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In June, Jeff Bezos appointed Patty Stonesifer as The Washington Post’s interim chief executive, in charge of spearheading the search for Fred Ryan’s permanent replacement.
MEDIA September 27, 2023
Interim leader Patty Stonesifer has whittled down the shortlist to about five candidates, as the Bezos-owned mediaco, on track to lose roughly $100 million this year, struggles to regain its footing against The New York Times et al.
SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 13: (L to R) Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp and chairman of Fox News, and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, walk together as they arrive on the third day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 13, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
MEDIA September 22, 2023
Ok, so Lachlan is now officially the last Murdoch standing. What’s next? (Plus, news and notes on the ‘Times’ and CNN.)
Mark Thompson
MEDIA September 20, 2023
News and notes on the latest preoccupations of the television news business: Mark Thompson’s Five Year Plan and Kristen Welker’s debut on ‘Meet the Press.’
Bloomberg reported that Bob Iger has held “exploratory talks” about selling ABC.
MEDIA September 15, 2023
Nexstar and other potential suitors, including strategic buyers and private equity firms, have called to express interest in ABC, but none have enough clarity about exactly what Disney is willing to sell—or how they would structure a deal—to move forward.


Mark Thompson has already started his new CNN job incognito, meeting with members of the quadrumvirate interim leadership team and top talent almost immediately upon news of his appointment.
MEDIA September 13, 2023
News and notes from the last bastions of the cable bundle: ESPN and CNN.
So far in his second iteration, Iger’s superpowers seem wanting, as if sapped by kryptonite.
MEDIA September 8, 2023
As Disney’s stock has hit a decade low, former heir (and current Blackstone-funded roll-up guru) Kevin Mayer is making his presence felt across the Disney portfolio. But in the everything-on-the-table era, what’s actually on the table?
We are in the “everything on the table” era, after all, when Bob Iger is publicly floating an ABC sale and seeking a strategic partner for ESPN.
MEDIA September 6, 2023
Notes on the existential reality undergirding Disney’s white-knuckled negotiation with Charter. (“The game is over,” as one media executive put it.)
Thompson would not have taken the top CNN job if he didn’t intend to impose dramatic transformations that more thoughtfully align the network’s editorial efforts with its business ambitions.
MEDIA September 1, 2023
And so the Mark Thompson era officially begins at CNN…


Mark Thompson
MEDIA August 29, 2023
The former New York Times C.E.O., who rescued the company from its financial nadir and morphed it into a best-in-class digital media behemoth, will become the next chairman and C.E.O. of CNN.
Mark Thompson would be seen as a serious choice who could potentially reshape CNN’s digital and streaming efforts, and who at the very least might erase the stain of the Chris Licht era.
MEDIA August 25, 2023
As Zaslav works to convince NYT and BBC vet Mark Thompson to take over CNN, the D.T.C. braintrust at Hudson Yards is testing the limits of the post-cable future with a plan to finally begin live-streaming the network’s primetime talent on Max.
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