The Media Front
Michael Calderone On Media and Politics
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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The Media Front: The Post Purge, and the Road Ahead
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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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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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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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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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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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How Journalists Survived — and Even Thrived — as Trump’s War Against Media Escalated in 2025 | Analysis
Billion-dollar lawsuits and new press restrictions didn’t stop journalists from holding power to account as they navigated an unprecedented tsunami of news this year
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