Failure. And Matt breaks down Marvel’s special sauce with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever producer Nate Moore.

MATTHEW BELLONI

The Chapek vs. Iger narrative was mostly just gossip, a product of one of the most celebrated media C.E.O.s of all time being replaced by a decidedly less dynamic manager. Their differences are much more relevant now that the company’s financial situation has become more perilous.

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TARA PALMERI

Notes on the longtime Democratic leader’s decision to step back into a chairman-like role in the minority rather than retire immediately. Plus, the peculiar dynamics behind Rick Scott’s failed Senate leadership bid.

PETER HAMBY, JULIA IOFFE, ALEX BIGLER, and WILLIAM D. COHAN

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Putin’s retreat from Kherson and how an errant missile nearly sparked WWIII. Then marketing genius Alex Bigler talks with author William D. Cohan about his new tome, “Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.”

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ producer Nate Moore to discuss what makes Marvel so special, including the idiosyncratic development process, the level of familiarity with the I.P. required to produce and direct a Marvel movie, how they decide between making a TV show or a feature film, and more.