After Graydon, Who?
Graydon Carter’s exit means the Vanity Fair editorship is up for grabs.
View ArticleDavid Madden, Former Fox Executive, Is Taking Over Programming at AMC
David Madden, formerly head of Fox’s in-house TV studio, in 2015. He will take over an AMC lineup that includes “The Walking Dead” and “Better Call Saul.”
View ArticleTrump Translated for Egypt, by a Queens Bodega Owner
Few of Hatem El-Gamasy's customers know that he also appears on Egyptian television news programs, holding forth on subjects from immigration policy to North Korea.
View ArticleHold the Egg Sandwich: Egyptian TV Is Calling
Hatem El-Gamasy often appears as a pundit for Egyptian television news programs. His viewers don’t know his day job: He owns a bodega in Queens.
View ArticleEmmys 2017: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ Politics and ‘S.N.L.’ Dominate the Emmys
“Big Little Lies” and “Veep” also had big nights. Stephen Colbert was the host and President Trump was the through line.
View ArticleTrump Tweets Doctored GIF of His Golf Ball Hitting Hillary Clinton
In a series of eclectic Twitter posts, President Trump also appeared to refer to Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, as Rocket Man.
View Article‘It’ Stays No. 1, as ‘Mother!’ Curdles
Amid horror film gridlock, “Mother!” becomes the latest misfire for Paramount. But CBS and Lionsgate scores with “American Assassin.”
View ArticleWho’d Create a P.R. Crisis on Purpose? Well, Only the Sweat Was Real
Dale Weiss of CommCore Consulting Group helped create a crisis simulation, complete with a masked hacker, to demonstrate the “firestorm” that can engulf a company.
View ArticleAdvertising: It Began With a Gecko. Mayhem (and Flo and Peyton) Ensued.
An insurance ad for Progressive starring Stephanie Courtney, left, as Flo. “Today, we’re trying to reach a much younger, more cynical audience,” an advertising executive, Joe Alexander, said.
View ArticleFacebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein In a Wild Web
The web is not as open as it once was, with nation-states exerting their power over the internet. Facebook and other tech companies are dealing with the consequences.
View ArticleDylan, Obama and a Crown of Thorns: 50 Years of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone has chronicled the lives of stars of music and movies, often in images and words from some of the most renowned photographers and writers of their generation.
View ArticleLady Gaga Postpones European Tour Dates, Citing Chronic Pain
The European leg of her “Joanne” tour, scheduled to start Thursday in Barcelona, will be pushed back to 2018. She had canceled a show in Brazil last week.
View ArticleIndian Police File Murder Charge After Times Describes Cover-Up
Villagers, police officers and political leaders appear to have worked together to hush up a woman’s murder. A New York Times article on the case led to an arrest.
View ArticleOn Comedy: Meet a Looser, More Personal Seinfeld
In “Jerry Before Seinfeld,” his first new special in decades, the comedian tries out reminiscences of his early years, a shift that only sometimes works.
View ArticleLooking Back: 1851 | Born Into a Racial Turmoil That Has Never Ended
In issue No. 1, The Times described the recent killing of a slaveholder in an attack that has been called the first battle of the Civil War.
View ArticleHow to Fight ‘Fake News’ (Warning: It Isn’t Easy)
Donald J. Trump with President Barack Obama at the White House in November, soon after the presidential election. For years, Mr. Trump promoted the false claim that Mr. Obama was not born in the United...
View ArticleLaura Ingraham Will Host 10 O’Clock Show as Part of Fox News Shuffle
Ms. Ingraham will host “The Ingraham Angle” weeknights starting Oct. 30 as part of a prime-time shake-up that moves Sean Hannity to 9 p.m.
View ArticleWoman Says Fox News Banned Her After She Accused Charles Payne of Rape
The political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes said her allegation that Mr. Payne, an anchor on the network, had sexually assaulted her led to her being blacklisted as a guest.
View ArticleAnd This Year, the Emmy Goes to … Politics
From “Saturday Night Live” to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” shows with a political — and anti-Trump — viewpoint ruled the day at the Emmy Awards.
View ArticleFox Presses for Arbitration or Dismissal in Suit Over Seth Rich Article
The Fox News building in Midtown Manhattan. The company says the plaintiff in the suit, Rod Wheeler, a private detective and Fox contributor, is contractually obligated to arbitrate any disputes.
View ArticleRolling Stone Faces Revived Lawsuit Over Campus Rape Article
Nicole Eramo, a former associate dean at the University of Virginia, leaving court last year with her lawyer Tom Clare. Ms. Eramo won a $3 million jury award in her lawsuit against Rolling Stone over...
View ArticleBook News: YouTube Star Hank Green Will Publish His First Novel Next Year
Following in the footsteps of his older brother, the best-selling novelist John Green, Hank Green will publish his first novel with Dutton.
View ArticleAt Italian Vogue, a New Beginning
Emanuele Farneti, editor of Italian Vogue, is about as different from his predecessor as possible: in gender and generation, and from a different professional background.
View ArticleLillian Ross, Acclaimed Reporter for The New Yorker, Dies at 99
One of her rules of journalism was, “Do not call attention to yourself.” Yet she did just that in a memoir about her long affair with her celebrated editor.
View ArticleFacebook, After ‘Fail’ Over Ads Targeting Racists, Makes Changes
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, said the company had never anticipated that its ad-targeting technology could be used to court users who described themselves as “Jew haters” or...
View ArticlePreet Bharara, Ousted Federal Prosecutor, Will Join CNN
Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney in Manhattan, was named a senior legal analyst by CNN on Wednesday, the same day he released the first episode of his podcast.
View ArticleOn ‘Star Trek: Discovery,’ a Franchise Boldly Goes Into the Serial TV Era
The first new “Star Trek” series in more than a decade deals with the demands of long-form storytelling and confronts earthbound production problems.
View ArticleSome Cartoons That Missed the Cut
The New Yorker is highly selective of the cartoons it publishes. Here are cartoons that didn’t make it.
View ArticleThe New Yorker Said No, but These Cartoons Just May Make Your Day
There are likely to be some winners — and a few groaners — at an exhibition of 45 cartoons that didn’t make the cut.
View ArticleKatherine M. Bonniwell, Life Magazine Publisher, Dies at 70
Ms. Bonniwell held a number of top positions at Time Inc. at a heady time for magazine publishing, paving the way for future female managers.
View ArticleWriting Rupert, Playing Murdoch, Making ‘Ink’
How the playwright James Graham and the actor Bertie Carvel give the media mogul a fair hearing in a play that takes a hard look at populism and the press.
View ArticleMegyn Kelly Is Ready for Her Morning Closeup
“I don’t feel this is a risky proposition, because I know myself and know what I can do,” Megyn Kelly said of her daytime show, “Megyn Kelly Today,” which starts on NBC on Monday.
View ArticleLeading the Legal War Against Fox
So far this year, the lawyer Douglas Wigdor, a conservative Republican, has filed 11 suits against Fox News for defamation, sexual harassment and racial discrimination.
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