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Undoubtedly, everything in the Times report is true enough, but it nevertheless still felt like window dressing on the real motivation for Tucker’s termination.
MEDIA May 3, 2023
News and notes on the latest comings and goings in the land of cable news: suspicions regarding the trending explanations for Tucker Carlson’s ouster, and all the internal feels about CNN’s Trump town hall.
Tucker Carlson
PUCK April 28, 2023
News and notes on the latest grumblings in the media business as the industry descends on Washington for the nerd prom: Tucker’s future, his succession, and a new CNN threat.
David Zaslav tells friends that CNN is some 6 percent of his business—and 90 percent of his headaches.
MEDIA April 26, 2023
It’s been a year since CNN has been under Zaz rule—a mixed bag of earnest repositioning and depolarization, to be sure, but also rough headlines, rougher ratings, and high-profile departures. Chris Licht’s post-Zuckerification wasn’t going to happen overnight, but how long will it take?
MEDIA April 24, 2023
Insights and revelations regarding a stunning and extraordinary day in the media industry. (Jeff Shell, please buy these guys Rivians!)


BuzzFeed C.E.O. Jonah Peretti.
MEDIA April 21, 2023
BuzzFeed News and the world it made, and didn’t make, and what happened in between.
MEDIA April 19, 2023
Deciphering the post-settlement legal murmurs surrounding Fox’s new vulnerabilities, audience leakage, and a potential blood sacrifice.
Fox News host Lou Dobbs told his viewers that the Dominion scandal appeared to be “the endgame to a four-and-a-half yearlong effort to overthrow the president of the United States.”
MEDIA April 14, 2023
Lawyers on both sides of the Dominion v. Fox News case have zeroed in on Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro, and Maria Bartiromo as the epicenter of the network’s financially-driven indulgence of quack election conspiracies. But what if they genuinely believed in them?
On Wednesday, Judge Eric M. Davis sanctioned Fox’s legal team, indicating that he would launch an investigation into whether they had withheld details about Rupert Murdoch’s role as executive chairman of the news channel.
MEDIA April 12, 2023
As Fox’s Dominion case heads to trial, and Hannity and Tucker et al. face the prospect of testifying before a jury, many Murdoch-watchers are grumbling about why he didn’t settle in the first place.


Chris Licht, chairman and C.E.O. of CNN.
MEDIA April 7, 2023
News and notes on the latest in the media trade: a subtle pivot at CNN, more intrigue from Ari Emanuel’s combat deal, and murmurs from D.C.
Endeavor C.E.O. Ari Emanuel (pictured) and president Mark Shapiro’s emotional pitch to WWE leadership led to the deal.
MEDIA April 5, 2023
Discussing deal points in a suite at Wrestlemania, a secret meeting at Raine, and an emotional pitch in Stamford: How Vince McMahon scored big and Endeavor took the next step in its leverage journey. Plus, some notes on CNN and Chris Licht 2.0.
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