In the Room
Ace media reporter Dylan Byers brings readers into the C-suite as he chronicles the biggest stories in the industry: the future of cable news in the streaming era, the transformation of legacy publishers, the tech giants remaking the market, and all the egos involved. Also featuring a weekly dispatch from Puck’s crack streaming/media analyst, Julia Alexander.
Archives
April 17, 2026
Publisher A.I. Doom-Prepping & Allbritton’s New Old Rag
April 15, 2026
The NYMag Auction & The Times’s Russini Debacle
April 10, 2026
The Times vs. Russini & The OpenAI–TBPN Dealmaker Speaks
April 9, 2026
Lights! Camera! Politico! & Jeff Shell’s Not-So-Long Goodbye
April 3, 2026
TBPN Principles & The Hasan Piker Paradox
April 1, 2026
Politico’s Inside Man & Journalism’s Sloppy A.I. Future
March 27, 2026
Vox Deal Heat & Tech’s Big Tobacco Moment
March 26, 2026
Bari’s Bottom & Politico’s E.I.C. Headaches
March 20, 2026
Bariquake Aftershocks & CNN’s Cosplay Cringe
March 18, 2026
Allbritton’s D.C. War & Jeff Shell’s Rebound Blues
March 13, 2026
Bezos’s Group Therapy & Hegseth’s Ellison Endorsement
March 12, 2026
The CNN–CBS Marriage Plot & Jeff Shell’s Fresh Hell
March 7, 2026
Shell’s Endgame & Bari’s Morning Makeover
March 5, 2026
Bari’s Rebound & Zucker’s French Kiss
February 28, 2026
Bari CNN Panic & Politico Succession Murmurs
February 26, 2026
Mathias’s Telegraph Chase & A WaPo Trauma Bond Sesh
February 20, 2026
Late Night’s Battle Cry, A VF Party Surprise & Will’s Postmortem
February 19, 2026
Anderson’s Defection, Colbert Martyrdom & MS NOW–‘Pod Save’ Marriage
February 14, 2026
Bari Buyouts, Telegraph Trouble & Politico Succession Smoke Signals
February 12, 2026
Rupert in D.C., Lemon’s Lawyers & WaPo Aftershocks