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Murdoch’s News Corp. to launch California version of New York Post

Media titan Rupert Murdoch is seizing on the continued hollowing out of California local media and the consolidation of many Hollywood trades.
Rupert Murdoch attends the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Santa Monica, California.Mario Anzuoni/File Photo/Reuters

How media tides turned on Gaza

The Nelk Boys’ interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not go over well with their young fanbase.
The Nelk Boys at a press eventEric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Sony Pictures

New New York Times culture section edges toward video

The paper moved four of its critics around the newsroom as it rethinks its critical voice.
The New York Times buildingShannon Stapleton/Reuters

Who lost (the information war with) China?

While the hot American debate over censorship and propaganda has centered almost entirely on Russia, the long-term competition for global goodwill is in fact with China.
An illustration about Western media figures going to ChinaAl Lucca/Semafor

As the Gaza narrative shifts against Israel, The New York Times lives under a microscope

Behind the New York Times’ update on its Gaza hunger story, and the shifting media perspective on the war.
A graphic representing the New York Times’ coverage of starvation in Gaza.Al Lucca/Semafor

Netflix, Shahid launch Middle East streaming bundle

Shahid, which is majority-owned by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, leads the Middle East’s $1 billion streaming market.
A man stands next to a logo of Netflix during an event in Mumbai.Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

Michael Wolff’s unexpected Instagram success

The Trump reporter is regularly going viral with knowing explanations of the president’s inner life.

NPR CEO Maher on ‘sustainability’ after Trump funding cuts

She cautioned that the recent outpouring of listener support is not a permanent solution to the radio network’s funding shortfall.

How Fox got ahead on the big media future

The deals represent a dramatic change from Fox’s reputation of keeping a tight hold on talent.

Scott Galloway on money, marketing, and masculinity

Scott Galloway has become ubiquitous in the new media world — and he’s emerged as a voice for an underserved audience of young men on the left.

‘Founders Films’ aims to remake Hollywood with patriotism, Palantir and Ayn Rand

The company’s proposed projects celebrate American military action, push for confrontation with China, and elevate heroes of the right from Ayn Rand to Elon Musk.

Venture firm hires ex-journalists for AI comms ‘accelerator’

The program promises “to address a critical gap in the AI market: narrative clarity.”

More internet juggernauts eye China visits

Beijing is looking to capitalize on new forms of media to push its soft-power agenda.

How to resist the Epstein temptation

Those of us trying to stay sane ought to keep in mind the distinction between evidence and speculation, fantasy and reality.

Director Ari Aster on ‘the movie that Twitter wrote’

“Eddington” is a modern Western placed in the height of lockdown during the 2020 pandemic, where the real villain is digital media.

Ex-DNC chair launches podcast

His first interviewee is Hunter Biden.

Kaleidoscope looks to be the National Geographic of podcasting

The co-founders said they’ve seen a hunger among advertisers to be in front of quality content about science and tech.

Anna Wintour’s lipstick and the ‘Empire of the Elite’

Michael Grynbaum’s book about Condé Nast is littered with anecdotes.