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SPACs

Jon Feltheimer
William D. Cohan • May 22, 2024

Starz Wars

An only-in-Hollywood story about Lionsgate, the Screaming Eagle SPAC, and “creditor-on-creditor violence.”
William D. Cohan • March 31, 2024
A Paramount Twist & Trump’s Meme Windfall Options
Shari Redstone
News and notes on the latest ironic development in the Paramount Global auction. Plus, a brief investigation into whether Trump can convert his billions’ worth of Truth Social stock into much-needed cash.
William D. Cohan • February 14, 2024
Life & Times of Michael Klein
michael klein
The fascinating and shocking but not surprising story of how a generationally talented banker found himself in the Senate’s crosshairs.
Bill Ackman has been in the SPAC game for long before it was trendy.
William D. Cohan • October 4, 2023
Ackman in Full
Sure, Bill Ackman knows how to work the media beautifully, as he has many times in his career. But his public promotion of his new SPARC—a sort of SPAC 2.0—isn’t just a tickle: it’s a sign to the market that he’s open for a whale of a deal. And the calls are coming in…
JPMorgan Chase C.E.O. Jamie Dimon.
William D. Cohan • June 4, 2023
A Chamath Humbling, President Dimon Chatter & Elliott’s Triumph
News and notes about the inside chatter percolating around the Core Club set.
NY AG James
William D. Cohan • September 25, 2022
The Trump Lawsuit’s Known Unknowns & New “Shittrix” Drama
Notes on the hottest topics on Wall Street: the between-the-lines on the Trump suit, a private equity dumpster fire, and the end of SPACistan.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Campaigns With Senate Candidate Adam Laxalt In Nevada
Tina Nguyen • September 21, 2022
“DeSantasy” Revisited
With Trump’s post-raid halo beginning to dim, Ron DeSantis has retaken the Fox spotlight with a series of ingenious provocations—even if they’re more trouble than they’re worth. Plus, updates on Trump’s SPAC mess and his turn toward ‘Q.’
liz cheney
Tina Nguyen • September 7, 2022
The Cheney ’24 Big Lie
There’s no plausible lane for a President Cheney, but that won’t necessarily stop the Jan. 6 heartthrob from trying. Plus the cynical calculus (and hilarious blunders) behind the potential imminent liquidation of Trump’s erstwhile SPAC.
Donald Trump
Tina Nguyen • July 13, 2022
Trump’s Billion-Dollar Deadline & Dave’s Next Moves
While Trump contemplates the timing of a 2024 run, he is also facing another, even more pressing deadline to consummate the merger between his struggling media company, Truth Social, and a rapidly deflating SPAC. Plus, news and notes on Jan. 6th’s inside men and McCormick’s post-campaign opportunities.
joanna coles and bill ackman
William D. Cohan • June 8, 2022
The SPAC Stars of ’21: Where Are They Now?
The pandemic will forever be remembered on Wall Street as the height of SPAC-mania, a consensual hallucination in which everyone, from Ackman to A-Rod, got in on the SPAC craze. It may have been easy to raise all those billions, but it turned out to be much harder to put them to work.