dylanbyers.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Scoop @puck.news: Carol Leonnig, a 25-year veteran of The Washington Post, is leaving the paper and joining MSNBC. The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis. 1232007445
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 12/05/2025Zaz’s desire to spin out his cable assets, including CNN, raises all kinds of existential questions for the iconic news network as it prepares to walk the plank. Read @dylanbyers.bsky.social dispatch here:puck.newsThe CNN EndgameThe latest news regarding Zaz’s desire to spin out his cable assets, including CNN, raises all kinds of existential questions for the iconic news network as it prepares to walk the plank. Plus, news a... 162
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 05/05/2025Facing a Trump lawsuit, massive debts, and a $400M kill fee if the Skydance sale falls through, Paramount’s Shari Redstone has privately discussed settling with Trump for as much as $20M. She’ll likely have to pay much more… Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social has the story:puck.newsPassing RedstonesFacing a Trump lawsuit, massive debts, and a $400 million kill fee if the Skydance sale falls through, Shari Redstone has privately discussed settling with the president for as much as $20 million. In... 062
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 01/05/2025Amid Trump’s legal torture of CBS, Shari Redstone has played the role of a spineless placater. But her annoyance over CBS News’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict seems to be real—and so are her attempts to meddle with the newsroom’s independence. From @dylanbyers.bsky.socialpuck.newsThe Righteous RedstoneAmid Trump’s legal torture of CBS, Shari Redstone has played the role of a desperate seller eager to settle. But her annoyance over CBS News’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict seems to be real—and... 063
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 30/04/2025Graydon Carter joins Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social on The Grill Room podcast for a candid conversation about the magazine industry's past, present, and future. Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis... 041
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 25/04/2025MSNBC’s Jen Psaki joins Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.social Byers on The Grill Room podcast for a candid conversation about her next chapter: hosting the network’s forthcoming nightly show. Listen here: puck.news/podcast_epis... 041
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 20/04/2025Inside F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s latest Comcast threat and the fallout from his ongoing intimidation campaign against the news media. From @dylanbyers.bsky.socialpuck.newsDude, Where’s My Carr?News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.” 084
dylanbyers.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social · 19/04/2025NEW @puck.news: Dude, Where’s My Carr? News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.” puck.news/brendan-carr...puck.newsDude, Where’s My Carr?News and notes on F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr’s legacy media blitzkrieg and the many meanings of “public interest.” 020
dylanbyers.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social · 10/04/2025NEW @puck.news: CNBC’s Reign of Tariff: NBCU’s soon-to-be-spun-off business news channel loves a financial crisis, and this week its ratings rose as markets tanked. But that doesn’t lessen the challenges it faces as it gets spun off from its parentco. puck.news/cnbc-ratings...puck.newsCNBC’s Reign of TariffNBCU’s soon-to-be-spun-off business news channel loves a financial crisis, and this week its ratings rose as markets tanked. But that doesn’t lessen the challenges it faces as it gets spun off from it... 020
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 17/03/2025Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker talks about her transformation of the paper, the delicate art of change management, and the future of the news business. In conversation with Puck’s @dylanbyers.bsky.socialpuck.newsTucker’s Last StandEmma Tucker arrived at The Wall Street Journal a couple years ago to replace the complacency of the Matt Murray era, with a mandate to make a product that was feistier, less academic, totally data-dri... 121
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 13/03/2025Jeff Bezos’s “personal liberties and free markets” mandate for the WaPo’s Opinion section is not unlike the journalistic tradition at The Economist and The Wall Street Journal… neither of which are exactly pro-Trump mouthpieces. From @dylanbyers.bsky.socialpuck.newsTil Jeff Do Us PartBezos’s subscriber-alienating decision to impose his free-markets ideological mandate is not unlike the journalistic tradition at The Economist and The Wall Street Journal… neither of which are exactl... 031
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 10/03/2025Jeff Bezos had been losing patience with The Washington Post’s liberal predilection long before he mandated a purely pro-markets Opinion section, and even before endorsement-gate… @dylanbyers.bsky.social has the inside story on Opinion editor David Shipley’s exit.puck.newsHow Shipley Hit the FanJeff Bezos had been losing patience with The Washington Post’s liberal predilection long before he mandated a purely pro-markets Opinion section, and even before endorsement-gate. In fact, the tension... 073
