👄 “Call Her Rich” — Alex Cooper’s $500M pod. Paramount’s Late Fees. Candy Crush’s infinite game. +LA Lakers Midlife Crisis
August 13, 2026
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5 min readParamount’s $10 Billion Late Fee, Candy Crush’s Infinite Game, and Alex Cooper’s $500 Million Bet
The Los Angeles Lakers just sold for $12.5 billion—the most expensive sports franchise ever—and the buyer’s identity tells you everything about where billionaire money is flowing. Bob Iger, twice former CEO of Disney, and Josh Kushner, brother of Jared Kushner, paid a record price for a team that sold for $10 billion just one year ago. The previous owner made $2.5 billion in profit in twelve months. The hosts frame this as a midlife crisis: “Why buy a car? Why buy a yacht? Sports teams only go up.” It’s a useful lens for the three main stories that follow, each about a different kind of asset—a studio deal gone toxic, a mobile game that refuses to die, and a podcast network that just became a half-billion-dollar company.
Paramount’s $10 Billion Gamble on Warner Bros.
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- 1 🎧 The Best One Yet — August 13th
- 2 (00:05) **Show Open & Story Tease** - Jack and Nick preview three stories: Paramount's $10B late fee, Candy Crush's infinite game, and Call Her Daddy's $500M valuation
- 3 (01:12) **Hot Take: Billionaires Buying Sports Teams = Midlife Crisis** - Context on the LA Lakers selling for $12.5 billion, the most expensive sports franchise ever
- 4 (05:41) **Paramount's $10 Billion Late Fee** - David Ellison is threatening to move Paramount Studios to Texas because California's lawsuit is triggering massive daily penalties
- 5 (08:52) **The Worst Acquisition Attempt of All Time** - David Ellison could walk away having given $10 billion of his dad's money to competitors with nothing to show
- 6 (10:46) **Candy Crush: Still Crushing After 15 Years** - The mobile game has 81 million monthly players and generated $876 million in revenue last year
- 7 (12:53) **Four Secrets to Candy Crush's Longevity** - Why a 15-year-old game still commands 81 million monthly players
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Show Notes
Unwell raised $$ at a $500M valuation… but Alex Cooper’s business model is still unwritten.
Paramount might not close its Warner Bros acquisition… which would result in the biggest late fee of all time.
Candy Crush is 15 years old and still has 81 million users… because you can never win it.
Plus, the LA Lakers just sold for a record $12.5B - more than any team in any sport anywhere.
$MSFT $PARA $DIS $PG
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