The $4.2 Trillion Dollar Question

The global entertainment and media industry will hit US$4.2 trillion in revenues in 2030.

Private Equity takes full control of Wasserman/The Team

Providence Private Equity has secured additional investment into The Team, finalising the takeover from Wasserman.

Mattel receives a $6 Billion unsolicited offer, at nearly double the company's market cap.

Authentic Brands Group is looking to buy Mattel for $6 Billion, somewhat north of the firms $3.8 billion market cap.

Redbird takes majority stake of Puck at $250 Million valuation

Redbird becomes an owner of Puck and Airmail to expand and cement the direction of the publishing platform founded by Kelly and Shapiro.

WME Makes Strategic Investment to launch Creator Labs

As more personalities own their content WME is investing into helping creators build and scale their businesses.

The True Cost of AI: Big Tech Starts to Remove Token Subsidies Pre-IPO.

How compute economics, throttling and variable intelligence could reshape the AI business model.

THE SUCCESSION PROBLEM

A thesis we coined in May this year, as firms continue to replace junior staff with AI, cutting costs for PR headlines to improve stock prices. It goes without saying that big tech loves to follow a trend, and this is the current misplaced party line.

THE DOCKET: AUGUST

Hidden fees, phantom managers, and media giants at the bar: Court's in session.

THE DOCKET: JULY

Hidden fees, phantom managers, and media giants at the bar: Court's in session.

THE DOCKET: JUNE

Memoirs, models, and media giants in the crosshairs: Court's in session

Audemars Piguet x Swatch: Luxury's AI Distress Signal

THE DOCKET: MAY

Fraud, fines, and platforms playing dirty: Court's in session.

TASTE IS THE NEW MOAT

Culture is now everything. The ability to maintain a meaningful differentiator is shrinking fast. With LLMs leveling the playing field across expertise and workflows. Finance, legal and SaaS are facing a major shift in how they operate, retain and grow their client base. For potentially the first time in history, all three industries will need to put culture front and centre—not as a marketing function, but as a core operating principle.