Edgar Bronfman Drops Bid for Paramount, Paving Way for Skydance Deal ⁦Lauren Thomas⁩ wsj.com/business/media…

OpenAI in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It Above $100 Billion ⁦Tom Dotan⁩ ⁦Berber Jin⁩ wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

He Raised Disney Park Prices—and Fans Still Love Him. Now He’s on the CEO Shortlist. Robbie Whelan wsj.com/business/media…

Inside Kamala Harris’s L.A. Life: SoulCycle, Hollywood Parties, Annoyed Neighbors ⁦Erich Schwartzel⁩ wsj.com/politics/elect…

I Am Childless, but Not by Choice wsj.com/lifestyle/rela…

How Aubrey Plaza Eye-Rolled Her Way to Hollywood Stardom amazing people of course by ⁦Erich Schwartzel⁩ wsj.com/style/aubrey-p…

SCOOP: A Verizon deal for Dallas-based fiber provider Frontier Communications could be announced this week w/Lauren Thomas wsj.com/business/deals… via The Wall Street Journal

yesterday bloomberg reported that nvidia got subpoenaed by the DoJ today nvidia insists it didnt get a subpoena, it just got a legally binding request for information that everyone commonly refers to as a subpoena lol

Great nuggets in this piece such as Disney+ generated more than $2.4 billion in revenue in the March quarter, or about 43% of revenue the company reports for its d2c biz Robert Macmillan brian whitton Robbie Whelan Caitlin Ostroff Sarah Krouse wsj.com/business/media… via The Wall Street Journal

YouTube Stars Want Some Respect ⁦Isabella Simonetti⁩ wsj.com/business/media…

Just in from Disney: 'Although we have yet to reach an agreement, we are providing a three-hour feed of ABC News coverage to all impacted DirecTV customers at no cost because we want all Americans to be able to view tonight’s debate at this important moment in our history'

Oh my god…did I just hear a debate moderator…fact check Donald Trump?

harris: in over 20 states there are trump abortion bans biggest punch landed so far

Drama over Disney payments. A tense dinner with De Niro. Sibling deal talks. How fractures in the Murdoch family led to a legal clash over the future of its media empire. W/⁦Amol Sharma⁩ ⁦Alex Frangos⁩ ⁦Katherine Sayre⁩ ⁦keachhagey⁩ wsj.com/business/media…

Rupert Murdoch had an unusual request for his kids after they scored $12 billion in proceeds from Fox’s deal with Disney. It was an awkward, tense moment — one of many over the years that led to a court clash that will start Monday. wsj.com/business/media…

Recently, James Murdoch signaled to his father’s camp that he and his sisters could sell their stakes in the trust to settle this out of court, sources said. Those discussions didn’t gain traction. Lachlan had explored buying out his siblings previously, including in 2020.

Scoop: Tiger Global also plans to invest in OpenAI at a $150 billion valuation. As we reported yesterday, the Abu Dhabi AI fund MGX is in talks to invest, joining Thrive, Microsoft, Nvidia and Apple. theinformation.com/articles/tiger…

Scoop: Netflix wants YouTube’s favorite talk show. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New: At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories. propub.li/3N7xPgN

Rupert Murdoch has arrived at a Reno courthouse for the hearing over the future of his family trust - and his media empire