When I caught up with the Super Bowl champ last spring, fresh off his stint hosting SNL, I saw a football star approaching next-level celebrity status. Who knew he’d rocket into the stratosphere.

The veteran reporter reflects on researching his own newsroom’s sagas and scandals, finding Abe Rosenthal’s diary, and how The New York Times has survived and thrived in the digital age.

The 92-year-old’s abrupt announcement is fueling speculation about his health—which Murdoch says is “robust”—a yet-unknown scandal, or whether another 2020-election lawsuit could’ve have triggered the move. “This takes him out of the line of fire,” says one media executive.

The paper is rolling out enhanced bios as “part of our larger mission to be more transparent,” says the Times’ Edmund Lee, and “as generative AI begins to creep into the media landscape."

The 92-year-old media mogul will take on an emeritus role as Lachlan Murdoch becomes sole chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp.

In a wide-ranging interview on the eve of publication of his new book, the author talks about his methods, predictions, and the criticism that his reporting is not to be trusted. (Plus, Tucker Carlson and Roger Ailes.) “At a certain level of power, it’s a leaky sieve,” he says, “and I’m there to catch the water.”

In a new podcast, Changpeng Zhao tells the coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale about his tumultuous relationship with rival cryptofinance founder Sam Bankman-Fried—and his key contribution to the fall of FTX.

In a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair, the storied biographer unpacks the varied “personalities and demons dancing around” in Musk’s head. Plus: Isaacson’s thoughts on the new CNN boss, Twitter’s turbulence, and the resilience of democracy heading into 2024.

Fox’s lead NFL analyst knows the legendary quarterback (and rookie broadcaster) is coming for his job next year, but he’s prepared to make the most of the upcoming season. “We’re all competitive,” Olsen says.

CNN employees, craving stability after the turbulent Chris Licht era, are encouraged by their incoming CEO’s leadership of The New York Times and the BBC. (“He should have been the choice in the first place,” says one.) But daunting challenges await.

In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, the returning US Soccer coach opens up about his difficult break from the team, patching things up with young star Gio Reyna, and, as the World Cup comes to the States in 2026, advancing to a round “that no US team has ever gone to.”

The network’s mix of weighty reflection, analysis, and schadenfreude is drawing in major ratings, surpassing Fox News and CNN as the go-to network for coverage of Trump’s criminal charges.

Global chief brand officer Sean Walsh is exiting the UK tabloid juggernaut, the latest in a game of high-level musical chairs.

In an excerpt from his new book, The End of Reality, the author warns about the curses of AI and transhumanism, presenting the moral case against superintelligence.

Management sent a notice to staff to not put any proprietary information into AI tools as the newsroom dedicates about 60 employees to AI working groups.

The network has announced new primetime shows for Abby Phillip and Laura Coates ahead of the 2024 election, in the biggest move from the interim leadership team yet. 

As Penn pivots from Portnoy’s brand of bro-ish excess to family-friendly ESPN, Barstool is free to be itself.

The FTX founder’s gag order, which will be hashed out in court on Friday, has ignited First Amendment concerns from The New York Times and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. “Parties to criminal prosecutions,” RCFP’s legal director argues, “have valid, interesting, and newsworthy things to say.”

As the entertainment media industry gets turned upside down amid the dual writers and actors strikes, a Hollywood Reporter writer’s request for seemingly preferential treatment becomes the email heard around Hollywood.

CEO Jonathan Karp is touting the “commitment to growth” promised by storied investment firm KKR, which has inked a $1.6 billion deal to buy S&S from Paramount Global. But cost cutting fears are always just a bean count away: “How much leaner can they get? We’re about to find out.”