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John Ourand: Why I Joined Puck

In many ways, my arrival at Puck represents the full circle of my career covering sports and media. When I was first getting started in this business, I wrote a newsletter that covered the burgeoning cable TV industry. Decades later, the formula still reigns, despite the convulsions of the industry.

In many ways, my arrival at Puck represents the full circle of my career.
In many ways, my arrival at Puck represents the full circle of my career. Photo: James Flores/Getty Images
John Ourand
February 1, 2024

I can’t tell you how excited I am to join Puck. I have been an avid reader from the beginning, ever since Matt Belloni launched his must-read email What I’m Hearing in the spring of 2021, before the company had even announced its name or gone to market. Of course, I was hooked by the sheer amount of news Matt broke, and I personally learned a lot from his well-reported analysis. But what really grabbed me was the way he wrote—with an authoritative yet conversational tone that transported me into all the boardrooms in Hollywood, on the lots, and inside the agencies.