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WaPo’s AI Bot Bet
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WaPo’s AI Bot Bet

WaPo are all in on AI, but one of their news tools is causing concern for staffers.


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Rashida's Antenna Up

Rashida's Antenna Up

Breaker finds out who Rashida Jones has been consulting for since leaving MSNBC.

Hamish's Hot Sauce

Hamish's Hot Sauce

Catch all of Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie's thoughts on the current media landscape.

IRE Cruise Control

IRE Cruise Control

An investigation was launched into a cruise, that wasn't, at the recent IRE conference.

Ellison’s Big Day Out

Ellison’s Big Day Out

How did David Ellison respond to reports that he's in talks about acquiring The Free Press?

The Gray Lady’s Glow Up

The Gray Lady’s Glow Up

We reveal the frontrunners for a series of top jobs up for grabs at The New York Times.

The Deleted Mail

The Deleted Mail

Why did the Daily Mail kill a story about the Beckhams?

Llamas Puts A Holt On Nightly Vibes

Llamas Puts A Holt On Nightly Vibes

A change of anchor means a shift in management style, one that some Nightly staff are struggling with.

Word To The Weiss

Word To The Weiss

Skydance CEO David Ellison may have his eye on The Free Press, but at what cost?

Soon-Shiong’s Stock Shocker

Soon-Shiong’s Stock Shocker

A very public announcement about the L.A. Times going public has left staff bewildered

What The Puck?

What The Puck?

Puck has three journalists covering all things "Zaz-tastic" as he guides Warner Bros. Discovery out of Massive debt.

NYT Mamdani Mop Up

NYT Mamdani Mop Up

Staffers at The Times have been given the opportunity to ask management anything including, their latest stance on Zohran Mamdani

Trump’s Journal, Epstein Scoop Kill Attempt

Trump’s Journal, Epstein Scoop Kill Attempt

The Wall Street Journal has published a blockbuster Jeffrey Epstein story about his ties to Donald Trump, and the White House is working just as hard to kill it.

Murdoch's Trump Card

Murdoch's Trump Card

Insiders offer a glimpse into the complex conversations between the two men, built largely on a réparte of critiques.

Moguls – They Are Just Like Us!

Moguls – They Are Just Like Us!

Check out the first-ever Breaker Sun Valley photo album, complete with our special guest caption commentary!

WaPo Third Newsroom Wilderness

WaPo Third Newsroom Wilderness

Will Lewis's flagship initiative 'The Third Newsroom' is plagued with low morale and staff departures months after launching

AI Story

AI Story

Staffers depart and AI moves in as Louise Story takes the reins at Atlas Obscura

Where There's A Will, There's A Way

Where There's A Will, There's A Way

Questions surround the newest recruit to WP Intelligence's Global Security Council.

A Long Wintour

A Long Wintour

The hunt is on for a new editor of American Vogue after Anna Wintour told staff on Thursday that she would be stepping aside.

Murdoch MIA

Murdoch MIA

The Murdoch's annual summer party was held recently with one notable family absence.

Breaker's Cannes Insider

Breaker's Cannes Insider

A who's who of bigwigs and big brands leads the line-up at Cannes Lions.

The Lourd’s Work

The Lourd’s Work

The fight to keep TV news talent is heating up with some high-profile names searching for new agents and greener pastures.


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Matt Murray Unveils His WaPo Plan

The Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray delivers hard truths to staff in a marathon two hour address.

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Vogue to Vanity

Mark Guiducci was named Global Editorial Director of Vanity Fair on Tuesday.

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Breaker at the Sulzberger BBQ

Did the guest list and the menu stack up? Breaker was there to find out!

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Bloomberg’s Pulitzer Surprise

Why an unexpected Pulitzer Prize win shocked the top dogs at Bloomberg News

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New York Times Smoke Signals

Ahead of an exclusive invitation only BBQ this weekend, we ask who could be the next Executive Editor of The New York Times?

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Why Is Everyone Fleeing The Free Press?

