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Leigh Ann Caldwell & Marianna Sotomayor
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December 17, 2024
Thune’s Senate Warning & The Israel Aid Divide
Fiscal hawk Ron Johnson is set to inherit Lindsey Graham's Budget Committee gavel, with the leverage to make John Thune's life harder over the SAVE America Act. Meanwhile, a House vote to block $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel is forcing a Democratic reckoning.
Eriq Gardner
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December 17, 2024
WarnerMount Is Already Teasing a Supreme Court Showdown
For all the noise around California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s lawsuit to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, the actual complaint is notable for what it avoids. As both sides prep for the weeks and months ahead, everyone involved is staking their bargaining positions on the consequences of a drawn-out affair.
John Ourand
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December 17, 2024
A Fanatic’s Notes
Fanatics Fest has evolved from a collectibles convention into the closest thing sports has to Comic-Con, with enough gravitational pull to drag the ESPYs—and much of the industry—to New York this week.
Sarah Shapiro
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December 17, 2024
Denim Short Selling
The latest ShopMy data shows that affiliate dollars are flowing through the vacation wardrobe—linen skirts, scarf tops, and raffia minis—wrapped around it.
Marion Maneker
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December 17, 2024
Paul Klee’s Angels and Demons
A brilliant survey of the artist’s work at the Jewish Museum, including drawings inspired by his Nazi harassment, makes the case for his stature among modern artists. It also makes a courageous statement about the return of authoritarianism today.
Ian Krietzberg
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December 17, 2024
Will America’s Next President Run Against A.I.?
The polling says artificial intelligence isn’t a top-tier issue for voters… yet. But beneath the affordability crisis, Washington’s top political strategists are picking up early signals of an anti-tech populist revolt.
Matthew Belloni
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December 17, 2024
Why Rob Bonta Doesn’t Believe Paramount’s “30 Movies a Year”
The California attorney general, now the public face of the 12-state fight against David Ellison’s Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, explains his rationale for filing a much-anticipated lawsuit to block the deal.
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Scott Mendelson
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December 17, 2024
Moana’s Flop and the Slow Death of Live Action
The 2010s glut of “live-action” revamps of animated I.P. seems to have come to its final resting place after Moana’s meek box office showing. With dwindling bankable I.P. and waning fan interest, this was probably bound to happen.
Marianna Sotomayor
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December 17, 2024
Luna’s SAVE Standoff
House lawmakers are back in Washington and going nowhere, thanks to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's rebellion over the SAVE America Act.
Leigh Ann Caldwell
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December 17, 2024
Graham’s Placeholder & Trump’s $382M Question
Gov. Henry McMaster has appointed Lindsey Graham's sister to hold his Senate seat as South Carolina braces for a crowded scramble to replace him on the ballot. Meanwhile, Republican leaders are still waiting to learn whether Trump will unlock MAGA Inc.'s $382 million war chest ahead of November.
Dylan Byers
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December 17, 2024
Let CNN & CBS News Eat Their Cake
As the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger has played out alongside the Bari-fication of CBS News, there was a sense among some in the media class that regulators might make hay of the deal’s proposed combination of two of the nation’s most storied brands. Any such notion turned out to be seriously misguided.
Peter Hamby
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December 17, 2024
Lindsay Graham’s Last Waltz
The death of the senator from South Carolina closes the chapter on a vanishing breed of politician who won power through handshakes, favors, late nights, and relentless retail politics instead of viral clips and social media warfare. His successor will inherit Graham’s seat, but not the political ecosystem that made his career possible.
Lauren Sherman & Malique Morris
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December 17, 2024
Blackstone Exits Spanx & Zara’s Crazy Pants
Why the private equity giant divested from the shapewear firm five years after taking a $1.2 billion stake. Plus: Can you issue a safety recall on a pair of trousers?
Eriq Gardner
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December 17, 2024
The Beef in Wrigleyville
A case pitting the Chicago Cubs against the owner of the last independent rooftop view into Wrigley Field could have lasting ramifications on sports viewership in the future. The question is: Can visibility itself function as a quasi-property right?
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Lauren Sherman
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December 17, 2024
Life in the Fast Retailing Lane
Tadashi Yanai was supposed to retire years ago, but the 77-year-old head of Uniqlo is still vetoing sweaters, consulting his wife, and recruiting designers like J.W. Anderson for the $20 billion business. What he doesn’t have is a succession plan.
Leigh Ann Caldwell & Marianna Sotomayor
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December 17, 2024
Lindsey Graham Aftershocks & Trump’s Housing Bill Boycott
The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham has given way to a succession scramble in South Carolina. Meanwhile, Republicans are fuming that Trump’s tantrum over their housing affordability bill may hand Democrats the majority.
Leigh Ann Caldwell
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December 17, 2024
Plat Earthers
After Graham Platner’s flameout in Maine, Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed is the progressive left’s best—and last—chance to prove they can win a Senate seat in a purple state.
William D. Cohan
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December 17, 2024
PSKY’s $6.7 Million-a-Day Question
As the scheduled close date of the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger nears, the question from Sacramento to London remains whether local regulators are really going to pull up a seat at the table. And if California A.G. Rob Bonta actually understands his hand.
Lauren Sherman & Malique Morris
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December 17, 2024
Sun Valley Fashion Superlatives & Margiela Mania
With the dust settled on the final panel, Lauren hands out her annual mogul cosplay awards. Plus, a report from the expectation-smashing Margiela auction.
Malique Morris
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December 17, 2024
Luca’s Tough Love & J.Crew’s Outside Influence
For all the star power of the just-concluded Couture week, the industry is finding out that fixing brands is far harder than replacing executives.
Julia Alexander
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December 17, 2024
The Pivot to Video Killed the Radio Star
Search is dead, A.I. is ripping your site, and no one under the age of 30 is reading. But if you’ve got topical authority, telegenic talent, and a decent relationship with the bots, there may yet be a way out of this, dear publisher.