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Lachlan Cartwright
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Lachlan Cartwright is Special Correspondent of The Hollywood Reporter covering the intersection of media, entertainment, and politics. Previously he was Editor-at-Large of The Daily Beast where he created and helmed the must-read media newsletter Confider. He has held positions as executive editor at American Media Inc, column editor and reporter at the New York Daily News, reporter at the New York Post and reporter and news editor at The Sun in London.
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Hot Source: Tucker Carlson Turns the RNC Into His Own Personal Revenge Tour
The fired Fox News host has been "acting like a frat boy" and annoying his ex-employers at every opportunity, according to sources at the convention.
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Hot Source: As Dump Biden Movement Fizzles, Hollywood Turns Its Angry Eyes on Jeffrey Katzenberg
Who is to blame for the seemingly inevitable disaster looming in November? Some in Hollywood are pointing fingers at Biden campaign co-chair Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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Hot Source: Barry Diller Spent Millions to Feed a Dying Beast
It's well known that the beleaguered Daily Beast has been losing money. What's less known is just how much cash it's been bleeding — and it's a lot.
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Hot Source: L.A. Times Photo Caption Enrages Jewish Readers, Triggers Calls for Boycott
Referring to longtime Jewish charities as "Pro-Israel vigilante" groups engaged in "Zionist defense training," the paper has once again drawn fire for alleged antisemitism in its newsroom.
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Are the Wheels Falling Off the Daily Mail?
Its online editor is MIA (he was last seen frantically deleting emails), his temporary replacement is said to be equally erratic and frustrated staffers are abandoning its newsroom in droves.
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‘Daily Beast’ New D.C. Chief Quits — After Only Five Weeks
Booty and the Beast: Martin Pengelly skedaddles the online news outlet amidst mass staff buyouts.
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David Zaslav Hires Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs as Warner Bros. Discovery Comms Chief (Exclusive)
The former Obama administration official will take over a role that has been vacant since the departure of Nathaniel Brown in January.
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Has David Zaslav Finally Found a New Flack?
The Warner Bros. Discovery boss is said to be circling a new hire for the unenviable job of his communications chief. The new spin doctor is said to be "a big name out of the box."
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New Washington Post Editor’s Elon Musk End-Run Raises Eyebrows (Exclusive)
The paper's new CEO isn't the only one with a controversial career history; executive editor Matt Murray has also raised some newsroom eyebrows over his handling of a 2022 Wall Street Journal story involving Elon Musk's affair with Nicole Shanahan, then-wife of Google chief Sergey Brin.
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Trump Found Guilty of All 34 Counts in Hush Money Case
The mogul, who could face four years in prison or probation, called it a "rigged trial" and a "disgrace," and said that the "real" verdict will be delivered in November when voters pick the next president.
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All Jesse Watters Wants Is a Little Good Press
The Fox News primetime host is used to getting name-checked by (and taking phone calls from) Trump, but he insists he’s not in the back pocket of the former president.
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How MAGA Took Back Murdochland
As Rupert appears to be once again amplifying the Republican ex-president, his heir, Lachlan, is being courted by Trump.
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