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mark thompson

The Thompson Manifesto: A Sequel

As a follow-up to his original dissertation on the challenges facing CNN, Mark Thompson recently outlined a vague, pablum-filled vision of the network-cum-news-organization’s future. But is it so opaque because Thompson’s vision remains hazy, or because he doesn’t want to say the hard part out loud?
Dylan Byers • March 1, 2024
Dylan Byers • February 29, 2024
What If Godwin Was One of Us?
kim godwin
Readouts from the new era at ABC News, where a recently layered Kim Godwin is suddenly more present and vocal than ever before, seemingly in an attempt to match the ubiquity of her new boss—all while acting like it’s business as usual.
Eriq Gardner • February 26, 2024
Is Spulu Too Big to Fail?
bob iger
Assessing the D.O.J.’s case against the most famous Big Three in sports media history.
Catherine Herridge
Dylan Byers • February 24, 2024
The Herridge Foundation
News and notes on a roiling and utterly predictable TV news microscandal.
Mathias Döpfner
Dylan Byers • February 21, 2024
The Ackman-Döpfner Non-Escalation Treaty
A recent dinner between the Axel Springer C.E.O. and the aggrieved hedge fund manager and proud husband likely paved the way for an end to the Business Insider-Neri Oxman contretemps.
donald trump
Eriq Gardner • February 19, 2024
The Trump Tower Doomsday Scenarios
Gaming out Trump’s various legal nightmares, and the second-order effects, with rainmaker Ted Boutrous.
kim godwin
Dylan Byers • February 16, 2024
The Godwin Delusion
Fresh reporting from inside West 66th Street on Disney’s promotion of Debra OConnell to oversee ABC News—and, of course, the layering of network president Kim Godwin.
Lachlan Murdoch arrives for the wedding of Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch at St. Brides Church on March 5, 2016, in London.
Tina Nguyen • February 15, 2024
Lachlan’s New Media Toy
John Matze, the ousted Parler founder, is back with a media platform designed to “promote conversation and civil debate”—and $5 million of funding courtesy of Fox Corp.
joe biden
Dylan Byers • February 14, 2024
The Age of Biden
For better or worse, many in the WH press corps have spent the last couple years noticeably avoiding the topic of the president’s agility and acuity because it felt indelicate or irrelevant. Now, the Hur report has stirred some soul-searching.
bob iger
Julia Alexander • February 14, 2024
Iger’s ‘Spulu’ Starter Marriage
It’s been a week since ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced their enigmatic three-headed sports skinny bundle. The industry is overwhelmed with questions, but one thing seems certain: this thing isn’t here to stay.
emma tucker
Dylan Byers • February 9, 2024
Little Britain
News and notes on the micro-crises roiling CNN, what to expect from the legacy players, the Zaz-Iger-Lachlan super-streamer, and much, much more.
Avlon started his career as a speechwriter for Mayor Rudy Giuliani before pursuing journalism.
Dylan Byers • February 9, 2024
Rep. Avlon From East Hampton?
The Hamptons-dwelling CNN anchor and No Labels co-founder is considering a run for Congress this year on a centrist, anti-Trump platform.
Phil Mattingly Poppy Harlow
Dylan Byers • February 8, 2024
Less Than Harlow
The readout from the CNN bunker as Mark Thompson reshapes CNN’s morning schedule, signals diminished interest in linear, and leaves his company of TV stalwarts wondering about the next shoe to drop.
elon musk
Eriq Gardner • February 6, 2024
Elon’s Legal Options & Byron’s Edge
Notes from the legal bar, in Wilmington and Washington, on Musk’s latest board entanglement and Byron Allen’s political play for Paramount.
Timothy Forbes, Steve Forbes and Christopher "Kip" Forbes
Dylan Byers • February 3, 2024
Capitalist Tools
Forbes, which is now up for auction one more time, has had a fascinating afterlife since the family sold their control. And it might be a harbinger for some legacy brands, but for one pesky detail.
Jimmy Finkelstein Pamela Gross
Dylan Byers • February 1, 2024
Jimmy’s Quibi
News, notes, and reflections on a totally predictable, ego-driven, anachronistic media tragedy.
Even Jeff Zucker and his American partners may have underestimated the depth of the reaction in Britain to his proposed takeover of The Spectator and The Telegraph.
Dylan Byers • January 26, 2024
Lord Zucker’s Vassal Revolt
The public outcries continue over Jeff Zucker’s quest for two venerable center-right British news brands. Are they reasonable critiques about the potential influence of his Emirati partner, or just sanctimonious and Anglocentric rumblings about two properties in need of fresh ideas and (lots of) fresh cash?
The layoffs at the LA Times, staggering as they were, belied the true extent of the damage the paper has endured under Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Dylan Byers • January 25, 2024
A Tale of Two City Papers
A talmudic reading of the agony and anxiety bubbling around the L.A. Times, and the cautious optimism brimming from Will Lewis’s post-layoffs Washington Post.