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Washington Post

Can Zaz & Shari Go the Distance?

News and notes on the topics everyone is fulminating over as the holidays set in: Zazmount possibilities, Will Lewis’s forthcoming tenure at The Washington Post, and early grumblings from CNN on the Thompson era.
Dylan Byers • December 23, 2023
Dylan Byers • December 21, 2023
Zazmount Global & WaPo Gridlock
A combination of WBD and Paramount, even with a sale of various cable assets, would offer Zaz a true gem in many ways.
News and notes on the biggest stories roiling the industry: the Zaz-Shari deal possibilities and Will Lewis’s arrival at the union-torn, money-losing Washington Post.
Dylan Byers • November 9, 2023
When Will Met Sally
Sally Buzbee
News and notes on Will Lewis’s maiden voyage at the Post and Kevin Mayer’s return to the podium.
Mark Thompson will lewis
Dylan Byers • November 3, 2023
The English Patients
News and notes on the regime change at CNN and the Murdoch baggage following The Washington Post’s presumptive next C.E.O.
Jeff Bezos solicited six-page memos from five semi-finalists and conducted one-on-one Zoom interviews with each of them.
Dylan Byers • November 1, 2023
Bezos’s Bummer, Condé Woes & Laurene’s New New Thing
News and notes from around the media business—a WaPo surprise, a legacy bloodletting, and Emerson Collective’s latest investment in the space.
The inevitability of a Paramount sale is something Shari’s fellow media executives have taken for granted since she seized the reins of CBS and Viacom from her father, Sumner.
Dylan Byers • October 27, 2023
Zaz-Shari, Bezos’ Note & ABC News Blues
News and notes from around the media industry.
In recent days, Bezos has met with the final two candidates for the Post publisher and C.E.O. position.
Dylan Byers • October 25, 2023
The Bezos Bake-off Enters Its Final Days
I’m told that Bezos is expected to make his WaPo C.E.O. selection in a matter of days. Barring any unforeseen crisis or change of heart, he will formally announce the new leader no later than next month.
It’s now clear why Bob Iger hung a “For Sale” shingle on ABC and the linear networks in Sun Valley.
Dylan Byers • October 20, 2023
Bezos’s WaPo Countdown & Iger Under Pressure
News and notes from across the media industry: ESPN’s profit cliff, the Bezos C.E.O. announcement timeline, and Apple’s “clear and present danger.”
Until recently, Jeff Bezos had been relying on Patty Stonesifer, his longtime confidant and Amazon board member, to winnow the pool down from seemingly every media executive under the sun.
Dylan Byers • October 19, 2023
The Bezos-WaPo Plot Thickens
News and notes on the rag trade during an astonishing week: The Washington Post winnows its search, Mark Thompson makes CNN’s debate case, and an Axios reporter laps the field.
Jeff Bezos’ shortlist for the next Washington Post C.E.O. continues to whittle down.
Dylan Byers • October 11, 2023
A New Bezos Contender & More CNN Tea
Jeff Bezos is zeroing in on a new leader for The Washington Post, and it’s not one of the usual suspects. Plus, some news about the first days of the Mark Thompson era at CNN.