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Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (Wednesday is an Inner Circle exclusive)
Ace media reporter Dylan Byers brings readers into the C-suite as he chronicles the biggest stories in the industry: the future of cable news in the streaming era, the transformation of legacy publishers, the tech giants remaking the market, and all the egos involved. Also featuring a weekly dispatch from Puck’s crack streaming/media analyst, Julia Alexander.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Dylan Byers
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May 8, 2026
The Ben Commandments
The sudden, precipitous decline of Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire—with its sweeping layoffs and a steep drop-off in audience—has actually been a long time coming. And while it’s easy to point to MAGA’s shift away from Israel, its co-C.E.O.’s dream of producing an Arthurian fantasy series isn’t helping either.
Dylan Byers
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May 6, 2026
James Murdoch’s School of Hard Vox
The least objectionable of Rupert’s sons is closing on a deal to buy much of Vox Media in order to complement his current holdings—Art Basel and Tribeca Enterprises—as well as his ambition to build a global TED-meets-Burning Man events brand. Is this the first step toward real cultural influence, or simply his own Penske-esque captive investment?
Dylan Byers
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May 1, 2026
World War Alfonsi
After going toe to toe with Bari Weiss over her “Inside CECOT” story, veteran correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi became the face of fourth-estate resistance at 60 Minutes. But as she prepares a heroic exit, a mass exodus is unlikely to follow. After all, where’s a well-paid TV journalist to go?
Dylan Byers
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April 29, 2026
Teflon D’Onofrio
Months after another round of deep cuts and Jeff Bezos’s overdue jettisoning of Will Lewis, ‘The Washington Post’ is grappling with the harsh realities of rebuilding the brand—beginning with naming Lewis’s permanent successor.
Dylan Byers
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April 24, 2026
Bari’s Post-WHCD Purge
After partying with the president, Pete Hegseth, and Stephen Miller at an event ostensibly celebrating a free press, Weiss will return from Washington with immediate plans to further overhaul 60 Minutes—and to implement another round of layoffs at CBS News.
Dylan Byers
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April 22, 2026
The Weiss House
While fourth-estate purists bemoan the diminishment of press freedoms under Trump, CBS’s Bari Weiss and David Ellison will be breaking bread over White House Correspondents’ Association weekend with two of the administration’s most visible press antagonists. Cue the outrage… but that’s the point.
Dylan Byers
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April 15, 2026
The Approval Matrix Revolutions
News, notes, and all the scuttlebutt pertaining to Jim Bankoff’s admirable, atom-splitting attempt to sell off Vox Media in parts: ‘New York,’ its various digital assets, and the podcast network that powers the business.
Dylan Byers
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April 10, 2026
The Lehane Asylum
A genuinely intelligent conversation with OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane, who led last week’s acquisition of 'TBPN.' Here, he explains the marketing value of his new podcast, its supposed independence, and Sam Altman’s trust issues.
Dylan Byers
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April 8, 2026
The Greenberger Mile
Behind the promotion of new top editor Jonathan Greenberger is Mathias Döpfner’s belief that video is the future of Politico (more Dashas!), even as the future of its business is increasingly oriented around international growth and fending off NOTUS.
Dylan Byers & Ian Krietzberg
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April 1, 2026
The A.I. Journalism Big Bang Theory
An essential conversation with Puck’s in-house A.I. sage, Ian Krietzberg, on the value and limits of automation, the audience and trust that A.I. can never reproduce, and yes, that Fortune reporter using A.I. to post hundreds and hundreds of articles.