A (non-Puck) newsletter recommendation. Chris Dalla Riva’s analytical take on music is always fascinating. Here he breaks down MLB walk-out songs. open.substack.com/pub/chrisdal...

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Jeffrey Epstein’s crazy idea to reform education, which I discovered in an ongoing shareholder case over the Microsoft-Activision’s merger.

I can see A.I.-assisted NFL officiating turning into a big brouhaha right in the midst of election season. I spell out the scenario here… puck.news/the-nfls-ai-...

Had no idea it was this many

Someone has a case of Mueller Derangement Syndrome

Breaking down the silliest Hollywood lawsuit of the year—and why anyone took it seriously puck.news/jeff-shell-v...

Let me tell you about Murdochs’ war in Mexico puck.news/how-fox-lost...

What I wrote on the eve of trial puck.news/live-nation-...

Hollywood’s most powerful talent agency is going to trial next week for allegedly not doing right by a client. Aaron Sorkin and other industry figures will testify. puck.news/did-caa-kill...

Dear Ted, Take 10% of the $2.8B breakup fee—roughly $280 million—and go hire the best investigative journalists in the world. Build a next-gen 60 Minutes. A better CNN. Think of the revenge possibilities.

Looks like on the eve of trial, there's a settlement in the case concerning the corporation, eBay, which hired a former CIA operative, to spy and harass a pair of nosy journalists. I wrote about the case here: puck.news/jim-baugh-a-...

You earn your P.R. salary when you get them to call you a “whistleblower”

A huge trial to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster is less than a week away. Reading tea leaves… puck.news/live-nation-...

Wow www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/p...

I know the Supreme Court doesn't trifle with such considerations, but maybe not give Trump disappointing legal news on a Friday as he considers launching war?

A 5-week trial over Kevin Spacey's departure from "House of Cards" begins today in Santa Monica. Strangely ignored by most reporters, it feature the actor testifying, has $80m (or more) at stake, and tests a novel, impactful issue. Read more here: puck.news/kevin-spacey...

Already a tenth of the way through the year.

I don’t think there’s a news publication more in love with A.I. than Axios. Can’t say it’s really improved, though.

Hollywood studios sat out the TikTok ban fight—and ByteDance ended up divesting its U.S. operations. Now the M.P.A. is up in arms over Seedance. Would their copyright claims carry more weight if ByteDance still had skin in the U.S. game? puck.news/why-wont-hol...

A taste of tonight’s newsletter

Here’s why the culture wars at yesterday’s Netflix-WBD Senate hearing really matter…

The case that could destroy Bad Bunny and influence A.I. puck.news/the-bad-bunn...

I’m sure I’m not alone wondering this.

I think this guy (no relation) is suing because he signed up for nudity and, gosh darn-it, he didn't get it. Pretty crazy class action. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

I discussed the FBI’s recent raid and seizure in the home of a Washington Post reporter… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Sometime in the next few weeks, Kevin Spacey likely will take the stand in Los Angeles Superior Court and tell jurors that he would have killed himself if he’d had to return for the sixth and final season of House of Cards. puck.news/kevin-spacey...

A few minutes ago, Elon Musk's X filed a big antitrust case against music publishers over licensing demands www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Some Hollywood news I broke in last night’s WIH newsletter. CAA has lost a big secret arbitration over agents that helped launch Range Media. Read details: puck.news/newsletter_c...

An early contender for silliest lawsuit of the year.

New from me: What if the Trump Administration goes REALLY big against Netflix? An unlikely-but-still-conceivable scenario that would redefine how the entire industry operates. puck.news/netflixs-gam...

A look ahead at what I’ll be covering in 2026. puck.news/predicting-t...

🚨 The Nevada Supreme Court has decided that the Rupert Murdoch trust battle was wrongfully closed and kept under seal. A media group has won a petition and now a judge will have to go through hearing transcripts and court docs to determine what really warrants further sealing.

What if a Sora user creates a fantastic Disney character mashup? Can it be licensed to Netflix? Or put on YouTube to train Google’s A.I.? puck.news/disneys-sora...

Speaking of A.I., I can't watch a criminal-themed TV show these days without thinking, "Will that stand up in court if the defendant claims it was deepfaked?" Latest is Netflix' "Beast in Me," turning on a secretly recorded conversation.

This seems very optimistic.

Why Netflix-WBD may have Hollywood talent lawyering up sooner rather than later. See full newsletter here: puck.news/newsletter_c...

Inside one of the strangest white collar trials to hit Hollywood in some time puck.news/did-carl-rin...

Only in 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

A lot written about Netflix-WBD and hard to come up with an original take. But think I got something in tonight’s newsletter. puck.news/author/eriq-...

Just in… the first antitrust lawsuit over the proposed Netflix-WBD merger. Injunction sought against Netflix.

🚨Paramount Skydance in letter to David Zaslav: “It has become increasingly clear, through media reporting and otherwise, that WBD appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process.”

For all the chatter about D.C., there’s a more combustible front in the bidding for Warner Bros Discovery that deserves attention puck.news/the-zaslav-r...

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The streaming industry is facing a multibillion dollar problem. It’s spurring a a wave of litigation from Brazil to Germany. And yet, there’s hardly any discussion about it. My latest… puck.news/the-patent-t...

On the A.I. copyright front, news publishers have just beaten back a motion to dismiss. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Why is Michael Jackson’s probate case still open 16 years after his death? And how has it come to include underwriting film reshoots and brokering deals with abuse accusers? I explore… puck.news/why-is-micha...

What do you think he’ll say puck.news/josh-shapiro...

Write me a 200 word horror story about Tom Brady and his cloned dog.

Netflix’s A.I. memo is a little too on the nose. Meryl Streep’s to be specific. Plus: What Irving Azoff told me about UMG’s Udio deal. puck.news/netflix-ai-m...