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Washington Post

A recent New Yorker profile has inadvertenly unearthed tensions between WaPo publisher Fred Ryan and Politico’s former owner Robert Allbritton.

The Way We Were: Ryan & Allbritton

The personal and nearly litigious backstory behind one of the most complicated political relationships in Washington media—the bond between Fred Ryan and Robert Allbritton.
Dylan Byers • January 27, 2023
Dylan Byers • January 26, 2023
Murdoch’s $3 Billion Deal, WaPo Woes & CNN A.M. Darkness
Tech And Media Elites Attend Allen And Company Annual Meetings In Idaho
News and notes from around the media industry.
Dylan Byers • January 20, 2023
WWJD: What Would Jeff Do?
bezos at post
Bezos’s visit to The Washington Post set off alarms in the building. But if the world’s fourth richest man has plans for the nation’s second most important paper, he’s keeping them to himself. He’s in listening mode.
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.
Fred Ryan
Dylan Byers • December 15, 2022
Post Apocalyptic
A brutally awkward town hall amplified long-simmering anxieties within The Washington Post, which is suffering from its own leadership blues and deja vu anxiety about receding from relevance—again.
Bob Iger, Tim Cook, and Eddy Cue at Sun Valley
Dylan Byers • November 23, 2022
Igermania, The WaPo & Zaz
News and notes on the interior monologue of the media industry in semi-pre-holiday-repose.
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.
Fred Ryan
Dylan Byers • November 16, 2022
The Licht Show & WaPo Politics
The latest news on Chris Licht’s attempts at CNN transformation, and the biggest story inside The Washington Post.
Jake Tapper and Trevor Noah
Dylan Byers • October 7, 2022
More MSNBC Murmurs & CNN Fantasy Football
News and notes emanating from the media industry on a fall Friday: the Semafor pre-launch buzz, Punchbowl rumors, the Licht vision, and the MSNBC pickle.