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Mixed Signals: Davos, the inauguration, and media’s place in the new global order, with Ian Bremmer

Has digital media changed how global politics works, or vice versa?
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The New York Times rethinks political endorsements

The paper has already dropped local endorsements, and a broader, more radical change may be underway.
The New York Times papers being printed.Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

The Washington Post’s traffic tanks

Over the last four years, web traffic has cratered, according to internal data shared with Semafor in recent weeks.
The Washington Post’s buildingTony Webster/Wikimedia Commons

Chuck Todd to exit NBC

He has quietly been meeting with Washington media organizations about his post NBC-future.
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‘This American Life’ faces rare staff cuts

Host Ira Glass has quietly discussed the likely cuts with the show’s top leadership.
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Ashlee Vance launches media startup Core Memory

The company will produce high-end documentaries along with the usual “digital” products.
Ashlee Vance interviews a guestAshlee Vance (right) interviews a guest. David Nicholson/Courtesy

Former Reuters editor wrote confidential Pulitzer report

Stephen Adler’s report on the Pulitzer Board’s deliberations is at the heart of a lawsuit from Donald Trump.

Mixed Signals: How technology will shape media in 2025, with Jessica Lessin

What do the big tech leaders want, and where will they push the media in 2025?

Condé Nast in court fight over Vogue Arabia

The US publisher’s international business has at times been a bright spot, but the Gulf is now almost alone among booming markets.

‘Root’ writers pressed to write more to ‘offset’ colleague’s death

A struggling digital media brand tries to fulfill “the metrics that our superiors expect of us.”

Introducing the Mixed Signals podcast

The truth about modern media — from inside the machine. Every Friday, journalists Ben Smith and Max Tani pull back the curtain on key stories about media, revealing how money, access, culture and politics shape everything you read, watch, and hear.

The Bulwark bulks up its newsletters

The Never Trump news outlet has seen its subscriptions swell.

Director Brett Ratner, marginalized after ‘#MeToo’ allegations, will direct Melania Trump documentary

The cultural winds change in the US.

Mixed Signals: How dating apps survive in the age of digital exhaustion, with Tinder’s Melissa Hobley

How do dating apps stay relevant in this age of screen fatigue, and what can digital media learn from their strategies?

The things we got wrong in 2024

From Joe Biden’s mental acuity to the influence of X on the US presidential election.

Trump relitigates Russia ‘collusion’: Can you sue a narrative?

The president-elect has sued the Pulitzer Prize board in a case that clarifies the legacy of battles between president and press.

Analysis: Media’s return to the past

A deeply partisan media landscape is in many ways a return to business as usual.

Mixed Signals: What digital media’s most notorious scandal says about the business

On Monday, Carlos Watson, the founder of Ozy Media, was sentenced to nearly 10 years —116 months — in prison for fraud.