The Press Is Down and Shut Out in Palm BeachWhile MAGA government is forming at Mar-a-Lago, scoop-hungry reporters are kept at a safe distance. But at least the weather is nice.
Can the Media Survive?Big tech, feckless owners, cord-cutters, restive staff, smaller audiences … and the return of print?
ByCharlotte Klein
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How Did the New York Post Get Away With That?Two former “Page Six” reporters, Frank DiGiacomo and Susan Mulcahy, on their 528-page oral history of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid, Paper of Wreckage.
The Centrists Cannot HoldIn D.C., Ritchie Torres is full of conviction, while the journalistic Establishment show passionate intensity about the second coming of Donald Trump.
The Journalist and the BillionaireWalter Isaacson, schmoozy icon of the Old Media elite, has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all of those things.
When Fox News Turns on Its OwnTucker Carlson’s allies can’t believe this is happening to them. “We’ve always felt that there are spies on us in the building.”
George Santos, MAGA ‘It’ GirlVish Burra, the congressman’s “director of operations,” met me on Staten Island to explain the plan to make Santos … president?
ByShawn McCreesh
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Get Me Risa Heller!If you’re Jeff Zucker or Mario Batali or Jared Kushner and you’re trying to survive a bout of very bad press, she’s the one you call.
ByShawn McCreesh
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Markus Dohle’s Big FlopWhat Penguin Random House’s failed bid to eat Simon & Schuster means for publishing.
Just What Did the Times Walkout Change?Some employees have said they are ready to vote on a strike authorization as soon as tomorrow. Others worry this has all gone too far.