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Scoop @puck.news: Carol Leonnig, a 25-year veteran of The Washington Post, is leaving the paper and joining MSNBC.
The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis.
The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis.
August 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Scoop @puck.news: Carol Leonnig, a 25-year veteran of The Washington Post, is leaving the paper and joining MSNBC.
The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis.
The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis.
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Zaz’s desire to spin out his cable assets, including CNN, raises all kinds of existential questions for the iconic news network as it prepares to walk the plank.
Read @dylanbyers.bsky.social dispatch here:
Read @dylanbyers.bsky.social dispatch here:
The CNN Endgame
The latest news regarding Zaz’s desire to spin out his cable assets, including CNN, raises all kinds of existential questions for the iconic news network as it prepares to walk the plank. Plus, news a...
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May 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Zaz’s desire to spin out his cable assets, including CNN, raises all kinds of existential questions for the iconic news network as it prepares to walk the plank.
Read @dylanbyers.bsky.social dispatch here:
Read @dylanbyers.bsky.social dispatch here:
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Facing a Trump lawsuit, massive debts, and a $400M kill fee if the Skydance sale falls through, Paramount’s Shari Redstone has privately discussed settling with Trump for as much as $20M. She’ll likely have to pay much more…
Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social has the story:
Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social has the story:
Passing Redstones
Facing a Trump lawsuit, massive debts, and a $400 million kill fee if the Skydance sale falls through, Shari Redstone has privately discussed settling with the president for as much as $20 million. In...
puck.news
May 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Facing a Trump lawsuit, massive debts, and a $400M kill fee if the Skydance sale falls through, Paramount’s Shari Redstone has privately discussed settling with Trump for as much as $20M. She’ll likely have to pay much more…
Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social has the story:
Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social has the story:
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Amid Trump’s legal torture of CBS, Shari Redstone has played the role of a spineless placater. But her annoyance over CBS News’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict seems to be real—and so are her attempts to meddle with the newsroom’s independence.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
The Righteous Redstone
Amid Trump’s legal torture of CBS, Shari Redstone has played the role of a desperate seller eager to settle. But her annoyance over CBS News’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict seems to be real—and...
puck.news
May 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Amid Trump’s legal torture of CBS, Shari Redstone has played the role of a spineless placater. But her annoyance over CBS News’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict seems to be real—and so are her attempts to meddle with the newsroom’s independence.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
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Graydon Carter joins Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social on The Grill Room podcast for a candid conversation about the magazine industry's past, present, and future.
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Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis...
April 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Graydon Carter joins Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social on The Grill Room podcast for a candid conversation about the magazine industry's past, present, and future.
Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis...
Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis...
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MSNBC’s Jen Psaki joins Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social Byers on The Grill Room podcast for a candid conversation about her next chapter: hosting the network’s forthcoming nightly show.
Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis...
Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis...
April 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
MSNBC’s Jen Psaki joins Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social Byers on The Grill Room podcast for a candid conversation about her next chapter: hosting the network’s forthcoming nightly show.
Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis...
Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis...
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Inside F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s latest Comcast threat and the fallout from his ongoing intimidation campaign against the news media.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
Dude, Where’s My Carr?
News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.”
puck.news
April 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Inside F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s latest Comcast threat and the fallout from his ongoing intimidation campaign against the news media.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
NEW @puck.news: Dude, Where’s My Carr? News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.” puck.news/brendan-carr...
Dude, Where’s My Carr?
News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.”
puck.news
April 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
NEW @puck.news: Dude, Where’s My Carr? News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.” puck.news/brendan-carr...
NEW @puck.news: CNBC’s Reign of Tariff: 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. puck.news/cnbc-ratings...
CNBC’s Reign of Tariff
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 it...
puck.news
April 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW @puck.news: CNBC’s Reign of Tariff: 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. puck.news/cnbc-ratings...
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Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker talks about her transformation of the paper, the delicate art of change management, and the future of the news business.
In conversation with Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social
In conversation with Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social
Tucker’s Last Stand
Emma Tucker arrived at The Wall Street Journal a couple years ago to replace the complacency of the Matt Murray era, with a mandate to make a product that was feistier, less academic, totally data-dri...
puck.news
March 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker talks about her transformation of the paper, the delicate art of change management, and the future of the news business.
