In the Room
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.
Archives
April 9, 2026
Lights! Camera! Politico! & Jeff Shell’s Not-So-Long Goodbye
April 3, 2026
TBPN Principles & The Hasan Piker Paradox
April 1, 2026
Politico’s Inside Man & Journalism’s Sloppy A.I. Future
March 27, 2026
Vox Deal Heat & Tech’s Big Tobacco Moment
March 26, 2026
Bari’s Bottom & Politico’s E.I.C. Headaches
March 20, 2026
Bariquake Aftershocks & CNN’s Cosplay Cringe
March 18, 2026
Allbritton’s D.C. War & Jeff Shell’s Rebound Blues
March 13, 2026
Bezos’s Group Therapy & Hegseth’s Ellison Endorsement
March 12, 2026
The CNN–CBS Marriage Plot & Jeff Shell’s Fresh Hell
January 22, 2026
Bari’s ‘60 Minutes’ Fallout, Zaz’s CNN Devaluation & Mediaite’s Navel-Gazing
January 16, 2026
Döpfner’s Choice, More Bari Angst & Bezos Hysterics
January 15, 2026
Bari’s Whiskey Rebellion, Punchbowl Smoke Signals & Politico Cuts
January 10, 2026
Punchbowl Deal Heat, A Bari Rorschach Test & Sarandos’s Podcast Play
January 8, 2026
Dokoupilmania, WBD Posturing & Semafor’s Wild Valuation
January 2, 2026
The Sam Altman Parent Trap, Bari vs. Clooney & Dokoupil on the Street
December 27, 2025
The ‘60 Minutes’ Aftermath & The Age of Altman
December 20, 2025
Bari’s Next Acts, Axel Springer–CNN Chatter & A 2026 Media Forecast
December 18, 2025
Bari’s Elon Play, WaPo Iterations & Semafor’s Arabian Nights
December 13, 2025
Apollo’s Yahoo Bet, Iger’s American Sora Story & Nuzzi’s Book Bummer
December 11, 2025
Bari’s CBS Bunker, Condé Concerns & Netflix’s WBD Limit
