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will lewis
Dylan Byers May 22, 2024
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis finally unveiled his plan to fix Jeff Bezos’s media heirloom—a mix of new subscription tiers, some management realignment, and other uncontroversial ideas. Is this the best he could find in the McKinsey handbook, or is it merely a prelude to the next plan?
Mark Thompson
Dylan Byers May 17, 2024
So many newsrooms seem to be waiting on newly appointed leaders—a number of them British—to swoop in and restore their swagger. Alas, the more you parse their pablum-laden marketing pitches, the more it all looks like the same old playbooks applied to new platforms.
Pam Drucker Mann
Dylan Byers May 16, 2024
News and notes on the latest storylines coursing through the industry: CNN’s debate coup, NBC’s internal frustrations, and a Condé Nast departure.
jeff zucker
Dylan Byers May 10, 2024
The endurance of the “Will Jeff buy CNN?” fantasy, which was stoked again this week, highlights the uncertain state of the media industry, and a few enduring truths about Zucker, too. He may have reinvented himself as an investor, but he remains an operator at heart. And, if given the opportunity, he’d probably be back in the control room in a heartbeat.


David Zaslav
Dylan Byers May 8, 2024
News and notes on Zaz’s Milken stem-winder, the NBA auction rights derby, and post-Godwin ABC News.
kim godwin
Dylan Byers May 4, 2024
Notes on the layering of Kim Godwin, the agita inside ABC News, and the looming exit strategy coalescing in plain view.
david zaslav
Dylan Byers May 2, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery’s inability to lock down its NBA rights, thus allowing NBC to bid them up, represents David Zaslav’s latest headache—and, perhaps, unforced error. And it may offer a taste of the negotiating tenor in a potential future WBD-NBCU combination.
joe biden
Dylan Byers April 26, 2024
News, notes, and fresh reporting on a deliciously perfect WHCD week micro-scandal—Politico’s mischievous, made-for-pot-stirring report on the alleged beef between the Times and the White House.


Jim VandeHei
Dylan Byers April 24, 2024
Life lessons, media observations, and industrial analysis with the co-founder of both Politico and Axios on the eve of the town’s annual prom.
mark thompson
Dylan Byers April 19, 2024
Six and a half months after Mark Thompson’s arrival at CNN (almost half of Chris Licht’s disastrous tenure), a restless and dour mood is once again enveloping the network. What is Thompson’s true plan, many wonder, and why won’t he articulate it?
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