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Wednesday and Friday
Ace media reporter Dylan Byers brings readers into the C-suite as he chronicles the biggest stories in the industry: the future of cable news in the streaming era, the transformation of legacy publishers, the tech giants remaking the market, and all the egos involved.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Dylan Byers
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October 5, 2022
MSNBC’s Wagnerian Opera
Alex Wagner’s early ratings suggest that the MSNBC audience may be actively tuning her out. It’s an invitation for Tapper and Licht to quit the apparent mutual disarmament pact around 9 p.m. and take back the hour.
Dylan Byers
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September 30, 2022
A Tree Falls in Late Night
Trevor Noah, not even 40, is the latest star to pull the plug on his own late night show—once again proving that the linear big bang has landed after 11:30, and may soon upend Colbert, Fallon, and Kimmel, too.
Dylan Byers
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September 28, 2022
The Treaty of Paris
What to do when a living legend wants to keep working while her true natural heir is a future legend sowing his oats, and eager to expand his footprint? And when there is some history between the two, and the future of a historic brand hangs in the balance? Only at Condé Nast…
Dylan Byers
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September 23, 2022
Leave It to Tapper
The temporary nature of Tapper’s move to 9 p.m. masks the careful machinations behind the announcement: Licht wants Tapper to be the permanent host of the 9 p.m. hour, and the face of his CNN.
Dylan Byers
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September 21, 2022
The WaPo’s Post-Trump Blues Continue
During the Trump years, the fantastic owner-editor Bezos-Baron package stripped the Post of its Politico-purge complacency and vied to make it the true national paper of record. So what happens now?
Dylan Byers
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September 16, 2022
When Life Gives You Lemon…
CNN’s new morning show concept, led by Don Lemon with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, is a “mass appeal play” aligned with Chris Licht’s less-partisan strategy (while conveniently nudging Brianna Keilar off center stage). It also evidences the hard new reality for linear media: In a post-Maddow, post-Cuomo world, it’s no longer all about primetime.
Dylan Byers
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September 14, 2022
VandeHei in the Arena
Weeks after Axios’s $525 million sale, Washington’s most influential media C.E.O. recalls some lessons from the Politico era and Axios’s ascent. And then offers some advice for the next generation of D.C. disruptors, like Punchbowl and Semafor.
Dylan Byers
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September 9, 2022
Semafor Is Almost Ready for Prime Time
Some Friday notes on the hottest topics in our media industry: Semafor, The Washington Post, and the Today show.
Dylan Byers
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September 8, 2022
Licht’s Teacher’s Pet Syndrome
After Stelter’s ouster and the Harwood sunset, many in CNN wonder if Brianna Keilar is modulating her tone to satisfy the boss.
Dylan Byers
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September 2, 2022
The September of Stelteritis
Various and numerous personnel changes across the network landscape, from Reliable Sources to Meet the Press, all point toward a single cruel reality: the industry can’t program its ways out of the apparent and very real Linear Big Bang. It’s here.
