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FCC Chair Carr takes his Comcast fight to the ballpark
Brendan Carr backed the Yankees’ YES Network in its carriage dispute with Comcast, and threw the first pitch at Yankee Stadium as the standoff deepens.
Javier Rojas/PI via ZUMA Press Wire
Chips on the table
In big American media, the currencies most journalists trade in have been access and information, not cash.
Courtesy Katie Honan
Vanity Fair’s new cruise director will have to choose between his reporters and his friends
Mark Guiducci has charisma, youth — and far less editorial experience than his recent predecessors.
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images
YouTube’s Channel 5 vs. The New York Times
Andrew Callaghan’s Hunter Biden interview has gotten a lot of attention.
Screenshot/Channel 5
The left gets a new publication
The Argument aims to articulate what the left is for, not just against.
The Argument
Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Israel had accused one of the journalists of being a Hamas fighter posing as a reporter.
Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
What happened to China’s US influencer program?
Nearly one month later, there’s no evidence the program happened as scheduled.
Amazon mulls Farrow two-for-one podcast deal
Ronan Farrow pitched a podcast co-hosted with his mother, actor Mia Farrow.
With new podcast, Blodget turns to ‘Solutions’ journalism
Henry Blodget talks to Semafor about getting back to the basics: writing and talking about what excites him in business and tech.
Pablo Torre on ESPN, investigating LeBron, and becoming the New York Times’ first ‘creator’
Pablo Torre was one of ESPN’s rising stars — but now he’s building something outside the machine.
Emily Maitlis on Epstein, Prince Andrew, and why American journalists can’t do interviews
Emily Maitlis got one of the biggest scoops in the Jeffrey Epstein story when she interviewed Prince Andrew about his involvement in 2019.
Murdoch’s News Corp. to launch California version of New York Post
Media titan Rupert Murdoch is seizing on the continued hollowing out of California local media and the consolidation of many Hollywood trades.
How media tides turned on Gaza
The Nelk Boys’ interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not go over well with their young fanbase.
New New York Times culture section edges toward video
The paper moved four of its critics around the newsroom as it rethinks its critical voice.
Who lost (the information war with) China?
While the hot American debate over censorship and propaganda has centered almost entirely on Russia, the long-term competition for global goodwill is in fact with China.
As the Gaza narrative shifts against Israel, The New York Times lives under a microscope
Behind the New York Times’ update on its Gaza hunger story, and the shifting media perspective on the war.
Netflix, Shahid launch Middle East streaming bundle
Shahid, which is majority-owned by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, leads the Middle East’s $1 billion streaming market.
Michael Wolff’s unexpected Instagram success
The Trump reporter is regularly going viral with knowing explanations of the president’s inner life.