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New York Times

James Bennet, the undeniably brilliant former New York Times Opinion editor, was ousted from the paper in June 2020 after greenlighting Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton’s op-ed calling for military intervention to quell the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd.

The Best of the Times, The Worst of the Times

News and notes on James Bennet’s biblically long screed against the Gray Lady, A.G., illiberalism, and more.
Dylan Byers • December 16, 2023
Peter Hamby • November 7, 2023
Biden’s Trump Kryptonite
The public panic over those polls was so widespread that the Biden campaign emailed confidential talking points to friendly surrogates.
Amid a party-wide freak-out over a set of terrifying New York Times polls, Democrats are guardedly watching Tuesday’s elections for signs that the immense backlash over abortion bans, which turbocharged last year’s midterm results, can still deliver them the White House.
Dylan Byers • October 4, 2023
Bezos Succession Questions & CNN’s Max Spat
Jeff Bezos remains committed to growing and globalizing The Washington Post—the mystery, which has become a parlor game in media circles these days, is who he will task to do it.
News and notes from the Sulzberger penthouse: on Mark Thompson’s new CNN, the WaPo C.E.O. search, and Zaslav’s battle with DirecTV.
Thompson would not have taken the top CNN job if he didn’t intend to impose dramatic transformations that more thoughtfully align the network’s editorial efforts with its business ambitions.
Dylan Byers • September 1, 2023
Mark to Market
And so the Mark Thompson era officially begins at CNN…
During the tenure of the Times’ C.E.O. Meredith Kopit Levien, the success of the company—and, the uniqueness of its success—has become the media story of our time.
Dylan Byers • March 30, 2023
The Meredith Moat
In an era of unprecedented disruption—new mediacos, new models, highly capitalized competitors, and CNN gyrations—none of the big guns are holding a candle to the Times.
press corps
Dylan Byers • January 6, 2023
D.C. Media Begins Its ’24 Cycle
News and notes on the election cycle game of musical chairs within the D.C. media scene.
Mike Bloomberg
Dylan Byers • December 29, 2022
The Bloomberg Audience of One
Does the ever-restless former Hizzoner and fintech billionaire and presidential aspirant really want to buy the WaPo and WSJ, or is a recent Axios report the work of an eager courtier? As has been the case with third mayoral terms and presidential campaigns, only one guy knows.
Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee and C.EO. and publisher Fred Ryan.
Dylan Byers • November 19, 2022
Fred Ryan’s Re-Election
Questions about Ryan’s leadership have become widespread at the Post, where the gulf between the paper and the Times widens, and the finger-pointing has taken hold.
President and C.E.O. of the New York Times Company, Meredith Kopit Levien.
Dylan Byers • October 14, 2022
A Wrinkle at ‘The Times’
Friday news and notes on the inside conversation coursing through the media business, from Times grumblings to Tapper’s primetime performance.
A.G. Sulzberger
Dylan Byers • October 13, 2022
Timesism & Its Discontents
The New York Times is stronger than ever—lightyears ahead of the Post in subscription, acquisitive, by far the most influential beacon of journalism on Earth. And yet a string of amicable high-profile journalistic departures has led some Media Cassandras to shriek. Big deal? No deal? Well, it’s the Times, after all, so it’s a thing.