Staffers Worry That The Bari Weiss Publication Will Be The Next VICE

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New York Post “Catch and Kill”

Why Did EIC Keith Poole Spike A Trump Story?

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Will The Beat Go on?

Ari Melber In Talks To Leave MSNBC

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On The Record

Who made the invite-only, sworn-to-secrecy guest list for this year's exclusive media gabfest?

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Hunter Biden breaks his silence on Tapper

And it's robust

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The search for Vanity Fair’s Pope Leo

And the Hollywood name linked with the editor job

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Pain at Politico

More turmoil from Politico starting with a shake up its Playbook franchise

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NYT Business Desk 'Death Threat'

The fallout from a fraught story

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NYT Business Desk's 'death threat' part two

Don't bring the dog into this! The Times business desk turmoil continues.

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Rolling strain

Penske vs Wenner

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An email interview with Keith McNally

The redaction of the juicy gossip is ours. (Sorry.)

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Byers Remorse

Former Politico Playbook reporter, Ryan Lizza needs to clarify something.

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More Mr. Nice Guy

Jake Tapper turns to the queen of Scandal PR for help ahead of book launch.

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How Wendi Murdoch worked her way back into Rupert’s world

From out-in-the-cold to inner circle

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Vanity Fair latest

The race for a new editor hots up

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Inside ABC and CBS’s Trump contortions

Weird times for TV news

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The clock is ticking

60 Minutes searches for a new boss, as a takeover looms

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New Sewell Chan allegations

From CJR and the Los Angeles Times

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Inside Sewell Chan’s horrible CJR editorship

A first-hand account from inside the office

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Tuckered out

Weary Wall Street Journal staffers face down AI and the foiling of an independent union

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Dr. San200k Gupta

A CNN star's extravagant speaking fee has Breaker's eyes watering.

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The ABCs of Reporting

A blockbuster yarn about TikTok and Walmart...that wasn't.

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Everyone Talks to Their Baristas

Whether its caffeine or cover stories, one star of the Condé Cafeteria has got you covered

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Mis-Information

Behind the scenes as turmoil hits The Information and Puck

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The Full English

The Washington Post Publisher, Sir Will Lewis, has re-emerged following some bad press.

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The Times They Are A-Charging

The New York Times has raised its subscription fee by a staggering 50%

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Vanity Anywhere

Breaker has the latest on the hunt for a new Vanity Fair editor

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Where’s Walto?

Walter Isaacson's new book project

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Behind the Atlantic's Signal scoop is a world of spies

We dug behind the story, with the help of current and former intelligence operatives

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Unlikely Friends

Tom Hardy and the Wu Tang Clan

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Time to G/O?

Another sale at G/O Media

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Who will be the next editor of Vanity Fair?

The runners and riders

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Fired Down Below

A tale of Steven Seagal and Sam McAlister

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The real Prince Andrew story

Netflix vs Amazon

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Good news at the Post

After a wave of cancelled subscriptions

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Yuge Music Clearly Audible

Who controls the tunes at Mar-a-Lago

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How scandal PR helped set Carlos Watson free

And who might be next

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The Journal’s PIPs squeak

The Wall Street Journal and the corporate horror that is the Performance Improvement Plan

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The Mail's "Irish Spy"

And some departures

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The money behind Mark Halperin’s return

And the tech mogul supporting from the shadows

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Desurfaced, Daily Mail edition

Disappearing stories, disappearing reporters

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'Emma wants a story completely desurfaced'

The Wall Street Journal, a call from Murdoch and a disappeared story

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How Scandal PR works

How PR agencies are using AI to help do the dirty work

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The rise of Scandal PR

And the mythical Keyzer Soze of the internet

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Andrew Tate’s downtown hideaway

Both totally on-brand and also somehow likely to shock and appal everyone

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George's phone chess at ABC and endangered furniture at CBS

Beleaguered broadcasters face off

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Murdoch's Status anxiety

Rupert makes an angry call

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Unlikely friends: Brett Ratner and Benjamin Netanyahu

A friendship via Me Too, Australia, Washington DC and Israel

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