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.
Experience:
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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
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CBS Finally Airs Shelved ‘60 Minutes’ ‘Inside CECOT’ Report Despite Trump Admin No-Show | Analysis
CBS News chief Bari Weiss didn’t get Trump officials on camera as desired, but U.S. viewers witnessed the plight of Venezuelan men sent to a hellish El Salvador mega-prison
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Inside Media’s Risky Bet on Explosive Prediction Markets | Analysis
Through partnerships with Kalshi and Polymarket, newsrooms are harnessing real-time odds to inform coverage — even as prediction platforms face intensifying scrutiny and fuel dystopian fears
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The FBI’s Search of a Washington Post Reporter’s Home Crosses a Dangerous Line | Analysis
Journalists and First Amendment experts express alarm over the government’s action, which one suggests is “meant to intimidate” the press
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ICE Shooting Video, White House Spin, and the World We’re In
The Media Front newsletter aims to cut through the outrage and misleading narratives, and interrogate how power, politics and technology converge to shape the media today
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Tony Dokoupil Charts a Trump-Friendly Course for the ‘CBS Evening News’ | Analysis
From amplifying the White House’s January 6 spin to saluting Marco Rubio, the newly minted anchor is signaling a less adversarial tone out of the gate
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After a Rocky Year, Newsrooms Push Deeper Into AI
Editorial missteps, staff resistance and public skepticism haven’t slowed experimentation as news outlets wrestle with how to embrace AI without eroding trust
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Donald Trump Watched Venezuela Strike In Real-Time Like ‘a Television Show’ | Video
In a Fox News interview, Trump recalled witnessing the attack from Mar-a-Lago and dismissed criticism that the strike was “unjustified” and “illegal”
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Donald Trump Says Venezuela’s Leader Has Been Captured in US Strike
The stunning military action follows months of US pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s government
