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Charlotte Klein

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I cover media for New York Magazine

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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jeff Zucker, the former head of CNN and NBCUniversal, plays his former world-straddling self in Primetime. But he says he’s moved on. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Jeff Zucker Relives the Good Old Days
The media mogul plays his former world-straddling self in Primetime. But he says he’s moved on.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
KFILE renews: “Kaczynski’s singular talent has made him a hot commodity among news outlets, but he recently decided to stay with CNN for the next few years,” @charlottetklein.bsky.social reports nymag.com/intelligence...
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KFile Is (Still) a Politician’s Worst Nightmare
How the online sleuth Andrew Kaczynski gets it done in an age of enshittification.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The teams that oversee push notifications have quietly become some of the most important people in the newsroom: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Why Journalists Love a Push Alert
In an age of traffic scarcity, competition is fierce to reach readers via a smartphone notification.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Inside Bari Weiss’s takeover of 60 Minutes, and what comes next: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Bari Weiss Blew Up 60 Minutes. Now She Has to Fix it.
Inside her battles with the staff and her attempts to overhaul the show.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Book publishing appears uniquely vulnerable to AI-generated errors, and no one seems to have a plan nymag.com/intelligence...
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Nonfiction Book Publishers Aren’t Remotely Ready for AI
They don’t check facts. How will they check hallucinations?
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A white male employee at the New York Times claims the paper discriminates against white males: nymag.com/intelligence...
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The White Man Suing the New York Times for Discriminating Against White Men
“You’re giving the Trump administration a weapon.”
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
There's a new tabloid in town! TMZ goes to Washington: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Washington Enters Its TMZ Era
Can the capital handle an aggressive new tabloid?
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I wrote about the two magazines within the New York Times: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Does the New York Times Need a Magazine?
The departure of Hanya Yanagihara and a redesign of the Sunday magazine have put a spotlight on the paper’s stand-alone publications.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I wrote about Vogue Weddings and why the feature is more desirable than ever: nymag.com/intelligence...
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‘Look, Mommy Was in Vogue’
Why a Vogue wedding is more coveted than ever.
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Sarah Scott Scire @sarahscire.com · 20/02/2026
must-read from @charlottetklein.bsky.social on the disastrous Will Lewis tenure at @washingtonpost.com nymag.com/intelligence...
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How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post
Inside Will Lewis’s disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Inside Will Lewis’s implosion at the Washington Post. nymag.com/intelligence...
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How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post
Inside Will Lewis’s disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.
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Ryu Spaeth @ryuspaeth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“He had two settings: charming Brit and asshole Brit. And he quickly moved into the latter category." @charlottetklein.bsky.social with the essential deep dive on how Will Lewis gutted the Post: nymag.com/intelligence...
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How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post
Inside Will Lewis’s disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The New York Times has a new internal awards ceremony, with categories including "Best Scoop" and "Writer of the Year." nymag.com/intelligence...
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The New York Times Is Giving Prizes to Itself Now
Introducing the “Ochs Awards,” a cross between the Pulitzers and the Oscars.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“What’s the plan after this?” a former Post reporter wondered. “You cut however many hundreds of people to solve the fact that you’re still losing lots of money. Then what?” nymag.com/intelligence...
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Inside the Washington Post’s Existential Meltdown
“There’s no vision for why it should exist.”
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Ryu Spaeth @ryuspaeth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"Chris Pine is there, and Bob Iger is there, and all of these A-list writers who’ve won Oscars. And all anyone wants to do is talk to Bari Weiss." @charlottetklein.bsky.social on Bari Weiss's Hollywood-fueled comeback: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Bari Weiss In Wonderland
Her exile in Hollywood paved the way for a triumphant return to New York.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I wrote about Puck’s acquisition of Air Mail: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Bon Voyage, Air Mail
Graydon Carter’s post–Vanity Fair project is now a part of Puck. What happened?
