Media

Gawker’s Nick Denton, BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti, and Ben Smith on digital media’s boom and bust

In a new lawsuit, Disney accuses DeSantis of “a targeted campaign of government retaliation.”

The American Prospect ran an article praising Carlson. The backlash came quickly.

Something doesn’t add up.

CNN has “parted ways” with the CNN This Morning co-host following allegations of misogyny.

BuzzFeed used to be worth $1.6 billion; now it’s down to $100 million. Its peers aren’t looking so hot, either.

The Florida governor’s fight with Disney has become a political liability. But he can’t afford to retreat.

Rupert Murdoch’s company doesn’t like paying the $787 million settlement. But now it’s back to business as usual.

Dominion is walking away with $787 million. That might not be enough to deter Fox News.

Dominion Voting Systems will get $787 million of the $1.6 billion it originally sought.

The Florida governor refuses to lose to Disney as the company plans Pride Month celebrations.

Dominion and Smartmatic’s lawsuits might finally hold Fox accountable for promoting 2020 election lies.

Ron DeSantis is now losing to both Donald Trump and Mickey Mouse.

The Dominion-Fox lawsuit puts the lie to Tucker Carlson’s January 6 revisionist history.

DeSantis wants to destroy a fundament of American free speech law.

Fox didn’t take down Trump. They built up an alternative.

One of the most prominent women in tech — and one of Google’s earliest employees — is leaving the company.

AMC’s new plan is ... good?

Will Fox News have to answer for its misleading coverage of the 2020 election?

The move is connected to a debate over an account that tracked the whereabouts of Elon Musk’s jet.

And the people who don’t (which makes the haters even angrier).

The new CEO helped kick off the streaming era when he was the old CEO. Now Wall Street wants something else.

Hard to solve that with a conference call.

A Q&A with the co-founder of the news startup.

Netflix’s new cheaper subscription has ads, but it doesn’t have all of its shows and movies.

Four theories on why ad sales are plummeting even as the economy is doing fine.

How to track which media company owns your favorite show — and why that may no longer be a media company.

Bots were fine. Nastiness wasn’t.

A (mostly) post-pandemic update.

Two theories about the departure of CNN’s star media reporter — and what it tells us about CNN and the company that owns it.

HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel rolls out as the streaming industry reconsiders ... everything.

Money from Meta — and the rest of Big Tech — is pouring into Washington publications.

The Substack frenzy seems like a thing of the past, but lots of publishers are still leaning into newsletters. “They’re a great minimally viable product.”

We won’t see another set of hearings like this one. But elements of it are going to show up a lot.

Netflix answers some questions. There are plenty left.

Lightyear will makes lots of money, and sell even more toys.