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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 10, 2024
Netflix on Trial & CNN’s Financial Colonoscopy
Mark Thompson
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 6, 2024
Mark Thompson Prepares to Show His Hand
mark thompson
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.
Brian Stelter
Dylan Byers • September 4, 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.
A composite of David Zaslav and Gunnar Wiedenfels
Matthew Belloni • August 30, 2024
How the Zaz Fire Sale Could Play Out
Coming off a stock price nadir, with its legacy TV business cratering, Warner Bros. Discovery has reached the point where it may need to sell some stuff. Herewith, a rating of marketable assets and the highly speculative likelihood that David Zaslav will part with them.
Tim Walz and Kamala Harris
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.
lester holt
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.
joe biden
Dylan Byers • July 24, 2024
The Biden Bump
Somewhat ironically, an election cycle that has been defined by age has benefitted a bunch of legacy media outfits, all of whom are presumably hoping to embrace the lesson of past presidential races: eyeballs are ephemeral, but business models and strategies last a lot longer.
cnn presidential debate
Dylan Byers • June 28, 2024
‘Post’ Script & CNN’s Debate Hangover
News and notes on the two biggest stories in Washington media: the latest beats in the WaPo crisis and the post-mortem on CNN’s big night in Atlanta.
Mark Thompson will lewis
Dylan Byers • June 26, 2024
Wet Hot British Summer
News and notes on America’s two most-discussed British media executives: Mark Thompson, who is gearing up for Thursday’s debate; and Will Lewis, who is holding on for dear life on K Street.