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Talked to reporters about what it was like covering the mayoralty of Eric Adams, from stakeouts to indictments to fish nymag.com/intelligence...
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Why Reporters May Miss Eric Adams
“He’s one of the oddest people in politics that I’ve ever covered.”
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I wrote about the unlikely rise of Cultured magazine: nymag.com/intelligence...
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An Art Magazine? In This Economy?
The sudden, unlikely rise of Cultured.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Wrote about this seismic moment in the media biz and beyond nymag.com/intelligence...
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Je Suis Jimmy
In media, even at the highest of perches, there’s a new sense of vulnerability.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Wrote about the state of cultural criticism, and the difficult decisions media outlets have been forced to make around it: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?
The grim calculations involved in publishing traditional written reviews.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A Food52 executive stole hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxury clothing and travel. And she put it all on Instagram! www.thecut.com/article/food...
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The Food52 Executive Who Used the Company Credit Card for Everything
Shannon Muldoon, 38, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer for clothes and travel.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
More chaos at the Washington Post, as several newsroom leaders take buyouts and the new Opinion editor seems determined to clean house nymag.com/intelligence...
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Things Are Somehow Getting Worse for the Washington Post
A raft of buyouts and multiple ongoing shake-ups have left staff despondent and unsure about the future.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Revisiting the Grill Room to talk Condé past and present nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Once and Future Condé Nast
A new book about the magazine conglomerate’s glorious past puts its current predicaments in a fresh light.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse
The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The Atlantic — which added ~100,000 new subscribers in the single week after breaking the Signal story — has been on a very expensive hiring spree: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Are You a $300,000 Writer?
Inside The Atlantic’s extremely expensive hiring spree.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Nine years ago, when James Bennett took over NYT Opinion, it had around 60 staffers. Now, under Kathleen Kingsbury, it has almost 200. Via @charlottetklein.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Opinion That Ate the Paper
Under Kathleen Kingsbury, the Times’ “Opinion” section has doubled in size. What kind of publication is she building?
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Under Katie Kingsbury, the New York Times Opinion section has doubled in size — nearly 200 people, bigger than many American newspapers and magazines. What kind of publication is she building? nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Opinion That Ate the Paper
Under Kathleen Kingsbury, the Times’ “Opinion” section has doubled in size. What kind of publication is she building?
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Smiths want to unseat Davos and they also want to be a global news organization. A look at Semafor’s newsletter-and-events proposition three years since its founding: nymag.com/intelligence...
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What Is Semafor?
The Smiths’ newsletter-and-events business is both a modern media mash-up and a throwback to a pre-Trump era.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Radhika Jones leaves Vanity Fair after seven years, as successor speculation swirls nymag.com/intelligence...
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Amidst Deepening Malaise, Radhika Jones Leaves Vanity Fair
“I have to imagine that there were more than enough financial reasons to warrant her leaving,” one Condé staffer said.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The Guardian US is using Trump to get readers to donate and it’s working…for now. nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Newspaper Flourishing Without a Paywall
How the Guardian US is using Trump to get readers to cough up a donation.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
What started as a newsletter service has since evolved into the go-to, one-stop shop for media start-ups and established stars alike. This week’s column on Substack: nymag.com/intelligence...
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The New Substack Universe
What started as a newsletter service has since evolved into an all-purpose go-to platform for media start-ups and established stars alike.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
MSNBC is basically building a news operation from scratch. Will it work? nymag.com/intelligence...
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MSNBC’s Post–Joy Reid, Post-NBC Future Is Kind of Bright?
The liberal network is leaning into its forthcoming split from NBC News, seeking to hire more than 100 journalists.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Kathy Baird, chief communications officer at the Washington Post, is resigning, per email she sent to staff just now
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A fight between the Associated Press and the White House has revealed deep fissures among Washington journalists. Checking in with the DC press corps: nymag.com/intelligence...
