Charlotte Klein
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The Donald Trump Book Bubble Is Back
Four indictments and 2024 front-runner status have returned Trump to the headlines—and journalists’ book proposals. The successful ones will have to take on “larger questions,” says one literary agent. “There’s just less of an appetite for zany Trump moments.” → Read More
Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal Reporter, Hits 100 Days in Russian Detention
Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker urged readers to keep sharing his work and updates on his situation, while Dow Jones lawyers asked a UN official to pressure Russia for his release. → Read More
Does Tucker Carlson Have a Future Without Fox?
The host is still throwing barbs on his Twitter show despite a contract dispute with the network, and is reportedly raising money to “launch a new company” of his own. → Read More
Donald Trump Might Counter-Program Fox News's GOP Presidential Debate
The former president told Reuters he’s “had a lot of offers” for things to do when Republican candidates hit the stage in Milwaukee. → Read More
RFK Jr.'s Town Hall Was Full of Misinformation—And Barely Covered By the Mainstream Press
In a sit-down with NewsNation, the Democratic candidate said he was “proud” to have Trump’s support and doubled down on his vaccine conspiracy theories, raising further questions around whether his campaign should be treated seriously. → Read More
The Media Is Reckoning With How to Cover RFK Jr.’s Presidential Run
Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets his first national town hall with NewsNation, as the media grapples with another conspiratorial candidate. “There’s a difference between giving him a town hall and just covering his candidacy,” one network executive says. → Read More
“We’re All at the Whims of Barry”: Will the Daily Beast Find a Buyer?
Owner Barry Diller “has always had a very strong soft spot for the Beast,” says founding editor Tina Brown. Despite uncertainty in the newsroom over a potential sale, “reporters haven’t been jumping from the airplane’s exit,” says one. → Read More
Why CNN and MSNBC Didn’t Carry Trump’s Post-Arraignment Speech Live
“There is a cost to us as a news organization to knowingly broadcast untrue things,” Rachel Maddow told MSNBC viewers. Meanwhile, on Fox, a chyron referred to President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator.” → Read More
Hillary Clinton’s Night of Schadenfreude Before Donald Trump’s Second Arraignment
Clinton joined a live taping of Pod Save America, along with New York AG Letitia James, the night before Trump’s scheduled appearance at Miami federal court. The hosts brought Clinton a t-shirt: “Totally Impartial Potential Juror.” → Read More
The Washington Post’s Publisher Is Stepping Down as Jeff Bezos Takes a More Hands-On Approach
Fred Ryan announced he’s leaving the paper after nine years. Meanwhile, Bezos, the Amazon chief and ‘Post’ owner, has been Zooming more with senior leaders to talk business and technology as the paper struggles to boost digital subscriptions. → Read More
The Shake-Up at CNN: The Latest Development in the Media’s Identity Crisis
The ouster of the CNN CEO on the heels of a damning magazine profile is just the latest symptom of an old order’s waning adroitness across legacy media, digital media, and social media. → Read More
Why ‘The New York Times,’ ‘The Washington Post,’ and Politico Didn’t Publish a Seemingly Bombshell Report About UFOs
The reporters behind the eye-popping 2017 UFO ‘Times’ report had a new chapter to their story. The Gray Lady turned it down, while ‘The Washington Post’ was working to hammer down the facts. Then the authors took it elsewhere. → Read More
Chris Licht’s Chaotic Tenure Atop CNN Is Over
The executive’s exit follows a blistering profile of his disastrous year atop the cable news network. → Read More
CNN's Christ Licht Apologizes For Being the Center of Attention. He May Have Bigger Problems
The CNN chief tried to quell staffers after The Atlantic's brutal profile of him saturated the news cycle. Can Licht hang on? → Read More
Will Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis Ever Meet on the Debate Stage?
The first Republican face-off is set for August, but the date, venue, and criteria remain to be seen—along with whether the front-runner shows up. “The debates are in the hands of Donald Trump,” says one longtime network executive, “and everyone needs to accept that.” → Read More
The New York Times’ Elizabeth Holmes Profile Is Causing Drama in the Newsroom: “What the Hell Happened Here?”
As Holmes headed to jail Tuesday, business editor Ellen Pollock was put on the spot to defend a soft-focus profile of the disgraced Theranos founder, telling staff she didn’t “give a fuck” about the criticism. → Read More
Ron DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Launch Sticks to Right-Wing Media
The Florida governor bashed mainstream media for living in a “little bubble,” but it seems he's also staying within his own. → Read More
How the New York Times Union Finally Got a Pay Raise
After a bitter standoff with management, New York media’s top union scored a tiered wage proposal that one senior Times reporter calls “an essential compromise at this moment.” → Read More
“How Do We Get Every Second of Your Day?”: The New York Times Goes All In on a New Podcast App
While the rest of the audio industry craters, the Gray Lady debuts a one-stop app for subscribers, with new short-form stories and an even shorter daily morning podcast. → Read More
“No Detail Too Small to Flag”: Behind the Scenes of Succession’s Frenzied Election Night Episode
Vanity Fair caught up with former Obama White House aide Eric Schultz, who advised HBO writers on this season’s political storyline. (In real life, there was no election night bodega sushi: “Under Obama, on big nights, we all got chicken tenders,” Schultz says.) → Read More