More from Lachlan Cartwright
Hot Source: Tucker Carlson Turns the RNC Into His Own Personal Revenge Tour
Tucker Carlson and his estranged ex-boss Rupert Murdoch very nearly collided Wednesday in the lobby of the Trade Hotel in Milwaukee, where they’ve both been staying during the Republican National Convention this week. Sources tell Hot Source that the potentially awkward reunion was averted by quick-thinking Murdoch aides, who formed a human wall around the […]
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Hot Source: As Dump Biden Movement Fizzles, Hollywood Turns Its Angry Eyes on Jeffrey Katzenberg
Donald Trump literally dodged a bullet Saturday but the attempt on his life has already had unintended consequences both profoundly tragic and deeply ironic. Along with leaving one of Trump’s rally-goers dead and injuring two others, the failed assassination attempt appears to have mortally wounded the dump Joe Biden movement, at least as far as […]
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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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David Zaslav Hires Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs as Warner Bros. Discovery Comms Chief (Exclusive)
David Zaslav has found his new communications chief. The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO has tapped former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs as the new top executive to lead his comms division after the exit of Nathaniel Brown at the beginning of this year, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. His start date is August 5. […]
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Has David Zaslav Finally Found a New Flack?
It might just be the most difficult job in Hollywood: working as the flack for a studio CEO with an insatiable hunger for press — as long as it’s of the fawning kind. Six months after Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief communications officer and Murdoch alum Nathaniel Brown’s surprise departure from the company, David Zaslav is […]
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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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Trump Found Guilty of All 34 Counts in Hush Money Case
Donald Trump has been found guilty in his Manhattan criminal hush money trial. After five weeks of testimony, a jury has found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. After the verdict was read, Trump called it a “rigged trial” and a “disgrace,” and said that the “real” verdict will […]
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All Jesse Watters Wants Is a Little Good Press
It has been a year since Fox News fired its top-rating primetime anchor Tucker Carlson in the wake of the network’s $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over false election claims. In June, the network put The Five co-host Jesse Watters in the prized 8 p.m. slot. Watters, whose latest book Get It Together […]
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How MAGA Took Back Murdochland
Just minutes before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was set to get underway in April 2023, New York Post Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole and star columnist Miranda Devine were on a mission to find an extra seat. Inside the Washington Hilton hotel, the pair had a very special guest that they needed to accommodate and their […]
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