More from Lachlan Cartwright
Are the Wheels Falling Off ‘The Daily Mail’?
As guests sipped from The Daily Mail-branded coconut drinks in the courtyard of the Hotel Martinez at the annual Cannes Lion advertising gabfest in the south of France last week, the New York newsroom of the British tabloid was suffering from a leadership crisis that has grown more dire by the day following the mysterious […]
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‘Daily Beast’ New D.C. Chief Quits — After Only Five Weeks
The Daily Beast’s Washington bureau chief has quit just five weeks after being hired, Hot Source has learned, leaving the site without a political editor just months before the election. His departure comes as most unionized journalists at the publication are preparing to flee at the end of next week after taking generous buyouts. Martin […]
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David Zaslav Hires Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs as Warner Bros. Discovery Comms Chief (Exclusive)
David Zaslav has found his new communications chief. The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO has tapped former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs as the new top executive to lead his comms division after the exit of Nathaniel Brown at the beginning of this year, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. His start date is August 5. […]
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Has David Zaslav Finally Found a New Flack?
It might just be the most difficult job in Hollywood: working as the flack for a studio CEO with an insatiable hunger for press — as long as it’s of the fawning kind. Six months after Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief communications officer and Murdoch alum Nathaniel Brown’s surprise departure from the company, David Zaslav is […]
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New Washington Post Editor’s Elon Musk End-Run Raises Eyebrows (Exclusive)
Maybe you’re sick of hearing about all the turmoil over at The Washington Post in recent weeks: how Sir William Lewis, a veteran of the Murdoch news empire, now WaPo’s CEO, has sparked outrage amongst much of the staff by pushing out editor Sally Buzbee and bringing in his British buddy Robert Winnett. But there’s […]
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Trump Found Guilty of All 34 Counts in Hush Money Case
Donald Trump has been found guilty in his Manhattan criminal hush money trial. After five weeks of testimony, a jury has found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. After the verdict was read, Trump called it a “rigged trial” and a “disgrace,” and said that the “real” verdict will […]
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All Jesse Watters Wants Is a Little Good Press
It has been a year since Fox News fired its top-rating primetime anchor Tucker Carlson in the wake of the network’s $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over false election claims. In June, the network put The Five co-host Jesse Watters in the prized 8 p.m. slot. Watters, whose latest book Get It Together […]
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How MAGA Took Back Murdochland
Just minutes before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was set to get underway in April 2023, New York Post Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole and star columnist Miranda Devine were on a mission to find an extra seat. Inside the Washington Hilton hotel, the pair had a very special guest that they needed to accommodate and their […]
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Pete Davidson Calls It Quits on ‘Bupkis’ Season 2
Pete Davidson has called it quits on Bupkis. The Saturday Night Live alum has walked away from the planned second season of his semi-autobiographical Peacock comedy. “I’ve always seen Bupkis as a window into my life, since it is so personal and about my struggles and family. After nearly a decade of my personal life […]
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Why John Avlon Ditched CNN for a Congressional Run
John Avlon has been a fixture on CNN over the last several years, following a five-year stint as editor in chief of The Daily Beast. Now the 51-year-old, who has written four books on politics, is running for Congress and aiming to unseat Republican incumbent Nick LaLota in a battle for New York’s 1st Congressional […]
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Meghan Markle on Social Media’s Toxic Impact: “Even if It’s Making Dollars, It Doesn’t Make Sense”
Meghan Markle had critical words for female online bullies who targeted her while she was pregnant, saying their comments were “not catty, it’s cruel” — and also took aim at the big tech platforms that hosted those posts. Addressing the keynote panel at the opening day of the 2024 SXSW conference, the Duchess of Sussex […]
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Wall Street’s War on Soho House
When, in a Feb. 7 report, short-sellers eviscerated Soho House — pronouncing it “a zero,” prophesying it would “meet the same fate” as notorious IPO flameout WeWork — the company’s crisis of cool had already been years in the making. The publicly listed private members club, a seeming oxymoron bearing the sticker symbol SHCO, has for […]
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