Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon digest of Puck’s freshest reporting.

Today, we lead with Dylan Byers’s provocative conversation with digital media sage Andrew Rosen about the divergent audience strategies of ESPN and the Times. Rosen, a former Viacom executive, argues that ESPN chief Jimmy Pitaro is potentially making a colossal mistake by trying to re-create the scale his network once had on cable, rather than emulating the Times. But, as Dylan points out, the devil’s in the details…

Plus, below the fold: Julie Davich spotlights the female art dealers trying to shake up the Old Masters market. Lauren Sherman examines the fashion crisis at the Venice Film Festival. Sarah Shapiro reveals the top 10 beauty brands by Q2 revenue. And guest columnist Brynn Wallner explores the influencer-fueled brand competition at the U.S. Open.

Meanwhile, on the pods: Matt Belloni and AMC Theatres C.E.O. Adam Aron discuss the capricious state of moviegoing during a live taping of The Town. On Fashion People, Lauren and Pete Nordstrom break down Nordstrom’s recent take-private. On The Varsity, John Ourand and NBC’s Mike Tirico dig into the NFL’s unflagging brand dominance. And on The Powers That Be, Peter Hamby and Jon Kelly chew over the Fox-YouTube TV carriage dispute and Gavin Newsom’s podcasting ubiquity.

A surprising conversation with Andrew Rosen, the digital media savant, on how the Times and ESPN’s digital paths diverged, and who’s getting in right in the long run.

A rising generation of women is pushing to break into the old boys’ network at Maastricht, while trying to lower the barriers to entry along the way. Of course, it still helps to have inherited the family business.

This is how bp does refining.

bp added $190+ billion to the US economy over the last three years. Like investing in our Cherry Point refinery, the largest supplier of jet fuel to Seattle, Portland and Vancouver airports. These upgrades increased efficiency and reduced emissions. One more way we’re investing in America.

Overall, the carpet was a hot mess, as is the industry from which it sprung.

A new data series on the top 10 beauty brands by quarterly revenue, from mass volume plays to unexpected up-and-comers that prove superior products can still win market share from the industry establishment.

At the end of every summer, the luxury gravy train arrives in Flushing, where brands use their suites, and two weeks of Grand Slam tennis, to market their wares via an army of influencers. But what’s all that brand marketing doing to the U.S. Open itself?

Live from the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw and Adam Aron, the C.E.O. and chairman of AMC Theatres, to discuss the state of the moviegoing business, why there are so many trailers and ads before the movie starts, Adam’s relationship with Netflix, and how the theatrical business can evolve.

This is how bp invests in America.

bp supports ~300,000 US jobs. America is home to our largest workforce in the world, from the retail stations you know, to places you might be less familiar with – like refineries, offshore production platforms, bioenergy facilities and trading floors. See all the ways bp is investing in America.

Lauren sits down with Pete Nordstrom, co-C.E.O. of the Seattle-based department store group. They cover a ton of ground, from how he got into the family business to how the company has remained family-run for four generations (without that much trouble). They also discuss the recent take-private, the state of multibrand retail, Sir Philip Green (pre-cancelation), Pete’s hiring philosophy, the hardworking Rickie De Sole, why he still loves being a merchant (really), and plenty, plenty more. Pete also has a great podcast that you should check out called The Nordy Pod.

NBC’s veteran sportscaster Mike Tirico joins John to yap about the upcoming NFL season that’s already brimming with soap opera-esque storylines—most recently the Cowboys shipping Micah Parsons off to Green Bay. Mike and John get into the ripple effects of the blockbuster deal, the NFL’s sustained brand dominance, Tirico’s next act leading NBC’s play-by-play NBA coverage, and much more.

Jon Kelly and Peter reunite for a second consecutive day to chew over a pair of relevant media industry topics as we head into the fall: the brutal carriage dispute between Fox and YouTube TV in addition to Gavin Newsom’s podcasting ubiquity.

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