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 06/03/2025“Many believed that Jeff Bezos was a modern version of Kay Graham—a role he quite capably cosplayed during the first Trump administration—until they realized he wasn’t.” @dylanbyers.bsky.social analyzes Bezos’s refashioning of the Washington Post’s Opinion section.puck.newsThe Kiss of JeffThe latest news and notes from the ‘Post’ in-crowd and D.C. haut monde about Bezos’s intentions and opportunities. 174
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 04/03/2025A candid discussion with Noah Oppenheim, the former NBC News president, about the headaches at his old haunt (and other industry pickles) as the TV news business wades through a series of not-great options. From @dylanbyers.bsky.socialpuck.newsOppenheim’s Split AtomsFormer NBC News president Noah Oppenheim discusses the headaches at his old haunt (and other industry pickles) as the television news business wades through a series of not-great options. 131
dylanbyers.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Scoop @PuckNews: Politico White House correspondent and WHCA President @EugeneDaniels2 is leaving Politico to join MSNBC, where he will co-host a weekend roundtable show. 050
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 10/02/2025Blue chip advertisers that long shunned Fox News are quietly coming back, leading the network to record-setting revenue. Is it the mainstreaming of Trump’s America, or an even broader cultural shift? @dylanbyers.bsky.social explores:puck.newsOut of Fox to GiveBlue chip companies that long shunned Fox News (or at least its more crackpot-friendly time slots) are quietly returning to the fold, leading the network to record-setting revenue. Is it the mainstrea... 225
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 02/02/2025“Alas, in business, realpolitik very often beats idealpolitik. Still, it’s possible to countenance the corporate pragmatism while also acknowledging that this is all really bad for the Fourth Estate.” @dylanbyers.bsky.social on the likely Paramount-Trump settlement:puck.newsShari ShruggedApparently, Shari Redstone has waited too long and stands to make too much on the sale of her declining family business to get tripped up in a journalistic ethics debate or public spat with the new pr... 052
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 12/01/2025“Yes, we’re all grossed out by billionaires and C.E.O.s genuflecting to the incoming president, even if much of it is cynical lip-service. But the agony and angst of it all has overly simplified a much more complex challenge…” @dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:puck.newsA Matter of Life & JeffYes, we’re all grossed out by billionaires and C.E.O.s genuflecting to the incoming president, even if much of it is cynical lip-service. But the agony and angst of it all has overly simplified a much... 084
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialKyle Stack @kylestack24.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I valued listening to this episode from the perspective of a couple people who live in L.A. @peterhamby.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social @puck.news podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comLos Angeles Is BurningPodcast Episode · The Powers That Be: Daily · 01/09/2025 · 30m 021
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 29/12/2024A look at the thickening trickle of well-known political reporters mulling exits from The Washington Post as Will Lewis continues his fraught reorganization of the newsroom. From @dylanbyers.bsky.socialpuck.newsThe Ghosts of The Washington Post’s PastNews, notes, and H.R. updates on a series of significant fin de siècle leadership changes at Jeff Bezos’s constantly transmogrifying paper. 3204
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialPuck @puck.news · 16/12/2024The restructuring of Warner Bros. Discovery has left CNN insiders and execs wondering where the network fits into WBD’s future—or if it does at all. @dylanbyers.bsky.social digs in:puck.newsZaz’s CNN Situation RoomThe restructuring of WBD, designed to cleave the company’s declining cable assets from its studio and streaming business, has left CNN employees wondering where the network fits into the parentco’s fu... 062
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialTara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 10/12/2024NEW pod with THE @dylanbyers.bsky.social on how the media industry is shapeshifting for Trump and how he thinks journalists should cover the second admin open.spotify.com/episode/12DO...open.spotify.comDylan Byers on How to Cover Trump 2.0Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri · Episode 0101
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialRoben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 06/12/2024excellent interview: Troy Young on @dylanbyers.bsky.social 🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #journalism #media #cablenews #content @puck.newspodcasts.apple.comTroy StoryPodcast Episode · The Grill Room · 12/06/2024 · 1h 6m 121
Reposted by @dylanbyers.bsky.socialVotingVetInPA @votingvetinpa.bsky.social · 24/11/2024@dylanbyers.bsky.social is here, but not really posting yet. 121
dylanbyers.bsky.social @dylanbyers.bsky.social · 19/11/2024🎙️ 🍸 NEW POD: Alison Roman on her journey from legacy media to entrepreneurship and why her defenestration from The New York Times turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Plus, Infatuation CEO Paul Needham… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5u9S...podcasts.apple.comAlison Roman Chops It UpPodcast Episode · The Grill Room · 11/19/2024 · 1h 7m 240
