1. just asking questions
    Nick Denton Has Had Enough of AmericaThe former media mogul discusses how he became “ashamed” of Gawker and why he’s selling his apartment and moving to Budapest.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. stop the presses
    The New Substack UniverseWhat started as a newsletter service has since evolved into an all-purpose go-to platform for media start-ups and established stars alike.
    By Charlotte Klein
  3. stop the presses
    MSNBC’s Post–Joy Reid, Post-NBC Future Is Kind of Bright?The liberal network is leaning into its forthcoming split from NBC News, seeking to hire more than 100 journalists.
    By Charlotte Klein
  4. stop the presses
    How Trump Is Dividing and Conquering the White House Press CorpsA spat with the Associated Press has revealed deep fissures among Washington journalists.
    By Charlotte Klein
  5. stop the presses
    The Washington Post’s Strategy Is to Do Whatever Jeff Bezos WantsThe venerable paper has officially become the Amazon CEO’s plaything.
    By Charlotte Klein
  7. media
    Upending Language: The Times and Its Trump Verb of ChoiceAs the paper tries to find measured phrasing to describe his seizure of power, it goes for the same word over and over.
    By Justin Davidson
  8. stop the presses
    2023 American Museum Of Natural History Gala
    The Lorne Michaels Book-Event Thread Is the Reply-All Disaster We NeedSusan Morrison’s invitation quickly went haywire, thanks to some boomer journalists and Tina Fey.
    By Charlotte Klein
  9. stop the presses
    Who Wants to Co-Host The Daily?Inside the auditions for one of the plummiest jobs at the New York Times.
    By Charlotte Klein
  10. stop the presses
    Resistance Media Lives!The explosive success of The Bulwark.
    By Charlotte Klein
  11. democrats
    Relitigating 2024 Won’t Help Democrats Fight Trump TodayDemocrats need to avoid making last year’s mistakes in 2028. But none of it may matter if they don’t unite to fight Trump right now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. stop the presses
    Can a Brit Become the Face of Politico?You don’t know Jack Blanchard.
    By Charlotte Klein
  13. encounter
    Chris Hayes Made a Chamber of His OwnHow Kierkegaard and a book contract saved the MSNBC host from smartphone addiction.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  14. stop the presses
    The New Yorker’s Anxious 100th Birthday CelebrationThe magazine’s big centenary comes at an awkward time.
    By Charlotte Klein
  15. stop the presses
    Inside the Century Club, Elite Media’s Watering HoleWhy are so many journalists pressing to join?
    By Charlotte Klein
  16. california wildfires
    How Do You Stop a Hurricane Made of Fire?California fights wildfires like wars, but this one may be unwinnable.
    By Jeff Wise
  17. stop the presses
    It’s Open Season on the Washington PostRivals are swarming the paper for talent amid a crisis of confidence in its mission and business model.
    By Charlotte Klein
  18. los angeles wildfires
    I Saw the Beginning of HellWhat started as small flames engulfed my city and my life.
    By Lucy Sherriff
  19. just asking questions
    There’s Still Hope for Snow-Loving New Yorkers This YearMeteorologist John Homenuk returns to explain why the city keeps dodging big storms and why all is not yet lost.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. stop the presses
    The Press Is Down and Shut Out in Palm BeachWhile MAGA government is forming at Mar-a-Lago, scoop-hungry reporters are kept at a safe distance. But at least the weather is nice.
    By Charlotte Klein
  21. stop the presses
    Is Politico Really That Awful of a Place to Work?Eleven high-profile staffers have left Politico in recent months. More are eyeing the exits. Management, meanwhile, sees a hiring opportunity.
    By Charlotte Klein
  22. just asking questions
    Jimmy Wales on Why Wikipedia Is Still So GoodAfter almost a quarter-century, the online encyclopedia remains an internet oasis.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. stop the presses
    Hearst Gives Thanks With LayoffsHearst Magazines lays off nearly 200 staffers across various brands, just in time for the holidays.
    By Charlotte Klein
  24. stop the presses
    Jeff Bezos Cracks Down on the Washington PostThe paper was already set to lose at least $77 million this year before all the cancellations.
    By Charlotte Klein
  25. noticing
    Tired of Trying to Be Interesting? Join the Dull Club.Dullness is for these members a bland blanket, a respite from an increasingly oversaturated, overprogrammed, over-whatevered world.
