Michael Calderone is Media Editor at TheWrap, overseeing coverage of the industry, and with an emphasis on the intersection of media and politics. He was most recently an editor at Vanity Fair and has reported on the media for Politico, HuffPost, and The New York Observer. He has also taught journalism courses at Princeton University and New York University.
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In Landmark Social Media Trial, Big Tech Faces the Big Tobacco Playbook | Analysis
A bellwether case accusing Meta and YouTube of addicting young users and harming their mental health could reverberate through courtrooms for years to come
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New Washington Post CEO Vows to ‘Fight Like Hell’ for the Paper
Jeff D’Onofrio addresses staff following last week’s mass layoffs and the exit of embattled CEO Will Lewis
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The Media Front: The Post Purge, and the Road Ahead
In this edition: Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss, Rupert Murdoch, Symone Sanders Townsend, Eugene Daniels and more
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Everyone Has Advice for Jeff Bezos. Is He Listening? | Analysis
The Washington Post’s megabillionaire owner has stayed silent as journalists, media executives and alums flood social media with advice on what went wrong — and how to fix it
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How Jeff Bezos Went from Washington Post Savior to Executioner | Analysis
The Post’s centibillionaire owner is under fire as the paper dramatically scales back its newsroom and ambition
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Ex-Washington Post Editor Marty Baron Decries Jeff Bezos’ Betrayal as Staffers, Alumni Torch Paper’s Bloodbath Layoffs
The widespread condemnation follows the Post’s management slashing coverage of foreign affairs, sports, metro and books
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The Washington Post Slashes Newsroom in ‘Strategic Reset,’ Shrinks Foreign Coverage, Sports and Shutters Books
The Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper’s downsizing will affect one-third of staff
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The Media Front: Don Lemon Presses On
Targeting Lemon threatens the First Amendment and speaks volumes about the Trump administration’s priorities. Plus: Tucker Carlson, Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss and trouble at TikTok
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CBS News, Paramount in Internal Battle Over Cutting Ties to Peter Attia Due to Epstein Links | Exclusive
In newly released emails, the wellness guru made crude jokes in chummy correspondence with the late convicted sex offender
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What Tucker Carlson Reveals About the Evolution of Conservative Media | Analysis
Biographer Jason Zengerle speaks with TheWrap about his new book, “Hated by All the Right People,” and how the right’s incentive structure shaped Carlson’s bomb-throwing trajectory
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Bari Weiss Reveals ‘21st Century’ Vision for CBS News With Tech and Lifestyle, Right-Leaning Voices
At a Tuesday town hall, the editor in chief acknowledged early ‘tumult,’ vowed to earn the newsroom’s trust and urged journalists to ‘start by looking honestly at ourselves’
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Inside an Anxious Washington Post, With Eyes on Jeff Bezos | Analysis
Rumors of cuts to the international, metro and sports desks are leaving journalists “twisting in the wind” and prompting unusually public appeals to ownership
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The Media Front: Murdochs Head West
In this edition: An exclusive look at the California Post, Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, another ICE shooting, Jimmy Kimmel, the Washington Post, Substack, Business Insider and the power of video
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The Media Front: All the News That’s Fit to Predict
In this edition: CNN, CNBC, Dow Jones, CBS, the Washington Post, the California Post, Politico, Kalshi, Polymarket and more
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Washington Post Demands Return of Reporter’s Materials From ‘Outrageous’ FBI Seizure
“Anything less would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant,” the Post says
