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After Silver Lake announced it would take Endeavor private, enterprising investors climbed aboard, betting they could extract post-deal value via the appraisal process. Now, the agency is attempting to head them off at the pass. @eriqgardner reports: puck.news/endeavor-vs-carl-i…
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A 300-year-old statute in several states allows for anyone—not just the defeated—to claw back gambling losses. In the app era, the prospect of bounty-hunting a big payout has several lawsuits seeking to test those arcane provisions. @eriqgardner digs in: puck.news/how-a-300-year-old…
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This week’s Hong Kong day sales nearly doubled the results from last year, revealing a surprisingly upbeat Asian market for modern and contemporary art. Then, works offered in the evening sales blew past their estimates… @MarionManeker reports: puck.news/hong-kong-auction-…
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Nike has a plan to rediscover its swagger by catering to its core sports audiences; Shein is finding that cheap thrills have limits; John Galliano gave Zara a luxury glow-up; and more from this week in fashion. More from Malique Morris: puck.news/this-week-in-fashi…
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As the Skydance org chart takes shape, a year’s worth of speculation over who will run which fiefdom is all but settled. At CNN, David Ellison has reenlisted Mark Thompson—for now. But is a confrontation with Bari Weiss inevitable? @DylanByers reports: puck.news/bari-versus-mark-t…
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News and notes on Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s Loewe journey, the creative director behind the French lingerie label Chantelle, and Rhode’s record-shattering debut across Europe. More from @lapresmidi & Malique Morris: puck.news/loewes-sexy-pragma…
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Trump's hastily planned ban of CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the press pool notched a new low in Oval Office-free press relations. But it also reminded journalists of the limits of the White House's own powers of image maintenance @DylanByers reports: puck.news/does-trumps-white-…
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Former Chanel designer Virginie Viard's memoir details the highs and lows of her fascinating life, and gives her side of her inglorious 2024 exit from the brand. More from @lapresmidi: puck.news/virginie-viards-ve…
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With money, celebrity, and a national movement behind her, A.O.C.'s real 2028 dilemma is whether to seize the presidential moment now or take the safer road through Schumer's seat. She may be undecided, but party operatives aren't. @LACaldwellDC reports: puck.news/aocs-path-to-power…
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Michael Ovitz on Ari Emanuel's book: “I work out like a madman, do take cold plunges (much to my chagrin), and get a lot of blood work, but refused to eat those worms he sent me. Felt like they were babies from the film Dune.” @kimmasters reports: puck.news/fact-checking-ari-…
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A bracing conversation between @IKrietzberg & @loudmouthjulia about the dangers and opportunities facing publishers in the agentic era—from the news-wrangling A.I. bots to the emerging strategies for winning subscribers in an age of disarticulation. More: puck.news/how-can-publishers…
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SEC president Greg Sankey is pushing for the Protect College Sports Act, contemplating a broader College Football Playoff field, and otherwise navigating the uncertainties of life in the NCAA. More from his conversation with @Ourand_Puck at In The Arena: puck.news/inside-greg-sankey…
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"Ranchers need guns." Democrats running in 2028 will need to talk to gun owners. @GovMLG has some advice on how to do it in New Mexico. Watch the latest episode of The Making of a President with @PeterHamby: piped.video/watch?v=YhTo63L_…
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News and notes on the best show of Paris Fashion Week so far, Glenn Martens’ mixed results at Margiela, and why everyone can see the end coming at Balenciaga and Chloé. @lapresmidi reports: puck.news/paris-fashion-week…
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Steve Daines wants Republicans to rally sluggish voters around an issue Trump’s ignored on the midterm trail. Plus, internal polling shows Dem's House leads shrinking under a wave of fresh MAGA Inc. money. More from @LACaldwellDC & @MariannaReports: puck.news/the-gops-court-car…
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Witkoff has been locked in diplomatic purgatory with Putin’s apparatchiks over Ukraine—which is driving the Russians crazy. “He is a very strange negotiator,” says a source close to the Kremlin. “He’s not the most precise person.” @juliaioffe reports: puck.news/what-does-the-krem…
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The search to replace Roger Lynch will probably favor an outsider capable of stemming the losses at the Newhouse family’s increasingly precarious publishing empire—and navigating Anna Wintour’s eventual succession. @lapresmidi reports: puck.news/inside-conde-nasts…
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NEW from @MattBelloni: With the 103-year-old Warner Bros. studio set to merge with Paramount, and David Ellison’s debt load to manage, Mike de Luca and Pam Abdy, sources say, won’t be along for the ride. More: puck.news/the-mike-and-pam-e…
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