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Hot Source: Barry Diller Spent Millions to Feed a Dying Beast
The Daily Beast was on track to lose $9 million this year and was “hours away” from being sold to private equity, according to its new CEO and publisher Ben Sherwood, who delivered the startling news to shell-shocked staffers during an all-hands call last week. Sherwood and chief content and creative officer Joanna Coles took the reins of the […]
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Hot Source: L.A. Times Photo Caption Enrages Jewish Readers, Triggers Calls for Boycott
After years of punishing losses, the Los Angeles Times can ill afford to lose any more readers. But last week one of the Times’ photo captions, of all things, set off a firestorm of controversy that has some in the Jewish community so enraged they’re calling for a boycott of the paper. The latest controversy revolves around a […]
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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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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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