MEDIA
Dylan Byers
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June 14, 2024
What About Rob?
Two weeks into The Washington Post’s nervous breakdown, Will Lewis’s time in the barrel may be ending. Rob Winnett’s turn may be just beginning.
Dylan Byers
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June 12, 2024
The Will Lewis Forgiveness Tour
News and notes on two D.C. media anxieties of varying proportions: The Lewis redemption rodeo at the WaPo and Mark Thompson’s quiet rejiggering over at CNN.
Lauren Sherman
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June 10, 2024
Profit & Kloss
News and notes on Karlie Kloss’s forays into magazine publishing.
Dylan Byers
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June 8, 2024
License to Will
The latest anxieties and dueling narratives emanating from the expanding Washington Post blast zone on K Street.
Dylan Byers
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June 6, 2024
‘Post’ Mortem
The real and surprising story behind Sally Buzbee’s departure from The Washington Post.
Dylan Byers
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May 31, 2024
The Post-It Episode
News and notes on the Journal newsroom’s Post-It protest and CNN’s month to forget.
Dylan Byers
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May 30, 2024
The Barkley Sweepstakes
As NBC Sports closes in on the NBA “B package,” executives and agents are beginning to contemplate who will lead the broadcasts and studio shows. And whom to pick off from TNT if Zaz is unable to wrest the final package away from Amazon.
Dylan Byers
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May 22, 2024
Will in the World
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?
Dylan Byers
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May 17, 2024
English Patience
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.
Dylan Byers
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May 16, 2024
No Country for Old Mann
News and notes on the latest storylines coursing through the industry: CNN’s debate coup, NBC’s internal frustrations, and a Condé Nast departure.
Eriq Gardner
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May 13, 2024
Judge Judy Threatens to Make the Tabloids Pay
America’s favorite TV jurist is suing A360 Media, publisher of In Touch Weekly and The National Enquirer, over a Menendez murder trial mix-up. “It’s unconscionable,” she says, “and will be expensive.”
Dylan Byers
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May 10, 2024
The Zucker Savior Myth
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.
Dylan Byers
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May 8, 2024
Zaz & The Art of Reputation Maintenance
News and notes on Zaz’s Milken stem-winder, the NBA auction rights derby, and post-Godwin ABC News.
Eriq Gardner
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May 6, 2024
Carlos Watson on Trial & A Ryan Kavanaugh Deal
News and notes from the legal frontier: Ozy Media heads to court, Triller comes up short, and Clare Locke hunts fees. Plus: Can Drake and Kendrick Lamar sue each other for defamation?
Dylan Byers
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May 4, 2024
The Godwin Complex
Notes on the layering of Kim Godwin, the agita inside ABC News, and the looming exit strategy coalescing in plain view.
Dylan Byers
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May 2, 2024
The Zaz-Roberts Proxy War
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.
Dylan Byers
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April 26, 2024
Biden & His Times
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.