Dylan Byers • September 26, 2024

All the Nuzzi Fit to Print

The latest news and notes on the depressing media plot consuming the political-media class: the Olivia Nuzzi-R.F.K. Jr.-Ryan Lizza demure selfie lust triangle.

Dylan Byers • September 21, 2024

We Need to Talk About Olivia & Ryan

News and notes on one of the more implausible and totally depressing political-media sagas in modern memory. Plus, the Tyrangiel non-news at CNN.

Dylan Byers • September 19, 2024

Woj’s Own Woj Bomb

It seemed implausible that Adrian Wojnarowski would leave more than $20 million on the table for the prospect of unlimited family time and his sanity—this is television, after all! But the craziest part of this story may be that there is no crazy part, after all.

Dylan Byers • September 13, 2024

This Too Shall Zaz

David Zaslav may be trumpeting a face-saving deal with Charter, but the forthcoming face-off with Comcast isn’t going to be any easier.

Eriq Gardner • September 11, 2024

Netflix on Trial & CNN’s Financial Colonoscopy

Republican-appointed judges are greenlighting a surge of defamation cases against the likes of CNN, Netflix, ABC News, and Media Matters, revealing everything from private communications to the most sensitive internal documents.

Dylan Byers • September 7, 2024

Mark Thompson Prepares to Show His Hand

A year after Mark Thompson took over, he’s finally on the verge of revealing the first signs, such as they are, of his master plan.

Dylan Byers • September 5, 2024

Brian’s Song

The backstory on Brian Stelter’s return, and the real drama inside CNN: the potential arrival of former wunderkind Josh Tyrangiel.

Eriq Gardner • September 3, 2024

The Murdoch Succession Trial Will (or Won’t!) Be Televised

Barricaded doors and records kept secret? Inside the Nevada battle for control of the Fox News empire—and whether the whole drama should be sealed off from public view.

Dylan Byers • August 30, 2024

The Burbank Campaign

News and notes on the intensifying shadow campaign to succeed Bob Iger at Disney as the fall closes in.

Dylan Byers • August 28, 2024

CNN’s Debate Whisperers

Dana Bash’s interview with Harris and Walz is CNN’s latest “get” this cycle—from the Trump town hall to the Iowa G.O.P. debate and obviously debategate. It’s largely the handiwork of a relatively anonymous odd couple: Mark Preston and Christie Johnson.

Dylan Byers • August 23, 2024

On Walden’s Shores

News, notes, and the latest inside conversation among the Toscana crowd about Dana Walden’s odds of succeeding Bob Iger.

Dylan Byers • August 22, 2024

The ABCs of Almin

Almin Karamehmedovic, the newly crowned president of ABC News, is inheriting a circumscribed remit, akin to a glorified executive producer, as his boss, Deb OConnell, keeps control of the business. In that regard, Almin may have been the perfect choice all along.

Dylan Byers • August 8, 2024

The Zaz Squeeze & CBS’s New Hydra

News and notes on a particularly busy August in the industry: David Zaslav’s brutal quarter, CBS News’s uninspiring new management structure, Deb OConnell’s moves at ABC, and Axios’s pivot.

Dylan Byers • August 2, 2024

A Time to Will

Having survived a multifront newsroom fracas, Will Lewis endured another couple of love taps this week about his ongoing credibility challenges—one from Folkenflik, another from the Times. Now he faces an even thornier question: With the worst presumably behind him, how will he lead The Washington Post into the future?

Dylan Byers • July 31, 2024

Anchors Away

News and notes on the future of broadcast news amid the O’Donnell pivot and other industry murmurs.