Wizard of Ozy, Pitaro’s NBA Deal, Biden’s Polling Paradox

First up today, Matt Belloni has the details on a private sit-down of the Apple TV+ brain trust to scrutinize the company’s five-year foray into Hollywood. No, Cook and Cue aren’t pulling the plug on theaters, but a strategic shift may be on the horizon.

Plus, below the fold: Peter Hamby skewers the media’s Chicago ’68 fetish. Lauren Sherman gathers all the Met Gala party intel. Eriq Gardner brilliantly dissects a slate of high-profile lawsuits. John Ourand scoops fresh details surrounding the NBA rights bake-off. And on Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri digs into Ivanka’s political demi-tour before discussing Biden’s approval ratings paradox with pollster Evan Roth Smith.

MATTHEW BELLONI

The tech powerhouse’s film efforts aren’t profitable in theaters, nor are they finding much of an audience on streaming. But Tim Cook and Eddy Cue aren’t pulling the plug on theaters yet—at least, that’s what Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht are telling people.

PETER HAMBY

Hyperbolic comparisons between the ongoing campus protests and Kent State, or fearmongering over another “Chicago ’68,” are just too irresistible for our conflict-addicted media. Most of the callbacks to the ’60s are facile, clichéd, specious, and easily debunked.

LAUREN SHERMAN

My travails and hustle in the swirl of what has become, for better or worse, the busiest week on the global fashion calendar.

ERIQ GARDNER

News and notes from the legal frontier: Ozy Media heads to court, Triller comes up short, and Clare Locke hunts fees. Plus: Can Drake and Kendrick Lamar sue each other for defamation?