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
February 7, 2026
Matt Murray Speaks!, Will’s Witness Protection Program & MS NOW’s Pod Pivot
February 5, 2026
Post Aftershocks, Bari’s New Stand & A Times Sell-Off
January 31, 2026
Elon’s CNN Interest, Lemon’s Legal Squeeze & An NYT Defection
January 29, 2026
Bari Daily, Erika’s Food52 Homily & Media’s New Leadership Void
January 24, 2026
The Times R.T.O. Wars, Tony’s Rating Woes & Substack TV
January 22, 2026
Bari’s ‘60 Minutes’ Fallout, Zaz’s CNN Devaluation & Mediaite’s Navel-Gazing
January 16, 2026
Döpfner’s Choice, More Bari Angst & Bezos Hysterics
January 15, 2026
Bari’s Whiskey Rebellion, Punchbowl Smoke Signals & Politico Cuts
January 10, 2026
Punchbowl Deal Heat, A Bari Rorschach Test & Sarandos’s Podcast Play
January 8, 2026
Dokoupilmania, WBD Posturing & Semafor’s Wild Valuation
January 2, 2026
The Sam Altman Parent Trap, Bari vs. Clooney & Dokoupil on the Street
December 27, 2025
The ‘60 Minutes’ Aftermath & The Age of Altman
December 20, 2025
Bari’s Next Acts, Axel Springer–CNN Chatter & A 2026 Media Forecast
December 18, 2025
Bari’s Elon Play, WaPo Iterations & Semafor’s Arabian Nights
December 13, 2025
Apollo’s Yahoo Bet, Iger’s American Sora Story & Nuzzi’s Book Bummer
December 11, 2025
Bari’s CBS Bunker, Condé Concerns & Netflix’s WBD Limit
December 6, 2025
Netflix Bros. Fallout, Hollywood Fearmongering & CNN’s Early Christmas
December 4, 2025
The Nuzzi-VF Divorce Plan, CNN’s Kalshi Bet & The NFL’s Epic Thanksgiving
November 29, 2025
Substack Anxiety, The Chalamet Attention Model & A Nuzzi Defense
November 26, 2025
Trump’s ‘Rush Hour’ Reboot, WBD Legal Stars & Alison Roman’s Next Act