In conversation with Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social
In conversation with Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social
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Jeff Bezos’s “personal liberties and free markets” mandate for the WaPo’s Opinion section is not unlike the journalistic tradition at The Economist and The Wall Street Journal… neither of which are exactly pro-Trump mouthpieces.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
Til Jeff Do Us Part
Bezos’s subscriber-alienating decision to impose his free-markets ideological mandate is not unlike the journalistic tradition at The Economist and The Wall Street Journal… neither of which are exactl...
puck.news
March 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Jeff Bezos’s “personal liberties and free markets” mandate for the WaPo’s Opinion section is not unlike the journalistic tradition at The Economist and The Wall Street Journal… neither of which are exactly pro-Trump mouthpieces.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
Reposted
Jeff Bezos had been losing patience with The Washington Post’s liberal predilection long before he mandated a purely pro-markets Opinion section, and even before endorsement-gate…
@dylanbyers.bsky.social has the inside story on Opinion editor David Shipley’s exit.
@dylanbyers.bsky.social has the inside story on Opinion editor David Shipley’s exit.
How Shipley Hit the Fan
Jeff Bezos had been losing patience with The Washington Post’s liberal predilection long before he mandated a purely pro-markets Opinion section, and even before endorsement-gate. In fact, the tension...
puck.news
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Jeff Bezos had been losing patience with The Washington Post’s liberal predilection long before he mandated a purely pro-markets Opinion section, and even before endorsement-gate…
@dylanbyers.bsky.social has the inside story on Opinion editor David Shipley’s exit.
@dylanbyers.bsky.social has the inside story on Opinion editor David Shipley’s exit.
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“Many believed that Jeff Bezos was a modern version of Kay Graham—a role he quite capably cosplayed during the first Trump administration—until they realized he wasn’t.”
@dylanbyers.bsky.social analyzes Bezos’s refashioning of the Washington Post’s Opinion section.
@dylanbyers.bsky.social analyzes Bezos’s refashioning of the Washington Post’s Opinion section.
The Kiss of Jeff
The latest news and notes from the ‘Post’ in-crowd and D.C. haut monde about Bezos’s intentions and opportunities.
puck.news
March 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“Many believed that Jeff Bezos was a modern version of Kay Graham—a role he quite capably cosplayed during the first Trump administration—until they realized he wasn’t.”
@dylanbyers.bsky.social analyzes Bezos’s refashioning of the Washington Post’s Opinion section.
@dylanbyers.bsky.social analyzes Bezos’s refashioning of the Washington Post’s Opinion section.
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A candid discussion with Noah Oppenheim, the former NBC News president, about the headaches at his old haunt (and other industry pickles) as the TV news business wades through a series of not-great options.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
Oppenheim’s Split Atoms
Former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim discusses the headaches at his old haunt (and other industry pickles) as the television news business wades through a series of not-great options.
puck.news
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A candid discussion with Noah Oppenheim, the former NBC News president, about the headaches at his old haunt (and other industry pickles) as the TV news business wades through a series of not-great options.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
Scoop @PuckNews: Politico White House correspondent and WHCA President @EugeneDaniels2 is leaving Politico to join MSNBC, where he will co-host a weekend roundtable show.
February 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Scoop @PuckNews: Politico White House correspondent and WHCA President @EugeneDaniels2 is leaving Politico to join MSNBC, where he will co-host a weekend roundtable show.
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Blue chip advertisers that long shunned Fox News are quietly coming back, leading the network to record-setting revenue. Is it the mainstreaming of Trump’s America, or an even broader cultural shift?
@dylanbyers.bsky.social explores:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social explores:
Out of Fox to Give
Blue chip companies that long shunned Fox News (or at least its more crackpot-friendly time slots) are quietly returning to the fold, leading the network to record-setting revenue. Is it the mainstrea...
puck.news
February 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Blue chip advertisers that long shunned Fox News are quietly coming back, leading the network to record-setting revenue. Is it the mainstreaming of Trump’s America, or an even broader cultural shift?
@dylanbyers.bsky.social explores:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social explores:
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“Alas, in business, realpolitik very often beats idealpolitik. Still, it’s possible to countenance the corporate pragmatism while also acknowledging that this is all really bad for the Fourth Estate.”
