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Matt Murray could be named the top editor of the washington post.
Dylan Byers December 20, 2024
After six excruciating months, Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis is naming acting executive editor Matt Murray as his new editorial leader—a fitting capstone to a lackluster search effort that never quite came to fruition.
George Stephanopoulos
Dylan Byers December 19, 2024
News and notes on the most pressing topics at the intersection of the D.C. media axes of intrigue: Stephanopoulos’s sloppy electronics, and Washington Post top editor contingency planning.
david zaslav
Dylan Byers December 14, 2024
The restructuring of Warner Bros. Discovery, designed to cleave the company’s declining cable assets from its studio and streaming business, has left CNN insiders and executives wondering where the network fits into WBD’s future—or if it does at all.
Dasha Burns
Dylan Byers December 12, 2024
News and notes on the recruitment of Dasha Burns, raided from the increasingly gloomy halls of 30 Rock, as Politico seeks their new Maggie. Plus the latest updates on Jeff Bezos’s narrowing talent search for a “change agent” to transform The Washington Post.


Rashida Jones
Dylan Byers December 5, 2024
News and notes on the yuletide fixations of legacy media and its stalwarts as corporate holiday party season beckons: Rashida Jones’ impending MSNBC exit, SpinCo spin, and the denouement of the Washington Post (first newsroom!) executive editor sweepstakes.
Jeremy Boreing
Dylan Byers November 29, 2024
News, notes, frontline observations, and confessions from a smattering of new-media-age entrepreneurs, all of whom have much to be thankful for this time of year. (And some gripes too…)
Rachel Maddow
Dylan Byers November 23, 2024
News and notes on the latest anxieties inside MSNBC in its SpinCo singularity: questions about the Maddow deal, looming Stamford realities, and much more.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
Dylan Byers November 21, 2024
News and notes on the real ulterior motive behind the Mar-a-Lago pilgrimage. Plus, all the nail-biting and agita unleashed at 30 Rock in the wake of the Comcast spinco news.


Mark Thompson
Dylan Byers November 15, 2024
A gloomy company-wide meeting revealed Mark Thompson’s CNN is still caught between the linear past and the digital future, and nonpolitical news versus 24-hour Trump TV. Insiders wonder who’s paying attention to the content while others wonder if a more sinister fate beckons.
Chris Wallace
Dylan Byers November 14, 2024
The backstory of Wallace’s self-defenestration at CNN—the latest shoe to drop in an era that won’t stop ending.
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