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Welcome back to your weekly roundup of Puck’s greatest hits from the past seven days. 

In this issue: Matt Belloni breaks the news on Bela Bajaria’s exit from Netflix and reveals her successor; Eriq Gardner explains Hollywood’s looming bot-fraud problem as A.I. agents start compiling playlists and watching Netflix on their own; Dylan Byers scrutinizes ABC News’s botched Donald Trump Jr. scoop; and William D. Cohan investigates the Ellison debt stack following Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria Is Out

MATTHEW BELLONI

The streamer's creative leader will depart as it aims to fix its engagement woes.

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Hollywood Is About to Have a Bot Fraud Problem

ERIQ GARDNER

The prosecutor in a high-profile bot-farming case has suggested that Spotify could be on the hook for not policing fake streams. So what happens when A.I. agents start compiling playlists, or watching Netflix on their own?

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ABC’s Don Jr. Math Problem

DYLAN BYERS

The news outlet was sure it had a major scoop on its hands about Donald Trump Jr.’s alleged influence. But ABC’s math was wrong (really wrong) and its team was slow to respond—and opaque when it finally did. Unfortunately, this may be a sign of the times.

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X-Raying the Ellison Debt Stack

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Following its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s been a rough start for Skydance’s debt and equity investors. Will Larry Ellison have to pump more equity into his son’s empire to satisfy Wall Street’s expectations?

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