@dylanbyers.bsky.social on the likely Paramount-Trump settlement:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social on the likely Paramount-Trump settlement:
Shari Shrugged
Apparently, Shari Redstone has waited too long and stands to make too much on the sale of her declining family business to get tripped up in a journalistic ethics debate or public spat with the new pr...
puck.news
February 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Alas, in business, realpolitik very often beats idealpolitik. Still, it’s possible to countenance the corporate pragmatism while also acknowledging that this is all really bad for the Fourth Estate.”
@dylanbyers.bsky.social on the likely Paramount-Trump settlement:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social on the likely Paramount-Trump settlement:
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“Yes, we’re all grossed out by billionaires and C.E.O.s genuflecting to the incoming president, even if much of it is cynical lip-service. But the agony and angst of it all has overly simplified a much more complex challenge…”
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
A Matter of Life & Jeff
Yes, we’re all grossed out by billionaires and C.E.O.s genuflecting to the incoming president, even if much of it is cynical lip-service. But the agony and angst of it all has overly simplified a much...
puck.news
January 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Yes, we’re all grossed out by billionaires and C.E.O.s genuflecting to the incoming president, even if much of it is cynical lip-service. But the agony and angst of it all has overly simplified a much more complex challenge…”
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
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I valued listening to this episode from the perspective of a couple people who live in L.A.
@peterhamby.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social @puck.news
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Los Angeles Is Burning
Podcast Episode · The Powers That Be: Daily · 01/09/2025 · 30m
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January 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I valued listening to this episode from the perspective of a couple people who live in L.A.
@peterhamby.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social @puck.news
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A look at the thickening trickle of well-known political reporters mulling exits from The Washington Post as Will Lewis continues his fraught reorganization of the newsroom.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
The Ghosts of The Washington Post’s Past
News, notes, and H.R. updates on a series of significant fin de siècle leadership changes at Jeff Bezos’s constantly transmogrifying paper.
puck.news
December 29, 2024 at 1:09 AM
A look at the thickening trickle of well-known political reporters mulling exits from The Washington Post as Will Lewis continues his fraught reorganization of the newsroom.
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
From @dylanbyers.bsky.social
Reposted
The restructuring of Warner Bros. Discovery has left CNN insiders and execs wondering where the network fits into WBD’s future—or if it does at all.
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
Zaz’s CNN Situation Room
The restructuring of WBD, designed to cleave the company’s declining cable assets from its studio and streaming business, has left CNN employees wondering where the network fits into the parentco’s fu...
puck.news
December 16, 2024 at 6:07 AM
The restructuring of Warner Bros. Discovery has left CNN insiders and execs wondering where the network fits into WBD’s future—or if it does at all.
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
@dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:
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NEW pod with THE @dylanbyers.bsky.social on how the media industry is shapeshifting for Trump and how he thinks journalists should cover the second admin open.spotify.com/episode/12DO...
Dylan Byers on How to Cover Trump 2.0
Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri · Episode
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December 10, 2024 at 6:16 PM
NEW pod with THE @dylanbyers.bsky.social on how the media industry is shapeshifting for Trump and how he thinks journalists should cover the second admin open.spotify.com/episode/12DO...
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excellent interview:
Troy Young on @dylanbyers.bsky.social 🎙️
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#journalism #media #cablenews #content @puck.news
Troy Young on @dylanbyers.bsky.social 🎙️
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#journalism #media #cablenews #content @puck.news
Troy Story
Podcast Episode · The Grill Room · 12/06/2024 · 1h 6m
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December 6, 2024 at 10:09 PM
excellent interview:
Troy Young on @dylanbyers.bsky.social 🎙️
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#journalism #media #cablenews #content @puck.news
Troy Young on @dylanbyers.bsky.social 🎙️
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#journalism #media #cablenews #content @puck.news
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@dylanbyers.bsky.social is here, but not really posting yet.
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 AM
@dylanbyers.bsky.social is here, but not really posting yet.
🎙️ 🍸 NEW POD: Alison Roman on her journey from legacy media to entrepreneurship and why her defenestration from The New York Times turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Plus, Infatuation CEO Paul Needham…
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5u9S...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5u9S...
Alison Roman Chops It Up
Podcast Episode · The Grill Room · 11/19/2024 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:03 PM
🎙️ 🍸 NEW POD: Alison Roman on her journey from legacy media to entrepreneurship and why her defenestration from The New York Times turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Plus, Infatuation CEO Paul Needham…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5u9S...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5u9S...