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Brendan Carr
Dylan Byers April 18, 2025
News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.”
Wendy McMahon
Dylan Byers April 16, 2025
CBS News C.E.O. Wendy McMahon’s tenure was already beset by controversies that have antagonized both the network’s current owner, Shari Redstone, and its future owner, David Ellison. Now, she’s taking heat for a ‘Wheel of Fortune’/‘Jeopardy!’ miscalculation that could cost Paramount eight-figure annual profits.
John Malone
Dylan Byers April 11, 2025
Master of the cable universe John Malone is giving up his seat on the board of Warner Bros. Discovery, where he’s been an unwaveringly patient, big-picture strategist. What does his departure mean, if anything, to the future of WBD or his mentee, David Zaslav?
Jim Cramer
Dylan Byers April 9, 2025
NBCU’s soon-to-be-spun-off business news channel loves a financial crisis, and this week its ratings rose as markets tanked. But that doesn’t lessen the challenges it faces as it gets spun off from its parentco.


radhika Jones
Dylan Byers April 4, 2025
News and notes on Radhika Jones’s departure from Vanity Fair.
Dylan Byers April 3, 2025
Among the knock-on effects of Comcast spinning out its lesser cable darlings are a series of impending beefs, conflicts, and tough choices for MSNBC and NBC News. Some talent and executives will move up, while others will realize there’s not room for everyone at the cool kids’ table.
kathy baird
Dylan Byers March 28, 2025
Ironically, what’s plaguing media organizations right now—apart from the diminished revenue and the daily beatings from the White House, of course—is a lack of storytelling. No wonder everyone from the Post to Politico is looking for a few good comms.
Amanda Wills
Dylan Byers March 27, 2025
America’s hair is on fire, but the country’s former go-to around-the-clock news source is crawling around in the ratings basement. In the network’s latest, late-day attempt to come up with digital strategy, C.E.O. Mark Thompson is getting the old gang back together.


Jessica Lessin
Dylan Byers March 21, 2025
Jessica Lessin, the digital media pioneer and Information C.E.O., offers her candid assessment of the market, shares her investment thesis, and discusses her endgame.
Sam Dolnick
Dylan Byers March 19, 2025
Yes, it’s very early and everyone is saying all the right things, but it’s also clear that The New York Times Co. has learned its lesson from highly disruptive technologies during the past couple decades and is not about to miss out on A.I. Does the industry, or its newsroom, fully understand the implications?
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