Ben Mullin
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Media reporter at The New York Times. Signal: benmullin.13
news: Axel Springer C.E.O. Mathias Dopfner just told employees that Carolin Hulshoff Pol is the new CEO of The Telegraph
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scoop: Michael Gavshon, a "60 Minutes" producer who worked this season with Anderson Cooper and Jon Wertheim, is leaving the show at the end of June.
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NEW: The Nick Bilton charm offensive is fully underway. Dinner with Lesley Stahl and a commitment to keep the best traditions of "60 Minutes" intact. w/ Mike Grynbaum
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/b...
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New ‘60 Minutes’ Chief Promises Independence in Bid to Reassure Staff
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/business/nick-bilton-60-minutes-memo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nlA.T76L.k1mRFQeXdNtc&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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NEWS: "60 Minutes" EP Nick Bilton emails staff, commits to editorial independence of the program, praises Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim. Full memo:
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scoop from Michael Grynbaum: Sharyn Alfonsi, who has lost her deal with CBS News, says that "the wall has come down" at "60 Minutes" between "editorial independence and corporate interests." Full interview here:
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...
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‘60 Minutes’ Journalist Who Accused CBS of Political Meddling Loses Her Deal
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/business/media/cbs-sharyn-alfonsi-bari-weiss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.llA.9No8.TOH3Tk0_Wt2q&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Here’s Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff’s note to staff:
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scoop with
@jessicatesta.bsky.social
: James Murdochis acquiring roughly half of Vox Media, a dramatic expansion in American media
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/b...
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James Murdoch, Intent on ‘Thoughtful Journalism,’ Buys Half of Vox Media
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/business/media/vox-media-james-murdoch-sale.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.Nr4f.t6lPnH144_j0&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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New investigation: a book about the future of truth in the age of A.I. contains more than a half-dozen quotes invented by A.I.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...
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Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/media/future-of-truth-ai-quotes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.VxY4.VHmEk0pr1YpR&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Some news: Business Insider is undergoing a staff reduction today. I’m told fewer than 5% of the newsroom is being affected. Here’s the note, from Editor-in-Chief Jamie Heller
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Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion, just sent a note to employees saying that lawyers for the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting are going to seek emergency relief from higher courts tomorrow. Calls today’s ruling “newly insane, unprecedented legal stalling.”
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some late-breaking news on
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’s quest to take over Infowars: A Texas appeals court just stayed the turnover of the site to the official who inked the agreement with an affiliate of The Onion. This puts the deal in bizarre legal limbo for now. More TK.
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news: The FT is offering buyouts. Pay determined by length of service. However, "for this year only, we have agreement to lift the cap on individual payments in 2026 from £100,000 to £120,000."
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SCOOP with Elizabeth Williamson: The Onion has a new plan to take over Infowars. It has entered into an agreement to license the Infowars brand and plans to operate it as a comedy site. A Texas judge must approve the deal.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...
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The Onion Has a New Plan to Take Over Infowars
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.kS_n.WFt1Wn6UbhmK&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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NPR: Employees may NOT bet on the Tiny Desk!!
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Washington Post C.E.O. Jeff D'Onofrio emailed employees last week, expressing hope the company will be break-even this year and profitable thereafter. He also cited three priorities for 2026: "journalistic excellence, data, cost mastery & productivity, and disruptive growth."
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NEW: A judge has granted The Wall Street Journal's motion to dismiss President Trump's complaint over its Epstein reporting
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief AND Order on Motion to Dismiss – #59 in TRUMP v. MURDOCH (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-23232) – CourtListener.com
Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief AND Order on Motion to Dismiss
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.693830/gov.uscourts.flsd.693830.59.0_2.pdf
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scoop: more than 1,000 directors, writers, actors and other entertainment industry professionals have signed an open letter opposing Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/hollywood-letter-opposing-paramount-warner-bros-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.alA.Wgo-.sfNQHmsb_Hl8&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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New: federal Judge hands NPR and PBS a victory over President Trump:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/b...
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Trump’s Executive Order on NPR and PBS Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/business/media/trumps-executive-order-on-npr-and-pbs-is-unconstitutional-judge-rules.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.D3W7.gLgUccQgIbtD&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Scoop with
@jessicatesta.bsky.social
: CNBC and MS NOW parent Versant is among the companies in talks to acquire Vox Media's podcast biz
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/b...
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Versant Pursues a Deal for Vox Media’s Podcast Business
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/business/media/versant-vox-medias-podcasts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WVA.WrMF.NdFPIKWx5cQd&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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NEWS: Axios is cutting 11 people across national, local, news desk visuals and social:
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After The Washington Post cut its newsroom roughly in half in February, I teamed up with
@katierobertson.bsky.social
@erikwemple.bsky.social
to examine why its owner, Jeff Bezos, was insisting on major cuts after years of investment. The answer is here:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...
