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Jim VandeHei, the co-founder and CEO of Axios and co-founder of Politico.
MEDIA September 14, 2022
Weeks after Axios’s $525 million sale, Washington’s most influential media C.E.O. recalls some lessons from the Politico era and Axios’s ascent. And then offers some advice for the next generation of D.C. disruptors, like Punchbowl and Semafor.
Ben Smith
MEDIA September 9, 2022
Some Friday notes on the hottest topics in our media industry: Semafor, The Washington Post, and the Today show.
Brianna Keilar
MEDIA September 7, 2022
After Stelter’s ouster and the Harwood sunset, many in CNN wonder if Brianna Keilar is modulating her tone to satisfy the boss.
Chuck Todd
MEDIA September 2, 2022
Various and numerous personnel changes across the network landscape, from Reliable Sources to Meet the Press, all point toward a single cruel reality: the industry can’t program its ways out of the apparent and very real Linear Big Bang. It’s here.


Brian Stelter
WASHINGTON August 31, 2022
More details on the Stelter sacrifice and the aftershock at CNN.
HOLLYWOOD August 18, 2022
Brian Stelter, the CNN host and inveterate newsletter O.G. and perceived Jeff Zucker mini-me, is the latest casualty of the Licht era. His undeniably successful tenure is a powerful metaphor for the media industry’s past, present, and future.
HOLLYWOOD August 17, 2022
The inside conversation in Hollywood and on Wall Street, about Warners’ synergies, HBO layoffs, and the activist investor putting Disney on notice.
Kopit Levien
MEDIA August 12, 2022
A little tickle from an activist investor throws into stark relief the Times Company’s subscriber journey and portfolio growth—especially when juxtaposed with its peer set.


VandeHei
MEDIA August 10, 2022
How VandeHei, Allen, Schwartz & Co. remade media in a town that doesn’t like to remake anything. Plus the latest media schadenfreude enveloping Semafor.
WBD C.E.O. David Zaslav, at the end of the 9 a.m. call, described CNN as an “unmoored boat.” But, he said, “this is our company, our boat. We all have an oar.”
MEDIA August 5, 2022
In the earnings call heard round the world, David Zaslav punctured a wound in the entertainment industry’s top-line subscriber-growth fetish. Now he needs to perform the ultimate superhero task: make huge hits while cutting huge costs.
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