Burberry Blues, Trump’s Vance Dance, Hollywood M&A Fears

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon folio containing Puck’s latest reporting.

First up today, Matt Belloni reveals the tense standoff between Netflix and the Prince estate over Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman’s semi-secret, nine-hour, multipart documentary about the late superstar musician. Will it ever hit the streaming shelves?

Plus, below the fold: John Ourand uncovers David Zaslav’s last-minute NBA rights Hail Mary. Lauren Sherman charts the uphill battle for Burberry’s new chief executive, Joshua Schulman. Peter Hamby assesses the wisdom of J.D. Vance’s V.P. coronation. On The Town, Matt is joined by Lucas Shaw to evaluate Zaz’s regulatory remarks in Sun Valley. On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri and The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta trade trenchant observations from the floor of the R.N.C. And on The Powers That Be, Dylan Byers calls up Peter for an animated discussion surrounding the Trump assassination attempt and how it’s reverberating across TV news.

MATTHEW BELLONI

The Oscar winner Ezra Edelman’s exhaustive 9-hour documentary is stranded over a surprising objection from the late music icon’s dueling estates: It’s too long.

JOHN OURAND

Warner Bros. Discovery is dead serious about matching Amazon’s $1.8 Billion NBA rights “C” package. But it will have to pull it off without YouTube TV, despite the latter’s courtship.

LAUREN SHERMAN

The British heritage brand, which used to be known for more than a “ludicrously capacious” tote, is struggling under plunging sales and a confused upmarket strategy. New C.E.O. Joshua Schulman will need to make some fundamental changes—and fast.

PETER HAMBY

News and notes on J.D. Vance, the Republican convention, the mood inside Bidenworld, and why the election is far from over.