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How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-layoffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.Lfg1.zj9Fo-H2ZMeE&smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 months ago
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NPR is doing a thing
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tidbit: I’m told The Washington Post town hall with Matt Murray and Jeff D’onofrio is underway. Per source, Matt kicked it off with a shoutout to the lawyers representing Hannah Natanson, leading the room in applause
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scooplet: Mathias Dopfner, C.E.O. of Axel Springer (Politico, Business Insider, Welt) met with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles earlier today. Source says it was an introductory, get-to-know-you meeting.
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html
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NEW: A eulogy for The Post's sports department, which transformed the press box forever and created some of the best sportswriters in America
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Washington Post Sports Department Was Among Last of Its Kind
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/media/washington-post-layoffs-sports-section.html
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NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/media/washington-post-layoffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
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News: Former CBS digital exec Christy Tanner is the new CEO of NYPR (the parent organization of WNYC and WQXR)
5 months ago
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Jim Butcher's "Twelve Months" is at the top of the NYT's best-seller list this week. I went down to Colorado in March to profile Jim and discovered some surprising connections between his life and the fantasy world of his ultra-popular Dresden Files
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
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14 Million Books Later, Jim Butcher Thinks His Wizard Detective Needs a Hug
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/books/jim-butcher-the-dresden-files.html
5 months ago
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The Wall Street Journal opinion page allows President Trump to impugn The Journal (and flout its style guide):
5 months ago
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Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.” This was sent the day after
@rmac.bsky.social
and
@mattdrange.bsky.social
reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
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More: Matt Murray is expected to be seated next to Don Graham, the former owner of the Post, according to the seating chart.
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5 months ago
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Of note: On the attendee roster of this D.C. fete, Bezos is listed as the founder of Amazon, Blue Origin and Prometheus, but not as the owner of The Washington Post
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More: Will Lewis, the current CEO of The Post, is also expected to attend, as is Matt Murray, the executive editor, according to the seating chart.
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some Washington Post news: Jeff Bezos is expected to attend the Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, D.C. tonight, according to a seating chart obtained by
@tylerpager.bsky.social
. He is sitting at a table near Fred Ryan, the former Washington Post publisher. President Trump will also be there.
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Just a quick heads-up that
@mulbenmulinben.bsky.social
is not me. I’ve heard the account is messaging people.
5 months ago
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New, with
@erikwemple.bsky.social
and
@katierobertson.bsky.social
: The Washington Post is planning cuts that are set to reshape one of America's foremost news organizations
5 months ago
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The CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Pat Harrison, just delivered her last words to the board. "Together, we will prove that a nation of neighbors will survive."
5 months ago
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During Bari Weiss's employee town hall at CBS News today, Gayle King gave a passionate speech, rallying the troops and criticizing leakers: "I'll be curious to see how long it takes for this to get out. 'Cause it'll be somebody in this room." w/ Mike Grynbaum
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some (rare) good news for the journalism industry: The Philadelphia Inquirer is profitable
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Elizabeth Hughes: There is a path for Pittsburgh to save its newspaper
As publisher of The Inquirer, I believe that our own experience over the past decade offers a template for success.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/pittsburgh-post-gazette-newspaper-closure-inquirer-nonprofit-journalism-20260125.html
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new w/
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: The Washington Post has reversed course on its Olympics coverage — again
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
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Washington Post Reverses Decision on Olympics Coverage
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/media/washington-post-reverses-decision-on-olympics-coverage.html
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NEW: When Congress killed The Corporation for Public Broadcasting in July, experts predicted scores of stations could go dark. Six months later, vanishingly few have shut down. Inside the public media apocalypse that wasn't (yet.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
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Public Media Holds Its Apocalypse at Bay, for Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/media/npr-pbs-stations-funding.html
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NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
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More: @erikwemple and I have been told that employees on The Washington Post foreign staff have been told explicitly that their jobs are at risk. There was also a directive barring reporters from going to high-risk zones as of Feb. 1, which some have taken as a precursor to cuts.
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news w/
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: The Washington Post's foreign correspondents, including those in Ukraine, are pleading with Jeff Bezos not to slash the paper's coverage of the world. "We urge you to consider how the proposed layoffs will certainly lead us first to irrelevance and later extinction."
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Noteworthy: Warner Bros. says CNN will generate roughly $600 million in profit this year, down from $1 billion a decade ago
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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CNN’s Financial Projections Revealed: News Giant to Hit $1.8 Billion in 2026 Revenue
Warner Bros. Discovery is revealing financial details in connection with its planned spinout of Discovery Global.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cnn-financial-projections-revenue-revealed-discovery-sale-1236478373/
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Breaking: Netflix goes all-cash in bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. w/
@laurenhirsch.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b...
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Netflix Revamps Its Warner Bros. Bid, Seeking to Thwart Paramount
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/business/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1A.74kh.X_rlbGtwUPpv&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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