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Rubenstein’s Doctrine, The X Files, Hollywood’s Great Reset
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Rubenstein’s Doctrine, The X Files, Hollywood’s Great Reset

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon catalog of Puck’s best new reporting.

Today, we lead with Jonathan Handel’s master class on the tangled web of interests that rendered Friday’s impromptu strike negotiation dead on arrival. Is Hollywood's historic labor battle back to square one?

Plus, below the fold: Bill Cohan appraises a Wall Street titan’s quixotic political quid pro quo. Baratunde Thurston reveals why Elon Musk’s super app fantasy is destined for failure. And on The Powers That Be, Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby chew through Threads’ fifteen minutes of fame, before turning to the Biden campaign’s futile messaging.

The Writers Will Script This Strike Ending

JONATHAN HANDEL

With the AMPTP chief reluctant and the Writers Guild recalcitrant, Friday’s meeting was doomed from the start. A historical look at why Hollywood union bargaining is so difficult.

The Rubenstein Doctrine

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Would Donald Trump accept a radical deal to wipe his legal slate clean? Herewith, a consideration of a proposal from the heights of Wall Street.

Silicon Valley and the Race for the Everything App

BARATUNDE THURSTON

Elon Musk is the latest tech brainiac hoping to build a Chinese-style super app, this time on the bones of Twitter. Too bad Apple already got there first.

Media Monday: The Threads Letdown & It’s Bidenomics, Stupid

PETER HAMBY & JON KELLY

Jon Kelly and Peter explain why Threads’ descent to reality was pre-ordained and predictable. Then they tackle the Biden campaign’s futile messaging.

Gwyneth’s Sweet Smell of Success?

LAUREN SHERMAN

Paltrow has put all of her eggs in the Goop mogul basket, but what’s the endgame for a newsletter-turned-lifestyle brand that doesn’t turn a profit? Dave Portnoy’s Barstool may provide a comp…

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