Microcosm of the broader challenge for CNN: I'm watching video footage of all of these campus protests / arrests / clashes on the The New York Times Instagram account.

NBCUniversal has long had a strategy called Symphony, wherein they leverage their myriad brands, platforms and talents to amplify awareness around special events, product launches, etc. As such, this year's Kentucky Derby will feature Olympic Athletes, Reba McEntire and a Minion.

Hunter Biden vs. Fox News
Why you won’t read his actual letter on mainstream news sites.
And how there’s something in the letter that points to the future of the news business and a HUGE issue on the public policy front…
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Elon Musk and David Sacks had a fancy dinner party in Los Angeles earlier this month to talk politics and Joe Biden.

Guests included Rupert Murdoch, Steven Mnuchin, Peter Thiel, Travis Kalanick and Michael Milken.

Just posted at Puck.

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G’ddamn Teddy Schleifer is so good puck.news/elon-musk-davi…

SCOOP Puck: Rob Marciano, the ABC News & Good Morning America meteorologist, has been fired from the network, per sources familiar. Multiple staffers had made complaints about Marciano’s behavior over the years and he was at least temporarily barred from main GMA set in NYC.

Fox News has removed a six-part Hunter Biden miniseries from its streaming platform, one day after his attorneys threatened to sue the right-wing network over the incendiary and at-times sexually explicit program about his legal troubles. via Marshall Cohen

My profile of John Avlon, the former CNN pundit and Daily Beast editor running for Congress.

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NEW ep. of The Powers That Be Puck: The Peter Hamby & I reflect on the White House Correspondents Dinner Weekend, and the NYT-Biden microdrama open.spotify.com/episode/4qif7H…

Game on…

New: Hunter Biden declares war on Fox News with threat of 'imminent' lawsuit
Lawyer argues the network has defamed him and used hacked personal photos.
axios.com/2024/04/29/hun…

Paramount Global makes it official: 'Bob Bakish Stepping Down .... George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy, and Brian Robbins Appointed as Office of the CEO.'

NEW: So the Skydance offer is as follows now:
*Less than $2b for Shari's control stake
*About $3b in cash for common shareholders
*Skydance at about $5b valuation
*No majority of the minority vote
cnbc.com/2024/04/29/sha…

This appears to be truly the end game now for Skydance/Paramount.

Either this deal is happening at the improved terms of this saga will end with no deal ... and $para without a CEO for the moment.

BREAKING: Diamond Sports has a deal in principle with DirecTV. It's a multi-year deal for all the Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks.

Comcast is next up for Diamond. Its deal ends tomorrow.

Full details in Puck' The Varsity tonight.

Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer (Ben Smith / Semafor)

semafor.com/newsletter/04/…
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David Ellison, RedBird Pull Ahead in Race for Paramount - Puck

The latest insanity coming out of Times Square puck.news/david-ellison-…

My Latest: Missed deals, revolting shareholders and a CEO on the outs. How Shari Redstone's merger plans for Paramount devolved into one of the messiest corporate dramas in memory wsj.com/business/media… via The Wall Street Journal