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How Trump Is Dividing and Conquering the White House Press Corps
A spat with the Associated Press has revealed deep fissures among Washington journalists.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Washington Post CEO Will Lewis publicly supported Bezos's decision to remake the ideology of the opinion section. But privately, he pushed back, warning Bezos it would have consequences for the health of the paper: nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Washington Post’s Strategy Is to Do Whatever Jeff Bezos Wants
The venerable paper has officially become the Amazon CEO’s plaything.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Inside the campaign to expose “collusion” between journalists and government officials: nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Media Is Now Part of Trump’s War Against the Deep State
Inside the campaign to expose “collusion” between journalists and government officials.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
An invitation to a Lorne Michaels book event turned into an amazing reply-all disaster, featuring boomer journalists, Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, and Aaron Sorkin: nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Lorne Michaels Book Event Thread Is the Reply-All Disaster We Need
Susan Morrison’s invitation quickly went haywire, thanks to some boomer journalists and Tina Fey.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Inside the search for the next co-host of The Daily, one of the plummiest jobs at the New York Times: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Who Wants to Co-Host The Daily?
Inside the auditions for one of the plummiest jobs at the New York Times.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The Bulwark is amassing between 700 to 1,000 new paid subscribers about every day or two. A look at the anti-Trump media operation’s expansion and success: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Resistance Media Lives!
The explosive success of The Bulwark.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Can a foreigner be your unofficial guide to official Washington? My column on Politico’s unconventional choice for the new Playbook: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Can a Brit Become the Face of Politico?
You don’t know Jack Blanchard.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The New Yorker gears up for its yearlong 100th birthday celebration—culminating with the release of a Netflix documentary EP'd by Judd Apatow—as anxiety about a post-Remnick future swirls nymag.com/intelligence...
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The New Yorker’s Anxious 100th Birthday Celebration
The magazine’s big centenary comes at an awkward time.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
News: Pamela Paul is out at New York Times Opinion nymag.com/intelligence...
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Pamela Paul Is Out at the Times Opinion Section
A surprise departure that appears to be part of a shake-up.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“In a world in which there’s not a lot of chilled shrimp being served to journalists, it’s pretty nice to be able to go to the Century.” Inside the media elites’ private club of choice: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Inside the Century Club, Elite Media’s Watering Hole
Why are so many journalists pressing to join?
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Top reporters and editors are fleeing the Post amid a crisis of confidence. Meanwhile, CEO Will Lewis and his team have floated a goal of attracting 200 million subscribers. nymag.com/intelligence...
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It’s Open Season on the Washington Post
Rivals are swarming the paper for talent amid a crisis of confidence in its mission and business model.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The Washington Post laid off most of their PR team as part of today’s cuts. Comms chief Kathy Baird said in an email to her team that the Post will “stop the dedicated practice of publicity for our journalism across broadcast and traditional media outlets."
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Reporters covering the transition don't have much to cover in Palm Beach, where Trump's press team isn't playing ball. "An incredible waste of time," says one. But the weather isn't bad... nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Press Is Down and Shut Out in Palm Beach
While MAGA government is forming at Mar-a-Lago, scoop-hungry reporters are kept at a safe distance. But at least the weather is nice.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Why have so many well-respected journalists left Politico lately? nymag.com/intelligence...
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Is Politico Really That Awful of a Place to Work?
Eleven high-profile staffers have left Politico in recent months. More are eyeing the exits. Management, meanwhile, sees a hiring opportunity.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving from Hearst, where nearly 200 people were laid off across all categories of editorial, ad sales, product, and PR. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Hearst Gives Thanks With Layoffs
Hearst Magazines lays off nearly 200 staffers across various brands, just in time for the holidays.
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Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Layoffs at Hearst today. Staff got an email saying those impacted would get an HR meeting invite by 9 am. But then President Debi Chirichella noted there’d been some technical difficulties…
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Edmund Lee @edmundlee.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
a few names floated for top editor including Kevin Merida, Matt Murray, Steven Ginsberg and Cliff Levy, but seems people internally prefer Matea Gold
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