“Zaz’s failure to anticipate NBCU’s interest in the NBA,” Dylan Byers writes, “has genuinely stunned the senior media executive class with whom I speak regularly.”

Read Dylan’s dispatch on David Zaslav’s NBA rights headache: puck.news/david-zaslav-n…

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NEW: Puck’s William D. Cohan visited the Metropolitan Detention Center to sit face-to-face with former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried in his first in-person interview behind bars. puck.news/exclusive-pris…

Come for the Talmudic reading of WBD’s NBA dilemma and Zaz’s C.E.O. comp… stay for Peter Hamby & I fawning over Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, SHAQ, NBA on TNT …

Among those on the close contacts list that Trump's assistant had when took office: David Pecker, Michael Cohen, Bill O’Reilly, Charles Kushner, Matt Calamari, Jack Nicklaus, Tiffany Trump, Joe Scarborough, Nelson Pelz, Phil Ruffin, Lou Rinaldi, Jeanine Pirro, Ike Perlmutter,…

Exclusive: @ViceMedia will create a JV to relaunch its digital properties, including Vice.com, Munchies, Motherboard, and Noisey.
Savage Ventures will invest 'tens of millions of dollars' into the JV
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Jeff Zucker tells WSJ CEO Council he would consider buying CNN… “We’re interested in news and news and information assets. CNN is not for sale, as far as I know… We would be interested in really great news and information brands, big or small, if they were available.”…

Great convo, as usual: Dylan Byers + Peter Hamby
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#NBA #CableTV #streaming $WBD #ABCNews Puck

“Laz not Zaz” is a thing being said inside NBC Sports… #iykyk

🎙️ NEW POD: Zazology 101 & The Godwin Complex open.spotify.com/episode/679wOy…

NEW Puck: Zaz & The Art of Reputation Maintenance: News and notes on Zaz’s Milken stem-winder, the NBA auction rights derby, and post-Godwin ABC News. puck.news/david-zaslav-n…

scoop w/Lauren Hirsch: Sony and Apollo plan to break up Paramount if their $26 billion bid prevails, selling off CBS and merging Paramount+ with a rival service
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More $WBD cuts coming, naturally...

'We’re disappointed for multiple reasons that there wasn’t a more competitive primary season.' -- Fox Corp Chief Lachlan Murdoch on earnings call when asked about political advertising during presidential election campaigns.

🚨 CNN: 'Erin Burnett will sit down with President Biden for an exclusive one on one interview tomorrow. ... Interview will air Wednesday at 7pm ET on Erin Burnett OutFront.'

The NFL wants some of that sweet, sweet private equity money.

News from Randall Williams and Gillian Tan

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It’s amazing how everyone decides to step down of their own volition

First in Semafor: Nicholas Carlson is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Business Insider semafor.com/article/05/07/…

NBA media rights update...

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