Why, Exactly, Did Bob Iger Pay Off Trump?

Bob Iger
Iger surely knew there would be swift backlash to the settlement, especially now that Trump and his allies are using it to advocate for further attacks on the media. Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
December 17, 2024

Kim Masters, the newest author at Puck, isn’t someone who minces words about Hollywood executives or the state of journalism. Luckily, there was a major story this weekend that implicates both, so I went back and forth with her about it.