    By Katy Schneider
  26. onion wars
    The Onion’s Decision to Buy Infowars Started As a JokeThe Onion’s CEO explains their most expensive gag yet — assuming a judge doesn’t block their purchase of Alex Jones’s site.
    By Matt Stieb
  27. stop the presses
    Who Wants to Cover the Second Coming of Trump?The White House press corps tries to marshal itself in this era of bullying, burnout, and budget cuts.
    By Charlotte Klein
  28. this is fine
    The brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Friday, November 8.
    Now the Wildfires Are Burning HereThat smell in the air is from brush fires in Prospect Park and the Palisades.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  29. stop the presses
    Trump Campaign Finishes the Election by Taking Revenge on the MediaReporters from Politico, Puck, and Axios get the ax.
    By Charlotte Klein
  30. social studies
    The Rise of the Climate Anti-HeroSoup on a van Gogh may be more strategic than it seems.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  31. stop the presses
    After the Trump Bump, There’s Now the Bezos DitchShould the press panic at the prospect of Trump’s return?
    By Charlotte Klein
  32. natural disasters
    Hurricane Milton Will Be Bad. The Next One Might Be Even Worse.Prepare for Category 6 storms.
    By Jeff Wise
  33. social studies
    The Return of Ta-Nehisi CoatesA decade after “The Case for Reparations,” he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  34. media
    The Secretive Alliance Between the New York Post and Eric AdamsRupert Murdoch’s paper helped elect the mayor, and it hasn’t quite given up on him yet.
    By Noah Shachtman
  35. tomorrow
    Deaths From Extreme Heat Are Just BeginningEach one is a failure, a vulnerability multiplied.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  36. health
    Ten People on Finding Out They Have the Alzheimer’s Gene23andMe can test you for your genetic predisposition to lose your mind. Would you want to know?
    By Amelia Schonbek
  37. the national interest
    What is the Sunrise Movement For?Why a climate group may decline to endorse the most pro-climate president ever.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. stop the presses
    Do We Still Elect Nice, Boring Guys Like John Avlon to Congress These Days?The former CNN pundit is trying to flip the Hamptons congressional seat blue with his West Wing throwback politics.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  39. just asking questions
    Jim VandeHei on AI-Proofing the News and Ignoring ‘Twitter Nerds’The outspoken Axios CEO thinks the future is personalized, brief, and human.
    By Benjamin Hart
  40. ideas
    The Right to Change SexThe moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  41. chapters
    Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated MediaKara Swisher’s front-row seat to a slow-moving catastrophe.
    By Kara Swisher
  42. media
    Killing The Messenger: My Final Days Working at a DisasterEmpty offices, empty promises, but at least there was hummus.
    By Jordan Hoffman
  43. media
    Quixotic News Startup The Messenger Is Shutting DownThe outlet, out of money after a year, dropped the hammer on hundreds of staffers to close out a horrible month in media.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. stop the presses
    The Media ApocalypseCondé Nast and other publishers stare into the abyss.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  45. media
    Billionaires Are Journalism’s False SaviorsRecent layoffs at the Los Angeles Times and other publications are ideological decisions.
    By Sarah Jones
  46. climate change
    The New Global Climate Deal Is Mostly Hot AirFixing the climate requires cheap clean energy, not cheap words.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. ink-stained wretches
    Why Time ‘Person of the Year’ Taylor Swift Is Wearing a CatHere are answers to all your questions about America’s foremost cat lady, and how Benjamin Button landed his first magazine cover.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. reasons to love new york
    When Your Friends Throw You a Fake FuneralThe bon vivante is as of yet alive.
    By Alexis Swerdloff
  49. ideas
    Do Democrats Need to Get Less ‘Globalist?’A new book argues that Democrats must embrace economic nationalism to win back the working class.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. royal rumblings
    King Charles Forced to Deliver Speech He HatesIn his first King’s Speech, the environmentalist monarch had to announce policies opposed by climate-change activists without rolling his eyes.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. stop the presses
    Who’s Going to Get Tucked Next at The Wall Street Journal?As Emma Tucker pushes out the paper’s old guard, meet Sarah Ball, editor of WSJ. mag.
    By Shawn McCreesh
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