Between Stereophonic and Teeth, whatever they’re doing over at Playwrights Horizons is working. Such good shows

I missed this when it was published but this story has fascinating details about how a former finance analyst turned lawyer & advocate lobbied a Platinum Equity partner personally on issues related to its investment in a prison phone firm (Aventiv/Securus) motherjones.com/criminal-justi…

new inspo unlocked, move in silence like a burmese python

the new vampire weekend album is incredibly exciting, one of the best of the year. the kind of album that makes you stop what you’re doing to be like how is this so good?!

Friday scoop: Ares, Blue Owl lead a $4.8 billion private credit deal for Novo Holdings buyout of Catalent Pharma — one of the biggest of all time. With Ellen Schneider and John Sage: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

on a zoom call with participants from
brooklyn queens and nj and everyone felt this earthquake!

a sunny day off and a big, ambitious beyoncé album, thank you god

3/ It's totally a sign of good corporate health when the distressed debt beat reporters show up

ft Erin Hudson & Jill R. Shah.

They spent years selling to DPI tech to dictators, facilitating surveillance & human rights abuses.

Then they got Entity-Listed by U.S. Commerce Dept.

Now, @sandvine has $400m pile of debt trouble.

Erin Hudson Jill R. Shah & Ryan Gallagher
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

If everyone is first, then no one is first. Investors in first-lien only capital structures face worse recoveries and the threat of liability management transactions. More here from me and Jill R. Shah on the disappearance of subordination: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Don't miss this story from Amelia Pollard brilliantly breaking down how Rite Aid's bankruptcy is leaving very little for the victims of its opioid overprescription practices: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Ah, yes, rush hour on a Thurs also
known as MTA’s time to shine at making 25 min commutes into 1 hour commutes for funsies

Another bombshell from Jessica Bartlett. How a 39-year-old mother at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center might have died after childbirth. She needed medical equipment that was repossessed bec owner Steward Health Care could not pay bills. bostonglobe.com/2024/01/25/bus…

have listened to this album every few weeks since it dropped and i'm still not tired of it. an instant classic open.spotify.com/album/3dKdkVeR…

The SEC is investigating B. Riley, a Los Angeles-based bank, and its deals with a key client who has been linked to a $294m investment scam. One of those deals was financed by a loan from Nomura. Story w/david voreacos

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Credit investors are piling into the 'rate cut' trade.

Ironically, this may actually delay a reduction in rates as financial conditions ease dramatically...

Story w/ Jill R. Shah and Finbarr Flynn here:

news.bloomberglaw.com/capital-market…