TikTok C.E.O. Shou Chew—prepped by SKDK—withstood a drubbing from lawmakers on Thursday.
Dylan Byers March 24, 2023

TikTok Schadenfreude, Iger’s Cuts, & D.C. Media Games

News and notes on the inside story in the media industry: what Silicon Valley billionaires want Washington regulators to do with TikTok in D.C., how Iger’s cuts are playing in Bristol and Manhattan, and updates from the Washington media carousel.


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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.”
Dylan Byers March 15, 2023
A scholarly perusal of the WBD C.E.O.’s arrival at CNN HQ. Plus, news and notes on Zucker’s media rollup and Mad Dog Beckman.
The wallet buster for Fox and the Murdochs in Dominion v. Fox News will whittle down to two calculations: putative damages, and alleged “diminution of enterprise value.”
Eriq Gardner March 13, 2023
Right now, either Dominion or Fox is misjudging the financial situation. So which side is it?
Dafna Linzer stepped down as Politico’s executive editor.
Dylan Byers March 10, 2023
The fast and mysterious departure of Politico’s executive editor may have been neither fast nor mysterious.

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