Sam Koppelman

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1,054 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 4 Sep

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · We Investigated Magic Johnson, Mark Walter... and Your Nest Egg · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

David Rohn, of course, being the same executive we saw smiling and fist bumping Magic Johnson in that photo of the grapes in the LA Times when they launched Sportsnet LA in 2014.

Because David Roan, who brokered this big TV deal, the biggest in history of its kind, he has since, perhaps unsurprisingly, left Time War.

David Roan was hired by none other than Mark Walter's Guggenheim partners as a senior managing director serving as the quote company wide head of strategy.

This despite, according to the Financial Times, him having quote, no direct investment management experience.

Not a bad place to land after making what seemed to be one of the worst TV deals of all time from Time Warner's perspective.

A deal so bad Time Warner had to report it in its filings repeatedly as a real risk to its business before Time Warner eventually sold to Charter Communications.

Yes, and it wasn't the only Mark Walter-linked life insurer to give a loan to American Media Productions.

In total, according to the author Nick Nemeth of the Mispriced Assets Substack, who reviewed some even more sexy bond filings, there were four other life insurers tied to Walter who loaned a grand total of $1.45 billion to American Media Productions.

Which provides some cushion for Time Warner before it needs to guarantee the proverbial first apartment on that deal.

did say way back in 2013 that the deal quote furthers our efforts to attain greater certainty and control over local and regional sports programming costs.

Unfortunately for Walter, according to that reporting, those talks went nowhere.

And that's when Walter decided he would sell the Lakers for twelve point five billion dollars instead.

With Mark Walter's company also adding last week, in part quote, the allegation that the Los Angeles Dodgers were acquired or have been funded improperly is false and not supported by the facts.

The Dodgers transaction was subject to significant scrutiny and complied with all rules and regulations that govern the purchase of major league baseball teams.

End quote.

Which is to say, nobody was mad at Mark Walter and Magic Johnson for allegedly making these deals with Mark Walter and Magic Johnson because that deal meant everyone who owned an MLB team was richer.

and a

billion fing dollars.

I don't know what's gonna happen to people's insurance policies.

I hope that they're okay, but I do take comfort going to sleep at night.

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