Charlotte Klein
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Charlotte Klein is a media reporter at Vanity Fair’s Hive, where she writes about media and politics. She was previously a fact-checker at New York magazine. Find her on Twitter or at charlotte_klein@condenast.com.
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“I’ll Walk Away From Anything”: Kara Swisher Calls the Shots
The ultimate media insider is juggling podcasts, writing a memoir, and texting with “half the planet.” (“She has a coffee before bed,” says Ben Smith.) Swisher opens up to Vanity Fair about her career, including leaving The New York Times, and laments journalists’ lack of business savvy. “If you don’t understand the economics of what’s happening,” she says, “you’re fucked.”“It’s Gotta Grow to Stay Alive”: Inside Noah Shachtman’s Raucous Reinvention of Rolling Stone
The scoop-hungry, Twitter-happy editor has turbocharged the magazine’s digital metabolism—“back in the game,” says Gus Wenner—and chafed some staff along the way, who wonder if the new Rolling Stone is becoming the old Daily Beast.“I’m Gonna Be Open Even If Sometimes That’s Messy”: How Sally Buzbee Is Putting Her Stamp on The Washington Post
The executive editor opens up about her first frenetic year atop the masthead—tackling everything from newsroom restructuring to Twitter tumult—and ongoing challenges, from covering threats to democracy to actually meeting staffers in person.Alyssa Farah Griffin, the Ex-Trump Aide, Wants to Be America’s Household Conservative
Since fleeing MAGA-land, Farah Griffin scored a CNN gig and is auditioning to fill Meghan McCain’s old seat on The View. Can this Mark Meadows protégé pull off a post-Trump rebrand?“Like-Minded People Keep Coming”: How One New Jersey Town Became a Magnet for the Media Elite
Welcome to Montclair, where a large swath of The New York Times is working from home and the local paper’s advisory board resembles “the Pulitzer committee,” as one resident put it. Amid such suburban splendor, will they ever want to commute back to the newsroom?Inside the Very Tough Business of Trying to Disrupt Media
Grid News, a one-year-old start-up, shuttered this week after getting acquired by The Messenger, which launches next month. Grid promised a different kind of news. The Messenger has even loftier ambitions. Will this media marriage work?“It’s Very Easy to Monday-Morning Quarterback”: Kim Godwin Talks Scandals, Shake-Ups, and Success at ABC News
It’s been a turbulent time at the network, from T.J. and Amy setting off a tabloid feeding frenzy to layoff fears under Bob Iger’s new regime at Disney. Vanity Fair caught up with Godwin amid frustrations over her handling of recent crises—and questions about her vision going forward.“My Job in This Role Is to Not Guess”: Jen Psaki’s TV Career Is Getting Off the Ground
The ex–White House press secretary will be breaking down the midterms Tuesday night in the MSNBC studio and has been sounding out Mika, Rachel, and Ari as she prepares to launch her own Peacock show. Vanity Fair caught up with Psaki about her new gig—and what she thinks of all the Biden 2024 chatter.What Happened to The New York Times’ Media Column?
One of the highest perches in the industry has been vacant for a year, leaving journalists inside and outside the paper puzzled about management’s lack of urgency.
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