Charlotte Klein

How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post Inside Will Lewis’s disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.

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Inside Will Lewis’s implosion at the Washington Post. nymag.com/intelligence...

How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post Inside Will Lewis’s disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.

“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...

The New York Times Is Giving Prizes to Itself Now Introducing the “Ochs Awards,” a cross between the Pulitzers and the Oscars.

The New York Times has a new internal awards ceremony, with categories including "Best Scoop" and "Writer of the Year."
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Inside the Washington Post’s Existential Meltdown “There’s no vision for why it should exist.”

“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?”
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Bari Weiss In Wonderland Her exile in Hollywood paved the way for a triumphant return to New York.

"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...

Bon Voyage, Air Mail Graydon Carter’s post–Vanity Fair project is now a part of Puck. What happened?

I wrote about Puck’s acquisition of Air Mail:

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Why Reporters May Miss Eric Adams “He’s one of the oddest people in politics that I’ve ever covered.”

Talked to reporters about what it was like covering the mayoralty of Eric Adams, from stakeouts to indictments to fish

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An Art Magazine? In This Economy? The sudden, unlikely rise of Cultured.

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Je Suis Jimmy In media, even at the highest of perches, there’s a new sense of vulnerability.

Wrote about this seismic moment in the media biz and beyond

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Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism? The grim calculations involved in publishing traditional written reviews.

Wrote about the state of cultural criticism, and the difficult decisions media outlets have been forced to make around it:

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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.

A Food52 executive stole hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxury clothing and travel. And she put it all on Instagram!

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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.

More chaos at the Washington Post, as several newsroom leaders take buyouts and the new Opinion editor seems determined to clean house

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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.

Revisiting the Grill Room to talk Condé past and present

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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.

The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble:

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Are You a $300,000 Writer? Inside The Atlantic’s extremely expensive hiring spree.

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:

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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?

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

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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?

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...

What Is Semafor? The Smiths’ newsletter-and-events business is both a modern media mash-up and a throwback to a pre-Trump era.

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:

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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.

Radhika Jones leaves Vanity Fair after seven years, as successor speculation swirls

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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.

The Guardian US is using Trump to get readers to donate and it’s working…for now.

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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.

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:

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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.

MSNBC is basically building a news operation from scratch. Will it work?

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Full email:

Kathy Baird, chief communications officer at the Washington Post, is resigning, per email she sent to staff just now

How Trump Is Dividing and Conquering the White House Press Corps A spat with the Associated Press has revealed deep fissures among Washington journalists.

A fight between the Associated Press and the White House has revealed deep fissures among Washington journalists. Checking in with the DC press corps:
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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.

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:
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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.

Inside the campaign to expose “collusion” between journalists and government officials:

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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.

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:

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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.

Inside the search for the next co-host of The Daily, one of the plummiest jobs at the New York Times:
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