# TKO Q1 Earnings | Ted Turner | WWE TV Contracts | Pollock & Thurston

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Published: 2026-05-08T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston cover TKO’s first quarter earnings report, Nick Khan extends his deal, the passing of Ted Turner, and more. Plus: WWE’s Raw and SmackDown media rights contracts from 2019 - 2024 become public, Nick Khan's deposition, more talent departures at WWE, contracts being “restructured”, Ted Turner’s legacy and role professional wrestling played, as well as market-to-market comparisons from April. 00:00:00 Start 00:03:47 TKO Q1 Earnings Report 00:25:41 Nick Khan testified that the DOJ investigated sex trafficking, undermines Vince McMahon's statement 00:37:46 WWE Raw & SmackDown 2019-2024 media rights contracts 00:55:45 New Day exit WWE after a request to restructure contracts 01:04:53 Ted Turner dies at 87 01:10:24 WWE & AEW live events market-to-market comparisons Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben Tramer POST Wrestling Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhR Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube : @POSTwrestling Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.com Wrestlenomics Subscribe: https://wrestlenomics.com/podcast/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/wrestlenomics Substack: https://wrestlenomics.substack.com/ Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube : @Wrestlenomics Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wrestlenomics.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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