This week, Paul and Mesh begin with strong earnings announcements from several leading media companies. Next, they discuss the announced deal between NFL and ESPN where NFL is getting a stake in ESPN in exchange for granting ESPN additional games and media rights. Finally, they discuss Roku entering the pay-streaming game with its new budget-friendly product, Howdy.

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This week, Paul and Mesh begin with a discussion of the home renovation TV genre amidst HGTV's decision to cancel several of its shows in response to declining viewership and cost over runs. On the other end of the TV spectrum, they recap Banijay Entertainment's strong first half of 2025 as the mega TV producer is hitting on all cylinders. Finally, Paul provides an update on a recent Ninth circuit case regarding the potential infringement of Bored Ape NFTs, and the potential of NFTs to qualify as trademarks.

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This week, Jessica David is back and filling in for Mesh. Paul and Jessica begin with Marvel's Fantastic Four reboot and George Lucas' first appearance at San Diego Comic Con. Next, Paul provides an update on FCC's approval of Skydance's proposed acquisition of Paramount clearing the path for the deal to close. Finally, they ponder the unconfirmed rumors percolating that Jeff Bezos is considering a purchase of CNBC.

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This week, Paul and Mesh begin with a recap of the 77th Emmy nominations, where streamers dominated yet again. Next, the discuss the conclusion of the 2025 Upfront negotiations for several major players, including a record volume in sales for NBCU built on the strength of a major sports portfolio (World Cup, Olympics, Super Bowl and the return of the NBA). Finally, they discuss the 70th anniversary of Disney World and ponder what the next step might be for theme parks.

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This week, Paul and Mesh recap Superman's box office performance as the Gunn era of the DC film universe starts off. Next, they peer into the summer camp for Billionaires where CEOs and heads of entertainment and tech meet at the annual Sun Valley conference. Finally, Paul provides an update on the FTC's click to cancel rule which was struck down (at least temporarily) on procedural grounds.

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This week, after a short 4th of July break, Paul and Mesh kick things off with a movie update discussing how F1 and Jurassic World Rebirth excelled in theaters. Next, they discuss the Diddy trial verdict which saw Diddy acquitted of the most serious charges he was facing in a mixed decision that will spare him a lengthy prison sentence. Finally, they provide an update on the Skydance and Paramount merger and how the South Park creators feel about it.

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Paul and Mesh begin with Mark Walter's purchase of a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers for $10B, which is 40% higher than the next-highest NBA sale price (Celtics). Next, they discuss YouTube's CEO's comments regarding integrating generative AI video tool Veo3 into YouTube Shorts to further democratize content creation. Finally, they provide an update on the bankruptcy auction for Village Roadshow which Alcon has agreed to purchase for $417.5M.

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Paul and Mesh begin with a quick update on the Nintendo Switch 2 which set sales records in its first week of launch. Next, they discuss Disney and Universals' copyright infringement complaint against Midjourney. Finally, with the announcement that Warner Bros. Discovery will be spinning off its legacy cable networks and Disney's statement that it plans to keep all of its media assets under the same umbrella, they ponder the pros and cons of spinoffs.

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This week, Paul recaps a great Tribeca Film Festival event he attended and discusses its importance to the greater NY entertainment scene. Next, Paul and Mesh cover some recent layoffs affecting legacy media companies. Finally, Paul provides an update on the House v. NCAA settlement which was just approved and formally ushers in the era of colleges paying their student athletes directly for NIL rights.

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This week, Paul and Mesh start with a recap of the highest grossing Memorial Day Weekend for the U.S. movie business as Lilo and Stitch outperformed and MI:8 held its own. Next, they discuss the latest billion-dollar beauty sale as e.l.f has agreed to buy Hailey Beiber’s Rhode skin care and cosmetics brand for up to one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000). Finally, Paul and Mesh provide their take on Reed Hastings, the legendary founder and former CEO of Netflix, joining the board of leading AI company, Anthropic, the maker of Claude, an LLM that has the potential to re-shape our economy.

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